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Somalian, Ethiopian troops pound rebel positions in Mogadishu; residents flee
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalian government troops and their Ethiopian allies pounded insurgent positions with bombs and tank shells in the capital ...
Read More »Seven Ethiopian troops killed in heavy Mogadishu fighting
Seven Ethiopian soldiers were killed in heavy fighting on Thursday in the south of Mogadishu, and two of their bodies were dragged through the streets...
Read More »Death and carnage in Somalia as rebels attacked
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Helicopters and tanks pounded rebel positions across Mogadishu on Thursday as allied Ethiopian and Somali troops launched a majo...
Read More »Ethiopian offensive on insurgents rocks Somali capital
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopian helicopters fired missiles on southern Mogadishu on Thursday as heavy fighting across the Somali capital left 10 people de...
Read More »Witnesses: Bombs dropped in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Helicopters dropped several bombs Thursday near an insurgent stronghold in Somalia's capital, just hours after a gunbattle kill...
Read More »Analyst says Somalia a Handicap for Ethiopia
The al-Qaida terrorist organization has issued a call for Islamic extremists around the world to come to the aid of Somalis fighting the country's Tra...
Read More »Desert Locust Offensive Launched
ROME - Mar 28/07 - SNS -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wants countries in northeast Africa to intensify surveys and cont...
Read More »Somalis willing to risk death to be smuggled to rich Arab states in the Gulf
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Asha Igal walked into a bus station in central Mogadishu and spent a year's savings on a bus ticket — the first step in a...
Read More »Two civilians shot dead in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - Two civilians were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at a notoriously violent Mogadishu junction, just several hundred metre...
Read More »Arab Summit Opens Amid High Expectations
RIYADH, March 28 (Bernama) -- The 19th Arab Summit, the annual gathering of the Arab League members, opened here today amid high expectations among th...
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