Category Archives: Somalia

This is 50

March 9, 2007 – 12:59 am

by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.

When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]

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Half full? again

December 31, 2006 – 11:45 am

by Bob Boynton
Somali prime minister arrives to cheers in Mogadishu
[headline, CNN World December 29, 2006]
Anti-Ethiopian protest in Mogadishu
[headline, Aljazeera [English] December 29, 2006]
Is this the same story?
It does not get any better if you compare ‘lead’ paragraphs.
CNN World: Somalia’s prime minister entered the capital Friday, a day after an Islamic movement’s fighters retreated ahead [...]

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