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Residents pack their belongings on a pick-up track as they prepare to flee Somalia's capital Mogadishu
25 Jul 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Residents pack their belongings on a pick-up track as they prepare to flee Somalia's capital Mogadishu, July 25, 2009. A two-year insurgency against Somalia's western-backed government has killed some 18,000 people and displaced a million more in a nation that has been without central rule since 1991. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT SOCIETY POLITICS)
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