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Title: UN proposes Green Zone-style base in Somalia (AP)
Post by: riky on January 06, 2009, 05:11:32 PM
UN proposes Green Zone-style base in Somalia
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.2c759180a8da4dbda365de8fcc5a2961.correction_kenya_un_nai102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4WLfL0CtPSLU2lvYLu30tQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="UN envoy to Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah said in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 that the U.N. plans to move its Kenya-based operations to neighboring Somalia but he gave no time frame. He says the move could involve creating a Baghdad-style 'Green Zone.' The U.N. envoy to Somalia says the organization cannot effectively help Somalia overcome almost 20 years of conflict, hunger and disease without having a proper base in the country.  (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia)AP - Three masked gunmen fatally shot a Somali aid worker Tuesday, as the U.N. envoy to Somalia said the United Nations should create a Baghdad-style Green Zone in the African country so he can base all his aid workers there.</p><br clear="all"/>


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