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Somalia death toll hits 81 in worst fighting for weeks (Reuters)

 
Reuters - Islamist rebels battled African Union (AU) peacekeepers and Somali police for a second day on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the worst fighting for weeks to 81, witnesses and a rights group said. (link)

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