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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's Islamic group broke off peace talks with the transitional government Sunday, demanding that Ethiopian troops withdraw from the country.
A third round of talks, scheduled to start Monday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, was supposed to focus on power sharing between the two rivals amid fears a war could engulf the region. The Islamic militia has taken over much of Somalia, while the interim government controls only one town.
"We will not take part in the Khartoum talks unless Ethiopia withdraws its troops from Somalia," Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the group's foreign affairs chief, told The Associated Press.
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