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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed transitional government will meet with its Islamic rivals in Sudan later this week for talks aimed at easing tensions after the Islamists took over of much of southern Somalia, an Arab League official said Wednesday.
The talks, to be held in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, will have a ceremonial opening Friday, but the actual discussions will begin Saturday, said Abdallah Mubarak, the Arab League's special envoy to Somalia.
A diplomat closely involved in the Arab League-sponsored meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of jeopardizing relations with both sides, said the talks will include issues such as power sharing between the transitional government and the Islamic courts group.
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