Somali warlord flees after battle
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General Morgan retreats after battles near the Somali port of Kismayo, leaving at least 30 dead in three days of fighting.
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Somali MPs elect an ex-warlord as speaker after sacking his predecessor for wanting talks with Islamists.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 17, 2004  An Afghan warlord abandoned his gains in the country&#39;s latest burst of factional fighting Tuesday, after the United States brokered a cease-fire and sent warplanes circling overhead.
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Somali Islamists advance to the outskirts of a crucial port without a shot being fired as thousands flee, reports say.
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In July, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ditched his vice-president, Marshal Mohammad Fahim, one of the countryâs most powerful warlords.
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Somali Islamist fighters and Ethiopian troops are facing one another in two Somali villages on the border with Ethiopia, raising fears of clashes, an Islamist leader and residents said on Friday.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces took over   Somalia's strategic southern port city of Kismayo on Monday   after the warlord in charge of the region fled, an Islamist   source told Reuters.
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One of the men who conspired to kill President Pervez Musharraf has escaped
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist gunmen who captured   the Somali port of Kismayo have forcibly closed a private   broadcaster which they accuse of distorting news about protests   against the takeover, journalists said on Friday.
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The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia dispatched thousands of troops Sunday to within nine miles of the border with Ethiopia, heightening fears that fighting would break out between the two sides.
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At least 10,000 people flee fresh violence since the start of peace talks in Somalia's capital, the UN says.
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Mediators welcome the return of a Somali warlord to the peace process in neighbouring Kenya.
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Somalia&#039;s hard-line Muslim militia forced hundreds of fighters who had been resisting strict Islamic rule to surrender Tuesday after some of the most ferocious fighting in the capital in months.
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Somali immigrants who fled their homeland to escape violence find black South Africans less than welcoming
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Some of the heaviest fighting in months hits Somalia's Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops battle local insurgents.
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A powerful Somali militia has said it was ready to fight Ethiopian invaders, sparking fears of an all-out war in the lawless African nation.
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A renegade Afghan warlord has been arrested and brought to the capital by the central government, just weeks after his troops clashed with militiamen loyal to a powerful regional governor, officials said.