Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763991/posts
Kazakhstan - Prime minister resigns, goverment collapses
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | January 8, 2007
Posted on 01/08/2007 2:22:07 AM PST by HAL9000
ALMATY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov has resigned, forcing the entire government to step down, a government source told Reuters on Monday.
"The prime minister has resigned," the source said, giving no reason for Akhmetov's resignation.
Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, is rich in oil and gas which it pumps mainly to the West.
===
===
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Kazakhstan&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&scoring=d
===
QUOTE:
http://www.inform.kz/index.php?lang=eng
* 08.01.2007 / 16:17 Kazakh President accepted resignation of Government
ASTANA. January 8. KAZINFORM – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of the Government, the presidential press service informs.
* 08.01.2007 / 15:50 Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Daniyal Akhmetov resigned
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=somalia
http://www.billroggio.com/cgi-bin/cms/mt-search.cgi?tag=Somalia&blog_id=7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaeda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaida
===
===
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3349675,00.html
Somali officials: Suspected al-Qaeda base captured
Published: 01.08.07, 11:03
Somali officials said Monday they had captured a jungle hideout used by Islamic militants that is believed to be an al-Qaeda base.
"We have captured Ras Kamboni," Somali lawmaker Abdirashid Hidig told The Associated Press, speaking of the base at the southernmost tip of Somalia. (AP)