Troops dig in as Somalia war fears grow
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BUUR HAKABA, Somalia  - Somali Islamist forces and pro-government troops dug in on Wednesday on either side of a frontline in the divided Horn of Africa nation which has this week slid closer to all-out war.
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Ugandan soldiers landed in the Somali  capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the first African Union  peacekeepers to arrive in the city where the interim government  and its Ethiopian allies face almost daily guerrilla attacks.
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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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An African Union military delegation has arrived in Somalia for a three-day mission to assess security before the planned deployment of a peacekeeping force, an official said Sunday.
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Troops stepped up security across the Somali capital Saturday after Islamists threatened to disrupt a peace conference, saying anyone who takes part "is sentenced to death."
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A Somali independent radio station reports coming under sustained gunfire from government troops
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The African Union could have troops in the Somali capital in a few weeks to help set up the new Somali government.
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Suspected Islamic insurgents attacked Ethiopian soldiers in the Somali capital, residents said Thursday, killing one civilian and raising fears of a return of the violence that rocked Mogadishu over a month ago.
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Battered Somalia is trying to reconcile its warring factions. But mortar attacks, boycotts and an expiring peacekeepersâ mandate leave little room for optimism.
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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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US-led forces trying to protect landmark Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents, including al-Qaida militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American general said Saturday.
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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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Somalia's interim government began imposing martial law in areas under its control, the prime minister said, as rising violence threatens its tenuous grip on power.
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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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MOGADISHU -- A warlord urged Somalis yesterday to attack Ethiopian peacekeeping troops being sent to support the Somali government when it returns from Kenya this month, after last year's peace accord.
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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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At least two people died when gunmen threw grenades and opened fire on Ethiopian troops guarding a former Islamist base in the latest Iraq-style insurgent attack in Mogadishu, residents said on Monday.