World IN BRIEF : SOMALIA : Red Cross Office Robbed of $180,000
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The International Red Cross pulled its expatriate staff out of northern Mogadishu after gunmen robbed its office there of $180,000. An Red Cross statement said two of its officials were held at gunpoint during the robbery Friday. It said staff in the northern sector of the city, which is dominated politically by the faction led by Ali Mahdi Mohamed, had been threatened with guns in a series of incidents in the last few weeks.
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