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Turkey Hosts UN-Sponsored Conference on Somalia

   Dorian Jones | Istanbul 21 May 2010

   Turkey is hosting a U.N.-sponsored, three-day conference on Somalia to
   address  conflict, piracy and the deepening humanitarian crisis in the
   war-torn  nation.  The conference is just the latest step by Turkey in
   its bid for greater influence on the African continent.
   The three-day summit is one of the biggest international gatherings in
   years  to  discuss  Somalia  - a country ravaged by civil war for more
   than two decades.
   Ban  Ki-moon,  the U.N. secretary general, will join regional leaders,
   businessmen and envoys from the African countries providing troops for