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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ukraines foreign affairs ministry says four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter, which was contracted by the United Nations, made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants last week.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ukraines foreign affairs ministry says four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter, which was contracted by the United Nations, made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants last week.

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An aviation official said earlier this week that medical professionals and soldiers were on board the helicopter that had been headed to Wisil town for a medical evacuation.

Having broken away from Somalia and declared independence in 1991, the Republic of Somaliland bordering on the former British colony has been (...)

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MOGADISHU: Soma­lia’s military said on Thursday it was searching for a number of people “taken hostage” by...

A United Nations (UN) helicopter crash-landed in an area under the control of armed Islamists in Somalia, following an impact on its main rotor blade, according to a UN source.

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