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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Talks between Ethiopian military officials and elders of the dominant clan in the Somali capital have reached an impasse, threatening a two-day truce, one of the elders involved in the negotiations said.
Mogadishu has remained calm since Friday when a truce between Ethiopian military officials who had come to bolster the government and elders of Mogadishu's dominant clan, the Hawiye, took effect.
The truce halted much of this week's violence, during which dozens of people were killed, most of them civilians. On Friday, after the truce began, a cargo plane was shot down during takeoff after it delivered equipment and supplies for African Union peacekeepers. All 11 Belarusian crew members died.
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