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Ethiopia says troops kill 200 Somali insurgents
30 Mar 2007 17:35:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
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ADDIS ABABA, March 30 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday its military had killed 200 Islamic insurgents during a major offensive against rebels in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

"Ethiopia has killed 200 armed remnants of the Islamic Courts Union and wounded many others," Ethiopia's Information Ministry said in a statement broadcast on national television.

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Refuge seeker holds a water container as he sleeps on the beach along the coast of the southern Yemeni town of Ahrwar, about 630 km (390 miles) from the capital Sanaa, after her arrival from Somalia April 15, 2007. Hundreds of Somali refugees perish every year attempting the hazardous three-day voyage from Somalia to Yemen across the Gulf of Aden.


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