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Fierce fighting in Somali capital ... have been killed in fierce fighting after Somali insurgents attacked African Union (AU) peacekeeping bases in Mogadishu.
Six of the dead are from a single family, killed when a mortar landed on their house, witnesses say.
A BBC correspondent says deafening gunfire and explosions could be heard overnight after the simultaneous attacks on the AU's two main bases.
The attacks came after a ceasefire was again delayed in neighbouring Djibouti.
Representatives from the government and Islamist groups could not agree on the wording of a statement on the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the country.
They intervened in 2006 to help the government oust Islamist forces from the capital and surrounding regions.
Islamist fighters from the al-Shabab group are not involved in the Djibouti talks, where the ceasefire was due to be signed last Friday.
They said they would step up attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Peacekeepers unhurt
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says many people were going to mosques because of Ramadan when the Islamists attacked around 0200 local time (2300GMT).
He says the AU bases near the airport and in the K4 district were attacked.
"A mother and her five children died when a mortar hit their house," said elder Mohamed Hussein told the AFP news agency.
"Minutes later, two neighbours who rushed to assist them died in the same house after another mortar shell struck," he said.
Our correspondent says two medical staff and a patient were wounded when a mortar hit a mental hospital.
AU spokesman Baridgye Bahuko said there had been no casualties among the peacekeepers.
On Friday, an AU plane became the first aircraft to land at the main Mogadishu airport for four days, after al-Shabab threatened to shoot down planes.
This led to fierce battles on Friday.
Only Uganda and Burundi have contributed troops to the AU peacekeeping force, which has just 2,000 troops of the 8,000 planned.
Somalia has been wracked by conflict since 1991, when former President Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown.
(BBC)
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