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Somalia president escapes surprise attack

Somalia's president escaped an opportunistic attack by Islamic militants Wednesday as deadly fighting erupted in the center of Mogadishu, officials said.

Somali government says it's taken town from Islamist fighters

Somali government forces have seized control of a central town from an al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Thursday.

Clinton vows U.S. help in war on al Qaeda in Somalia

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to continue U.S. support for the government of Somalia's new president, whose government is waging a bloody battle against an Islamic insurgency.

Somali prime minister reports speaking with French hostage

Somalia's interim prime minister said Thursday that he has spoken to one of two French hostages seized earlier this week by gunmen who stormed their hotel in Mogadishu.

Somali security minister killed

Somalia's internal security minister was killed Thursday in a massive suicide car bombing in central Somalia, the country's president said.

More Somalis flee heavy fighting in capital

Described as the largest single gathering of displaced residents in the world today, tens of thousands of civilians are seeking shelter along the Afgooye corridor outside Mogadishu, according to the United Nations.

Somali president calls for help in battling Islamist militias

Somalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country's moderate Islamist president said Monday.

Islamic militants seize Somali city

Somalia's hard-line Islamic group Al-Shabab seized control of Jowhar, the president's hometown, after a battle with pro-government forces Sunday.

More than 100 die in Somalia clashes

Clashes between Somalia's transitional government and the Al-Shabab militia left 103 people dead and 420 others wounded, Somali officials said Friday.

Bombing injures Somali interior minister

A roadside bomb attack Thursday in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, injured the nation's interior minister and killed one of his secretaries, according to a source close to the minister.

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