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AP Images; 11/7/2009; 291 words; ...Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during...Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits...Darfur, human rights groups said Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Omar al-Bashir will reportedly...meetings.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Families seek answers from Somali leader; President Ahmed consoled relatives of young Minnesota men killed in his war-torn country.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/5/2009; 1472 words; ...Shabab, a terrorist group thought to have ties to Al-Qaida. On Sunday...government in its war with Al-Shabab. The terrorist...would publicly denounce Al-Shabab, find out who...Ahmed and the mother of Burhan Hassan, 18, who was...

Somalia's leader condemns terror recruiting in U.S.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/5/2009; 944 words; ...but his government has little control. A group called al-Shabab, which the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida, has taken over most of Somalia...thinks about Bihi's nephew, 18-year-old Burhan Hassan, every day and is reminded of the...

Somalia's president seeks support in Twin Cities; The war-torn country's leader will visit the 70,000-member local community as he struggles to keep his government from collapsing.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/2/2009; 1048 words; ...an Islamic extremist group affiliated with Al-Qaida. His trip also...of American Somalis by Al-Shabaab. Up to 20 young...have been recruited by Al-Shabaab over the past...Zienab Bihie, whose son, Burhan, 18, left for Somalia...

`Searching for something better'; A fighter from Minneapolis was buried in Somalia, and next to him was another man, apparently a Twin Cities convert to Islam.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/13/2009; 1625 words; ...of four other men -- Burhan Hassan, 18; Jamal Bana...intensified this summer. Al-Shabaab, identified...organization with links to Al-Qaida, is one of the groups fighting to establish...men and the uncle of Burhan Hassan. "The fighting...