Militia advances on Somali port
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Hundreds flee the port town of Kismayo from forces loyal to a warlord outside Somalia's peace process.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 2 -- A U.S. Navy destroyer launched an attack on foreign fighters in a remote corner of northeastern Somalia late Friday, according to a senior U.S. official, though details of the operation remained sketchy.
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About 10,000 people fled the Somali capital in the last week alone, and the exodus sparked by fighting continues, the United Nations said Monday.
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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.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters in the   Somali port city of Kismayo opened fire on Monday on residents   burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest against   the Islamist takeover of the city hours before.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 2 -- A U.S. Navy destroyer launched an attack on fighters in a remote corner of northeastern Somalia late Friday, according to a senior U.S. official, though details of the operation remained sketchy.
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Sporadic gunfire rang out Sunday across Mogadishu, but the Somali capital was relatively calm a day after fierce fighting between Islamic militiamen and their secular rivals.
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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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The airport in Somalia's capital is attacked with mortars as the first African Union peacekeepers arrive.
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A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
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Islamic militia that had moved near the base of Somalia's weak interim government will pull back, a senior official said Thursday.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters opened fire   in the direction of protesters in Somalia's southern port of   Kismayo on Monday, wounding at least two, witnesses said.
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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.
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A powerful Somali militia has said it was ready to fight Ethiopian invaders, sparking fears of an all-out war in the lawless African nation.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters in the   Somali port of Kismayo opened fire on Monday on residents who   were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest   against the Islamist takeover of the city hours earlier.
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Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.
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A Somali independent radio station reports coming under sustained gunfire from government troops