Somali militias target cemetery
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Muslim militias in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are destroying a colonial Italian cemetery, saying it is "unIslamic".
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A US destroyer pounded Somalia's remote coastal northeast, targeting Islamic militants hours after a gun battle with Somali government forces that left eight insurgents dead, officials said yesterday.
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Gunmen loyal to Somalia's interim   government battled local militias in its temporary capital of   Baidoa on Monday, in clashes that killed at least five gunmen   and wounded seven, officials and witnesses said.
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Gunmen have fired mortar shells into the seaport of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, signalling an escalation of attacks in the lawless African nation since a joint Somali-Ethiopian force took control of the city from an Islamist force late last year.
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Iraqi National Guard soldiers remove the bodies of four murdered men found in a cemetery as US Army troops secure the perimeter in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters opened fire   in the Somali port city of Kismayo on Monday toward residents   burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest against   the Islamist takeover of their city hours before.
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KISMAAYO, Somalia, Sept. 25 -- Islamic fighters in this Somali port city opened fire Monday toward residents who were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest the takeover of the city hours earlier by the Islamic Courts militia.
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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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The Nairobi residence of the newly elected Somali president is reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen.
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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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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The first peacekeepers to arrive in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years were met with a surge of violence yesterday, as mortar rounds hit the airport during a welcoming ceremony and a deadly battle broke out on the city's crumbling streets.
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Residents of the town housing Somalia's interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Seven people are killed in overnight attacks on Ethiopia troops in Somali's capital Mogadishu, residents say.
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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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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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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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Unknown attackers threw three grenades at Somali troops patrolling Mogadishu's sprawling Bakara Market on Monday, a day after soldiers killed at least five people following a similar grenade attack.