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UEDF Leader Calls for Ethiopia's Pullout From Somalia

APR 29, 2007

Merera Gudina, a senior opposition figure, called for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia as heavy fighting in the capital Mogadishu claim...

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Ethiopia rebels free Chinese oil workers

APR 29, 2007

ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Reuters) - Ethiopian rebels freed seven Chinese workers on Sunday who were seized in a deadly oilfield raid, the guerrillas and...

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Somali government appoints mayor

APR 29, 2007

The interim Somali government has appointed two former militia leaders to influential jobs in Mogadishu, the country's capital, after battles with fig...

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Latest Somalia Fighting Raises Concerns Over Future Stability

APR 28, 2007

Somalia's Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, is claiming victory over Islamic insurgents in Mogadishu, and he says fighting in the Somali capital is al...

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Ethiopia Calls On UN to Take Action Against Eritrea

APR 28, 2007

Addis Ababa (The Reporter) - Ethiopia blamed longtime enemy Eritrea Wednesday for an attack on a Chineseowned oil exploration field that killed 74 peo...

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African Union Says Peacekeepers Urgently Needed in Somalia

APR 28, 2007

The head of the African Union says more peacekeepers are urgently needed in Somalia's capital after more than a week of intense fighting....

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Govt troops patrol Mogadishu, search for arms

APR 28, 2007

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Allied Somali-Ethiopian troops patrolled Mogadishu on Saturday, hunting for weapons after claiming significant gains in battles ...

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Somali president says Islamists defeated

APR 28, 2007

Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said Islamist forces in Mogadishu had been defeated and appealed to residents fleein...

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Mogadishu: Another Darfur in the Making?

APR 28, 2007

Innocent civilians in Mogadishu are being killed and maimed by Ethiopian security forces and the militia of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)....

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Situation Report No.37 – 27 April, 2007

APR 27, 2007

Following several days of fierce fighting in Mogadishu in which TFG/Ethiopian forces exchanged heavy artillery and gunfire with anti-government factio...

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