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AU Visits Somalia for Peacekeeping Talks

Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:56:41 PM
By MOHAMED SHEIK NOR

Somali civil society listen to President Abdullai Yusuf, not in picture, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Jan 13, 2007 .   Somali lawmakers voted Saturday to authorize the government to declare martial law, the deputy parliament speaker said, as the country's internationally recognized leaders struggle to assert their authority after battling an Islamic movement that had controlled much of southern Somalia Parliament's approval allows the government to impose martial law for a period of three months, starting at a time of its choosing, said Osman Ilmi Boqore, who made the announcement during a parliament session broadcast live on a government-owned radio station. (AP Photo)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - An African Union delegation was in Somalia's capital Sunday to discuss the deployment of international peacekeepers as government troops expanded a house-to-house search for weapons in one of the world's most dangerous and heavily armed cities.

Mohamed Foum, the AU's special representative for Somalia, said nine delegates arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday for meetings with leaders of the U.N.-supported transitional government in this chaotic Horn of Africa nation.

"A team has gone to take a look and to get information that will help us devise a plan for peacekeepers," Foum said.


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