Ethiopia plays down Somali threat
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Ethiopia's PM brushes off a deadline given by Somalia's powerful Islamist group for his troops to leave.
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NAIROBI, Oct. 29 -- Somalia's prime minister resigned Monday amid pressure from neighboring powerhouse Ethiopia, faltering support from the United States and a power struggle with the Somali president who had appointed him.
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Ethiopia's prime minister says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by long-time foe Eritrea.
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Officials with the Islamic militia controlling much of southern Somalia alleged that Ethiopian troops had arrived in the country Sunday to bolster Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed transitional government.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somalia's government on Monday said it was lining up peacekeeping forces as the interim administration and Islamist rivals sought a diplomatic way to avert a war that many fear could engulf the region.
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Somalia&#039;s weak interim government said Friday it will resist attempts by an increasingly powerful Muslim militia to assert authority across the Horn of Africa country that Osama bin Laden calls a battleground in his fight against the U.S.
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Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.
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A senior Islamist leader on Friday rejected the prospect of African peacekeepers for Somalia, as fresh violence in the capital killed five civilians and underscored the continued threat in the war-ravaged country.
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The Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen sat down this week with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to discuss rising tensions with Somalia's Islamic Courts, and the state of democracy inside the country.
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About 500 Ethiopian troops were spotted in Somalia on Wednesday along a main supply route to the government stronghold in Baidoa, as rains and floods stalled a feared march to war in other parts of the country.
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Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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As Islamists take over Somalia, its Western-backed neighbor Ethiopia prepares for war.
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Ethiopia's prime minister promises to withdraw troops from Somalia once attacks stop, during a surprise visit there.
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Gunmen threw two grenades at Ethiopian troops guarding a former Islamist base in the latest Iraq-style insurgent attack in the chaotic Somali capital, residents said on Monday.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Ethiopia said on Saturday it was in contact with an armed group that kidnapped five European and eight locals in a remote northern region -- but ruled out a military operation to rescue them.
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Almost every day, Somalia's government comes under attack &#151; suicide bombings, roadside explosions, ambushes. Security forces have tried mass arrests and curfews, but to no avail.
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The United States on Thursday condemned as "irresponsible" a threat by Somalia's Islamist movement to attack Ethiopian troops backing the Horn of Africa nation's interim government unless they leave within days.