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Somali Olympian Drowns Trying to Emigrate to Italy

Mogadishu Islamists threatened her life

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2012 11:31 PM CDT | Updated Aug 21, 2012 3:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Somali Olympic female runner drowned as she tried to emigrate to Italy on a boat from Libya, Italian media revealed yesterday. The boat sank as Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, made her desperate bid to escape her African home in April, reports the BBC. Samia...   Read full story »

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