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| Jan.22 |
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US navy captures 'pirates' |
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| Mar.19 |
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US captures 13 'pirates' suspected pirates were involved in clashes with the US Navy off the Somali coast
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| Mar.23 |
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Hundreds flee Mogadishu fighting
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| May.8 |
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19 dead as militias battle |
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| May.11 |
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U.N. won't clamp down harder on Somalia |
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| May.12 |
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130 dead in fighting Battles between transitional government forces and Islamic fighters have killed mostly civilian bystanders
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| May.13 |
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Bloody street battles |
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| May.15 |
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Shaky truce holds |
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| May.16 |
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Lawmaker quits in asylum row The Immigration Ministry said Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali was improperly granted citizenship
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| May.25 |
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Battle intensifies for Mogadishu Islamic militiamen have taken key points in the capital, as fighting intensifies with their rivals
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| May.30 |
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Gunmen seize key hospital |
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| Jun.4 |
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Islamists seize key town |
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| Jun.5 |
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Islamists claim Mogadishu victory 
Map of Baquba Somalia| An Islamist militia has seized the capital, after weeks of fighting against an alliance of warlords backed by the US | | |
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| Jun.6 |
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Militia 'faces opposition' |
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| Jun.14 |
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Islamists capture key town Islamic fighters have captured the town of Jowhar from warlords, 90km to the south of Mogadishu
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| Jun.15 |
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'Contact group' urges end to fighting |
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| Jun.18 |
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UN fears new conflict in Somalia
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| Jun.19 |
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Ethiopian troops sent to Somali border |
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| Jun.22 |
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Cease-fire deal reached |
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| Jun.23 |
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Swedish cameraman shot dead Martin Adler shot during a huge rally in Mogadishu, held to support Thursday's peace agreement
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| Jun.24 |
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Militia offers to protect media
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| Jul.10 |
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Fighting intensifies in Mogadishu |
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| Jul.11 |
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Sources: warlord Qaybdiid surrenders
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| Jul.20 |
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Ethiopia troops cross into Somalia Hundreds of Ethiopian troops in armored vehicles patrolling the town of Baidoa
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| Jul.25 |
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President agrees to talks
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| Jul.28 |
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Government minister assassinated Gunmen shot dead Constitution and Federalism Minister Abdallah Deerow outside a mosque
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| Jul.29 |
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Militants to free 25 sailors
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| Aug.2 |
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29 ministers leave government
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| Aug.7 |
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Leaders sack government
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Rivals agree on joint army
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| Sep.18 |
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Car bomb attack kills 8 A bomb was targeting transitional president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. He was inside the parliament building
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| Sep.24 |
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Islamists seized port of Kismayo Islamist fighters have advanced to the outskirts of the only port outside their control in central and southern Somalia
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| Sep.25 |
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PM warns of terror threat
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Islamists will 'defend' Somalia
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| Sep.29 |
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Islamic militias to unite
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| Oct.9 |
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Somalis vow holy war on Ethiopia
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| Oct.22 |
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Somalis flee as militamen gather
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| Oct.27 |
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Somalia in danger of 'all out war'
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| Nov.10 |
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War aid threatens to ignite dynamite keg
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| Nov.19 |
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Flood rescue gathers pace
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Flood waters still rising
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| Dec.7 |
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Islamist warning for peacekeeper force
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Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis
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| Dec.8 |
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'Heavy fighting' in town of Dinsoor
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Somalia militia fighting Ethiopian troops
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Islamists vow not to strike government
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Heavy fighting erupts A deadline from Islamists for Ethiopia to withdraw troops from Somalia expired. There is a mortar fire at Daynunay
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| Dec.21 |
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Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia| The leader of the Union of Islamic Courts says they are in a state of war with Ethiopia | |
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Carnage as Somalia 'in state of war'
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| Dec.22 |
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Ethiopian tanks heading to Somalia battle
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Ethiopian jets bomb Somalia areas| Ethiopian forces, committed to defending an interim government holed up in Baidoa, launched airstrikes on against Islamists | |
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Ethiopia PM admits Somalia action Meles Zenawi has admitted, in a televised speech, for the first time that his troops are fighting in Somalia
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| Dec.26 |
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Islamic forces retreat The government and Ethiopian troops advanced toward the capital as Islamists bloodied by a week of artillery attacks
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| Dec.27 |
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Somalia peace hopes stalled The Security Council has failed for a second time to agree on a statement calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces
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Clan leaders may help fight Islamists
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Islamists withdraw from Mogadishu 
Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said that all Islamist forces had withdrawn from the capital
| 'We have withdrawn all the leaders and members,' the top Somali Islamic leader told al-Jazeera. Gunfire echoed through the streets of the capital. Ethiopia is capturing ground previously held by Islamist militias
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| Dec.28 |
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Mogadishu falls to government troops Triumphant government fighters backed by Ethiopian tanks and jets enter Mogadishu
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Government seeks control The government is making moves to assert its authority over Mogadishu
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Somalia OKs humanitarian flights The U.N.-backed transitional government approved the immediate resumption of humanitarian flights
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| Dec.29 |
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Mogadishu crowds greet Somali PM The interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Ghedi has entered the capital, who has declared 3-months of martial law
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| Dec.31 |
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Somalia says Islamists protecting al Qaeda
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Militia abandon last major stronghold | Islamist militiamen have fled the southern port city of Kismayo, their last major stronghold | |
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