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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Hundreds of Somalis packed mattresses and food into minivans and trucks Friday to flee the capital, a day after it suffered some of the fiercest battles in 14 years.
Although Friday was relatively calm, more fighting was expected. Islamic militia fighters and their secular rivals maneuvered heavily armed trucks around city streets and reinforced their positions.
Doctors reached by telephone in the city's hospitals and clinics increased the death toll from Thursday's fighting to 60, with more than 150 people wounded across Mogadishu, said Dr. Abdi Ibrahim Jiya of the Somali Doctors Association.
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