Somali forces win airport battle
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At least six people die in fighting as Somalia's transitional government takes control of Baidoa airport.
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A fresh mortar battle between guerrillas and Somali forces killed at least three people in the capital Mogadishu on Monday as the government set up a new rapid reaction force to respond to a wave of attacks.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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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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Fighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia.
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New fighting erupted on Monday   between Somali fighters loyal to defeated warlords and the   country's Islamists militias, taking the death toll to at least   60 since Sunday, residents and a hospital official said.
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The crew of a ship hijacked from Somalia overpowered their attackers Tuesday and regained control of the vessel
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At least two people are reportedly killed during fighting in the Somali capital, as peace talks are due to start.
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Fighting between rival militias intensified Thursday in the Somali capital, with battles spread across the city and at least 38 people dead, medical sources and a militia commander said.
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Ethiopian troops trying to protect Somalia's weak government moved into a second Somali town before dawn Saturday, seizing control of an airport, witnesses and aid workers said.
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At least 10 people are killed in the heaviest fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu this year.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Insurgents unleashed two attacks against the Somali government and its foreign allies in Mogadishu on Tuesday, just hours after Ugandan peacekeepers assigned to tame the anarchic city landed.
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Ethiopian and Somali troops battle Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital Mogadishu for a second day.
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Government troops in Central African  Republic, backed by French forces, have launched an offensive  to retake a northeast town from rebels, and have recaptured its  airport, a French military spokesman said on Tuesday.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist battlewagons moved   closer to the strategic Somali port of Kismayo, local officials   said on Friday, but Islamists denied any attempt to seize the   city and expand their territorial gains in the south.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces were poised to   take over Somalia's strategic southern port city of Kismayo   after the warlord in charge of the region fled, witnesses and   officials said on Sunday.