African force attacked in Somalia
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The airport in Somalia's capital is attacked with mortars as the first African Union peacekeepers arrive.
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Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a pickup truck in Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding four people, in a reminder of the challenges facing the interim government trying to rule lawless Somalia.
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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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The first African Union peacekeepers arrive in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, from Uganda, officials confirm.
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BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia on Friday, CNN reported, and residents said missiles pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with local forces.
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Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies used tanks and heavy artillery to battle gunmen who struck a military base at the former defense ministry in Mogadishu on Friday.
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The U.S. military launched a strike against a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia on Friday, CNN reported.
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BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported, and residents said on Saturday missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals.
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A wave of pre-dawn mortar attacks pounded Mogadishu and killed at least 16 people on Tuesday in one of the most brutal bombardments since an Islamist movement was forced out of the Somali capital last month.
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Ethiopian and Somali troops battle Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital Mogadishu for a second day.
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Somali insurgents attacked Ethiopian troops hours after a reconciliation conference was postponed for a second time and killed a local official on Thursday.
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Somali government fighters and Ethiopian troops attack Islamist positions, an Islamist leader says.
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Five Ethiopian soldiers wounded in an attack on a truck in central Somalia have returned to their camp, the foreign ministry said Thursday, in a rare admission of Ethiopian casualties in Somalia.
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Heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu after about 100 insurgents attacked Somali interim government troops and their Ethiopian allies at a base inside the former defense headquarters on Tuesday, a witness said.
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At least six explosions rocked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, witnesses said, a day after Ugandan peacekeepers started arriving in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
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Hundreds of Ethiopian troops arrived to protect Somalia's government Friday as witnesses said a powerful Islamic militia massed nearby, raising concerns of clashes between the two forces.
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Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers shot a man on Friday, wounding him as they cleared a former defense ministry compound in a crackdown on near-daily attacks in Mogadishu, residents said.