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Anna Badkhen's Africa Journal
San Francisco Gate - We are in the hometown of a very influential warlord named Mohammed Derre. He operates in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Derre has been fighting other very influential Mogadishu warlords, with limited success and many casualties. The latest outbreak

Astronauts land back on Earth
Los Angeles Daily News - ARKALYK, Kazakhstan American, Russian and Brazilian astronauts endured a bone-jarring, 3 -hour ride from the International Space Station back to Earth on Sunday, landing on target in the freezing Kazakh steppe. The Russian TMA-7 capsule carried

Sawyer County Record
Sawyer County Record - Assembled at the Winter School, a large crowd cheered and applauded Wednesday evening March 29 as they watched native son and U.S. Astronaut Jeffrey Williams blast off into space to spend six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The

Report: State Department failed to justify premium travel
GovExec.com - Two-thirds of the $140 million spent by State Department officials for premium-class travel tickets over a year and a half was not properly authorized or justified, according to a new report from auditors. Senior agency executives improperly approved

Around the world
Detroit Free Press - Cardiovascular disease kills 13 million people each year in developing countries, almost triple the number who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, researchers said Wednesday. Cardiovascular disease -- including heart disease, heart