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...took about an hour to complete. 'Torture' Human rights lobby group Amnesty International has condemned the amputations. "These punishments amount to torture," said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty's Africa deputy director. Somali president calls emergency Should troops enter Somalia? The...

... Hardline Islamists have been battling pro-government forces since 7 May Scores of Somali politicians have fled the war-torn Horn of Africa nation in the last month amid escalating clashes. As few as 280 MPs remain, with 250 needed to make a quorum in the 550-seat assembly, based in the capital. One MP quit on Wednesday warning the...

Somali pirates seize another boat Somali pirates have hijacked a tugboat in the Gulf of Aden with 16 crew members on board - 10 of them Italians. Maritime industry sources say the tug...handed over about $80m (£54m). Efforts to stop the pirates have so far had only limited success, with international naval patrols struggling to cover the vast areas of ocean where pirates operate.