Gunbattle mars Somali peace talks
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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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A video circulating in Somalia's capital shows a masked man firing a surface-to-air missile &#151; a graphic but unsubstantiated claim that Islamic insurgents in the country are capable of shooting down planes.
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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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A group of Somali lawmakers met powerful Islamists in their Mogadishu stronghold after leaving the temporary capital because of growing security fears since last month's assassination attempt on the president.
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At least 10 people are killed in clashes between insurgents and government forces in a suburb of the Somali capital.
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At least three people were killed when a firefight erupted between unidentified insurgents and Ethiopian troops near a military base in the Somali capital Tuesday hours after the arrival of African Union peacekeepers, witnesses said.
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Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels at the Nigerian capital of Abuja have hit a stalemate. Mediators halted the talks 10 minutes after they resumed on Tuesday after hearing from the
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Peace talks on Sudan's war-torn Darfur  region got under way Monday in Nigeria's capital, overshadowed  by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast  desert area.
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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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At least 13 people were killed and 75 wounded in heavy fighting in the Somali capital on Thursday in the latest confrontation between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents, witnesses said.
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NAIROBI, June 22 -- In another sign of trouble for Somalia's transitional government, fighting erupted Friday among hundreds of government soldiers belonging to two rival sub-clans.
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By IBRAHIM BARZAK Associated Press Writer GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip . A lengthy gunbattle erupted Wednesday morning between Palestinians militants and Israeli troops just outside the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun
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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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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Talks aimed at averting an  explosion of fighting in Nigeria's oil production hub were  salvaged Friday when the government called off gunships and  helicopters sent to attack rebel militia.
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Somalia's president said Friday that peace talks with the country's Islamic movement are no longer an option because the group's leaders have declared war on his government.
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Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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Somalia&#039;s hard-line Muslim militia forced hundreds of fighters who had been resisting strict Islamic rule to surrender Tuesday after some of the most ferocious fighting in the capital in months.