Islamists Calm Somali Capital With Restraint
686520
The Islamists in Mogadishu seem to be trying to increase public support by softening their views, at least officially.
154135
A new government is named for Somalia but it remains too dangerous for them to be based in the capital.
315093
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.
523947
Thousands of Islamic militants have surrounded the only town Somalia's internationally recognized government controls, the prime minister said Tuesday as a top Islamic official promised to attack within a week unless troops from neighboring Ethiopia leave.
296990
Islamic militiamen struggled to keep up with a flow of former rivals ready to surrender prized weapons Thursday, further cementing the radical Muslims&#039; position as the undisputed power in the Somali capital.
248447
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.
81631
BAIDOA, Somalia  - Guns were silent in the sole stronghold of Somalia's interim government on Tuesday as an Islamist deadline to Ethiopian troops to leave or face holy war passed with conciliatory signs.
369359
Somalia's interim government welcomed a U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to deploy east African peacekeepers, but the newly powerful Islamists who have seized control of most of the country rejected it.
747035
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.
407886
An uneasy calm returns to Gaza where Hamas is in full control after attacks on key Fatah strongholds.
506578
Somalia's Islamic fighters have seized control of a strategic village near the Ethiopian border, widening their grip over much of the southern part of the country, the group said Saturday.
58385
Somalia's government has ruled out peace talks with the country's powerful Islamic movement, citing truce violations, heightening fears of an all-out war in the shattered African nation.
139050
Somalia's interim government and rival Islamists are to begin key talks on the country's future.
463286
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.
274446
Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.
529512
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.
518674
Somalia has long been a paradise for free enterprise. But its stability depends on establishing a central authority &#8212; and a month after ruling Islamists were ousted, the prospects are dim