Ethiopia 'ready for Islamist war'
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Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said on Thursday that U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will "add fuel to the fire" in the Horn of Africa nation that many fear is on the verge of all-out war.
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BAIDOA, Somalia -- Thousands of Islamic militants have surrounded the only town that Somalia's internationally recognized government controls, the prime minister said yesterday as a top Islamic official promised to attack within a week unless Ethiopian troops leave.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi visits Somalia for the first since his troops helped oust Islamists.
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War could break out again between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their border, a former UN envoy warns.
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The British government reportedly prepared a commando unit Monday to rescue five of its nationals kidnapped in northern Ethiopia, as Addis Ababa refused to back claims that Eritrean soldiers carried out the abduction.
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Somalia's prime minister told The Associated Press that war in the Horn of Africa is unavoidable because radicals control the Islamic movement that in recent months has taken over much of his country.
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Rebels in south-eastern Ethiopia's Somali region say they will observe a truce for a week-long UN visit.
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The powerful Islamists in Somalia warn they will fight peacekeepers, after the UN backs a peace force.
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Britain has prepared a crack Special Air Service team to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in Ethiopia, if diplomatic efforts to release them fail, press reports said on Monday.Comment
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The crisis in Kenya is set to dominate an African Union summit  in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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Somalia's Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on Ethiopian troops unless they leave the Horn of Africa nation within seven days.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist group give Ethiopian troops a week to leave the country or face a "major attack".
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Dissident Somali lawmakers on Friday joined Islamists, who control much of southern Somalia, in accusing Ethiopia of preparing to attack the country and said they were ready for a holy war to defend themselves.
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Somalia's government has formed an anti-terror unit trained by Ethiopian troops to quell growing unrest in the capital and a senior defense official said it went into operation on Monday.
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Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.
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Ethiopia's prime minister promises to withdraw troops from Somalia once attacks stop, during a surprise visit there.