Ethiopian 'clash' with Islamists
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Ethiopian troops fired  rockets at a strategic town north of Somalia's capital, Islamist officials tell a rally.
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Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels said further fighting with security forces in the nation's remote east had brought the number of government soldiers killed to more than 250.
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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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Clashes between Muslims and Christians over claims that two brothers had opened a church in their southern Egyptian home have killed one Muslim and injured three, while 23 people have been detained, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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Somalia's Islamist movement told arch-foe Ethiopia on Tuesday to withdraw its troops from the Horn of Africa nation within a week or face war.
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Mortars were fired at Somali government troops and Ethiopian soldiers in the chaotic capital Mogadishu on Friday, Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle said.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist group give Ethiopian troops a week to leave the country or be forced out.
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Ogaden rebels in eastern Ethiopia say they have attacked army forces - the government has not commented.
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The Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen sat down this week with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to discuss rising tensions with Somalia's Islamic Courts, and the state of democracy inside the country.
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An Islamic militia leader called for a holy war Friday against Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia's weak U.N.-backed government.
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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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BUUR HAKABA, Somalia  - Ethiopia on Wednesday brushed off an Islamist ultimatum to leave Somalia in a week, as troops dug in on a slim frontline separating the powerful religious movement and the Ethiopian-backed government.
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Somalia's Islamists reject accusations that they were behind the car bomb on the government base.
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Heavy fighting killed at least six people in Mogadishu on Saturday as Ethiopian troops clashed with Islamist-led insurgents in the worst battles for weeks.
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Muslims and Coptic Christians clashed after Friday prayers over a land dispute, leaving 20 injured, security officials said.
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Ethiopia's decision to send troops into Somalia could give the weak Somali government its only fighting chance of bringing peace to the anarchic Horn of Africa country. But it could also be just the provocation Islamic militants need to build support for a guerrilla war.