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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Deadly gunfire and explosions wracked Mogadishu Monday after weeks of relative calm as the Islamic militiamen controlling Somalia's capital battled one of the last pockets of resistance to their hard-line rule.
At least 25 people were killed. Residents hid in homes and shops, or fled, as the Islamist fighters attacked the forces of secular warlord Abdi Awale Qaybdiid, who has refused to disarm.
More than 40 people have died in the fighting since Sunday.
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