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Somalia: Rival militia battle in Mogadishu, 50 killed
[SABCNews: 2006-05-26]

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Mogadishu residents carried wounded Somalis on wheelbarrows as bullets flew over the battered capital yesterday in a new flare-up of violence between rival militia that killed up to 50 people. Firing mortars, grenades and anti-aircraft guns, Islamist militia linked to Islamic courts squared off with gunmen from a coalition of warlords, in a resumption of the worst violence in Mogadishu for a decade. Scores fled the fighting, which erupted two days ago and intensified as it spread across . . .
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