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Mogadishu gunmen turn up Somali music
The price of guns is usually a good indication of what's happening in local conflicts. In the past few days, demand for weapons has soared in Mogadishu's Bakara arms market, Britain's Independent newspaper reports. Before you could pick up a rocket-propelled grenade launcher for just $400. Now you won't get change from $1,000. And AK-47s are flying off the shelves.
Jan 20, 2007 - 7:15:07 PM
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U.S. targets al Qaeda suspects in Somalia1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. gunship conducted a strike against two suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia, but it was not known whether the mission was successful, CBS News reported on Monday.
Jan 8, 2007 - 7:59:00 PM
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3,500 Islamists said hiding in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Remnants of Somalia's Islamic movement still pose a threat in the capital, the interior minister said Thursday, a week after his government and Ethiopian troops chased most of the militiamen from Mogadishu.
Jan 4, 2007 - 9:44:00 AM
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Somalia gov't troops enter Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali government troops rolled into Mogadishu unopposed Thursday, the prime minister said, hours after an Islamic movement that tried to establish a government based on the Quran abandoned the capital.
Dec 28, 2006 - 11:30:00 AM
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U.N. chief: Darfur is in 'free fall'
UNITED NATIONS - The conflict in Darfur has spread to two neighboring countries and is now in "free fall" with six million people facing the prospect of going without food or protection, the outgoing U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday.
Dec 5, 2006 - 10:42:00 PM
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