WASHINGTON – Top Democratic leaders intend to push for a quick end to the battle for the presidential nomination when primaries are over next week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday, adding that he, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and party chairman Howard Dean will urge uncommitted delegates to choose sides. More on Top Dems to push for swift end to primary race

The Somali transitional government and its main rival will resume peace talks in Djibouti on Saturday, the UN political office for Somalia announced on Thursday.

    The second phase of the negotiations will open on Saturday followed by a UN Security Council delegation visit on June 2-3, UN special envoy for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said in a statement. More on Somali peace talks set to resume in Djibouti

For centuries, nomads have dropped down from the rocky hills around here to carve bricks of salt from an ancient lake and haul them away on the backs of camels. But a new salt miner is trying his hand, and he may be a harbinger of what is to come. “As a salt person, my first impression was why was all this salt just sitting here,” said Daniel Sutton, an American salt miner who is overseeing a new $70 million operation to industrialize the collection of Djibouti’s plentiful salt. “There’s 50 square miles of salt. It runs 20 to 30 feet deep. This could be huge.” More on Investors In Tiny Djibouti Think Big…!!!

MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Woyanne ambassador in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, has indicated that the government of Woyanne  is initiating policy changes to help improve security.

Woyanne Ambassador Fisaha Shawel told journalists Thursday that the Woyanne  army will stop search operations across Somalia. More on Woyanne is looking exit strategy from Somalia