Heavy mortar battles in Somalia's capital Mogadishu claimed at least 29 lives on Sunday as Ethiopian-backed Somali forces clashed with Islamist insurgents near a hospital.
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Gunmen kill eight at Israel school ... remnants of a sharia courts movement from Mogadishu's northern neighbourhood of Huriwaa. Medics say scores of people have also been injured. Gunfire could still be heard at dusk on Sunday.
(Deutsche Welle)
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