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After takeover, Somalia at square one

DEC 29, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya - Some Somalis danced in the streets of central Mogadishu to welcome their prime minister Friday, while others across town threw stones...

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Somalis Split as Fighting Halts and Hint of Insurgency Looms

DEC 29, 2006

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Dec. 29 — Anti-Ethiopia riots erupted in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Friday, while masked gunmen emerged for the fi...

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Flood Situation Report No 19 – 28 December, 2006

DEC 29, 2006

The heavy fighting of the last eight days has abated, with Ethiopian/TFG forces now controlling much of southern Somalia. After taking Jowhar in Middl...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 29

DEC 29, 2006

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 29...

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Invasion splits Somalis living in the Twin Cities

DEC 29, 2006

After news hit that Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into the capital city of Mogadishu on Thursday, Somalis in the Twin Ci...

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Ethiopia Helps Capture Mogadishu

DEC 29, 2006

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 28 -- Ethiopian-backed troops moved unopposed into Somalia's unruly capital of Mogadishu on Thursday, taking over from fleeing Isla...

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Fragile security in Mogadishu, NGO slams raid on hospital

DEC 29, 2006

NAIROBI, 29 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The Somali capital of Mogadishu was quiet but tense on Friday as thousands of displaced residents who fled their homes e...

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Crowds line route taken by defiant Gedi

DEC 29, 2006

ogadishu - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armed convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Isla...

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Scores presumed dead after drama at sea

DEC 29, 2006

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 150 people were presumed dead on Friday after two boats of would-be migrants fleeing Somalia capsized off the coast of Ye...

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Thousands Greet Somalia's PM in Capital

DEC 29, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's prime minister entered the capital Friday, a day after an Islamic movement's fighters retreated ahead of his Ethiopian-...

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