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Published 11/02/2009 by Los Angeles Times

36 dead in Somalia violence

Mogadishu, Somalia - At least 36 people have been killed and scores wounded in three days of fighting in towns across chaotic Somalia, a local human rights group said Sunday.

Government troops fought rebels in a central town, the two main insurgent forces battled in the south, and...

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"At least 36 people died and 175 others were injured in Mogadishu, Galkayo and in Bakool region in the last three days" said Ali Yasin Gedi...

36 dead in Somalia violence [Los Angeles Times - 11/02/2009]

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