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Somalis, Ethiopia fight Islamic militia
Jan 4 2007 10:39PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers battled about 600 Islamic militiamen Thursday on the southern tip of this Horn of Africa nation, and U.S. Navy forces prevented the militants from fleeing by sea, authorities said.
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China courts Africa with aid, projects
Jan 4 2007 8:40PM (CT)
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - China paid for the marble and tile parliament building soaring above the crumbling homes of this former Portuguese colony, and is also promising a dam and a military hospital _ all with none of the political strings Western donors might attach.
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Kenya said to close border with Somalia
Jan 4 2007 8:05AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya said Thursday it has closed its border with Somalia in an apparent effort to keep Islamic militants and refugees from entering the country.
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