1. Avnery On Ten Ways to Kill Fatah
(Newsletter)

...a peacemaker in northwestern Pakistan's restive Swat valley,  has threatened to launch fresh protests unless Islamic courts are established in the region within two weeks. CONTINUE... Chavez...

2. Off the Rails:
(Newsletter)

...olding back from bringing down the government for the sake of civil peace. FULL STORY... US holds talks with Islamic courts Top_news By Agencies    Wednesday, 24 January 2007 The US...

3. US Terror & Occupation
(Newsletter)

...hile at least another 12 people have died in a separate bombing near the city of Baquba. FULL STORY...   Islamic courts leader surrenders Global By Agencies    Monday, 22 January...

4. Somali minister held in Uganda
(News/Arab)

...s to have something to do with legal papers," he said. A powerful Mogadishu warlord and former member of Islamic Courts Union which briefly took control in 2006, Siad is now a key member of S...

5. The Challenge of the Times
(Opinions/Politic)

...nchised poor of Lebanon, the starving people of Somalia whose only real government in 15 years was a coalition of Islamic courts, and the marginalized tribal people of Pakistan are all six of one and ...

6. Somalia: War Crimes in Mogadishu
(Opinions/Features)

...d itself in Mogadishu in January 2007. In December 2006, Ethiopian forces with US support ousted the coalition of Islamic Courts from Mogadishu and other areas of south-central Somalia in a lightning ...

7. End Indiscriminate Attacks in Mogadishu
(Opinions/Society)

...gnon, deputy Africa director at Human Rights watchThe insurgents are believed to include remnants of the Union of Islamic Courts militia as well as other clan militia, and are reportedly armed with he...

8. Mogadishu residents living in constant danger
(Opinions/Society)

... of my children.” Security deteriorating Mogadishu, residents said, had become more insecure since the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) left the city, having been routed by Ethiopian and Somali governm...

9. Ethiopian troops enter Somali town
(Archived/News/Arab)

Ethiopian troops have crossed into neighbouring Somalia and seized control of a town from Islamist fighters, witnesses say.

10. Somali attackers seize aid workers
(Archived/News/Arab)

Three foreign aid workers have been kidnapped by armed Somali men in a raid on a Kenyan border town, according to an official and local Somali residents.