Little relief in Ramadan for war-weary Mogadishu
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Gun battles in Mogadishu killed at least six people early on Friday and residents said they feared Ramadan would bring no let up in a months-long insurgency that has battered the Somali capital.
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Sporadic gunfire rang out Sunday across Mogadishu, but the Somali capital was relatively calm a day after fierce fighting between Islamic militiamen and their secular rivals.
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The U.S. Special Envoy to Somalia discusses the security situation in Mogadishu and the widespread 'lack of confidence' in the Somali government
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Israeli soldiers finished pulling back from positions in major Palestinian refugee camps and cities in northern Gaza Friday, the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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Somalis in the capital Mogadishu are more scared than ever of being targeted by the country's warring parties, who are recruiting children to fight in the conflict, a U.N. envoy said on Friday.
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The U.N. envoy to Sudan on Thursday   urged warring groups in Darfur to stop fighting during the   Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate in   the region where conflict has displaced more than 2 million.
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Officials said yesterday the number of Muslim worshipers allowed onto the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the coming month of Ramadan may have to be limited because of a danger the biblical-era complex might collapse.
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Fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents in northern Mogadishu has killed at least six people including three family members, residents said on Tuesday.
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The UN says it is struggling to cope with the flow of Somalis into Kenya - with 2,000 arriving in just two days.
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MOGADISHU - Mortar bombs and rockets struck parts of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday in an attack a government security source blamed on Islamists.
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Negotiators for Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed interim government held peace talks Sunday with delegates from an increasingly powerful Islamic militia that controls most of the country's south, including the capital.
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Deadly gunfire and explosions wracked Mogadishu Monday after weeks of relative calm as the Islamic militiamen controlling Somalia&#039;s capital battled one of the last pockets of resistance to their hard-line rule.
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The Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia has advanced to within 12 miles of the only town still controlled by the country's weak U.N.-backed government, an Islamic official said Wednesday.
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As the evening call to prayer rang out yesterday, signaling the end of the day&#39;s fast and the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, dazed mourners wandered the grounds
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The killings in Mogadishu, Somalia's bloodstained capital, are not going away. Nearly every day, the city endures street battles, roadside bombs, showers of bullets.
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Ugandan soldiers landed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the first African Union peacekeepers to arrive in the city where the interim government and its Ethiopian allies face almost daily guerrilla attacks.
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Each year during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, and sensual pleasures from dawn to dusk as they focus on prayer for Godâs blessings and mercy.