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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Rival militias in arid southwestern Somalia battled Saturday for control over a village with pastures and wells. Twelve combatants died, and hundreds of residents fled, according to those in the area.
The 2 1/2-hour clash began early Saturday, when Yontar community fighters attacked the village of Idale in a bid to seize it from the Hubeyr community.
Hundreds of people fled their homes in the Bai region before the fighting ended at dawn, elder Salimow Sheikh said.
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