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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators waved Somali and U.S. flags Monday as they denounced any attempt to send Ethiopian troops to their Horn of Africa country to secure Mogadishu for the government-in-exile's return home.
The protesters gathered in the capital's main soccer stadium to show support for a vote last week by the transitional parliament to keep neighboring countries from deploying troops to Somalia. The prime minister has since said the resolution was invalid, sparking more demonstrations.
The new transitional government was formed late last year to bring peace to Somalia, which has not had a central government since clan-based warlords overthrew the dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The warlords then turned on each other, sinking the nation of 7 million into anarchy.
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