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100 Killed In Twin Car Blasts In Somalia
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statement early on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Ally Claims Responsibility For Somalia Blast That Killed 90
Islamist group al Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend while Somalia said a foreign government that it did not identify helped plan the attack.
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90 Killed By Massive Car Bomb At Somali Capital Mogadishu: International Organisation
At least 90 people were killed in a truck bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday, according to a report from an international organisation working in Somalia.
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'Many Bodies' As Two Car Bombs Explode In Somalia
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday as a minibus also exploded at a nearby junction, with the emergency services reporting "many dead bodies".
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More Than 200 People Killed In Somalia Bombing
More than 200 people were killed in near simultaneous bombings in the Somali capital and more than 250 people were injured, officials said on Sunday, marking the most deadly such attack by Somalia's al Shabaab insurgency.
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137 Dead, 300 Injured In Somalia Bomb Blast
The death count from Saturday's truck bombing in a shopping district in the Somali capital Mogadishu surged to at least 137 with 300 people injured, police said on Sunday.
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11 Killed In Car Bomb Blast In Somalia's Capital
A car bomb exploded near a police station in a busy market in the Somali capital on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 16 others, a police official said.
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Al Shabaab Claims Fatal Car Bomb Attack Near Somali Parliament In Mogadishu
Two Somali soldiers died and five others were injured when a car bomb claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab exploded on Saturday near the parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said.
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12 Killed As Suicide Bomber hits Somalia Presidential Palace
A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital today, killing at least 12 people, police say.
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3 Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Somalia's Presidential Palace
Police in Somalia today said a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least three people.
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Car Bomb Exploded Outside President's Residence: Somalian Police
A car bomb went off on Tuesday in Somalia's capital outside the president's residence and partly destroyed hotels nearby, police said.
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Twin Suicide Bombs Kill 13 Near Mogadishu Airport
At least 13 people were killed today in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what the jihadist Shabaab group claimed as a suicide attack.
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Two Explosions Kill 8 Near Mogadishu Airport: Security Source
At least eight people were killed today when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu's airport, including one close to the UN's political office in the Somali capital, a security source said.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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Gunmen Take Hostages After A Huge Blast At Somalia Hotel
Gunmen who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital have taken an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police said today, as the attackers set up snipers on the rooftop and were throwing grenades.
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100 Killed In Twin Car Blasts In Somalia
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statement early on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Ally Claims Responsibility For Somalia Blast That Killed 90
Islamist group al Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend while Somalia said a foreign government that it did not identify helped plan the attack.
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90 Killed By Massive Car Bomb At Somali Capital Mogadishu: International Organisation
At least 90 people were killed in a truck bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday, according to a report from an international organisation working in Somalia.
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'Many Bodies' As Two Car Bombs Explode In Somalia
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday as a minibus also exploded at a nearby junction, with the emergency services reporting "many dead bodies".
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More Than 200 People Killed In Somalia Bombing
More than 200 people were killed in near simultaneous bombings in the Somali capital and more than 250 people were injured, officials said on Sunday, marking the most deadly such attack by Somalia's al Shabaab insurgency.
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137 Dead, 300 Injured In Somalia Bomb Blast
The death count from Saturday's truck bombing in a shopping district in the Somali capital Mogadishu surged to at least 137 with 300 people injured, police said on Sunday.
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11 Killed In Car Bomb Blast In Somalia's Capital
A car bomb exploded near a police station in a busy market in the Somali capital on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 16 others, a police official said.
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Al Shabaab Claims Fatal Car Bomb Attack Near Somali Parliament In Mogadishu
Two Somali soldiers died and five others were injured when a car bomb claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab exploded on Saturday near the parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said.
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12 Killed As Suicide Bomber hits Somalia Presidential Palace
A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital today, killing at least 12 people, police say.
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3 Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Somalia's Presidential Palace
Police in Somalia today said a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least three people.
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Car Bomb Exploded Outside President's Residence: Somalian Police
A car bomb went off on Tuesday in Somalia's capital outside the president's residence and partly destroyed hotels nearby, police said.
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Twin Suicide Bombs Kill 13 Near Mogadishu Airport
At least 13 people were killed today in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what the jihadist Shabaab group claimed as a suicide attack.
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Two Explosions Kill 8 Near Mogadishu Airport: Security Source
At least eight people were killed today when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu's airport, including one close to the UN's political office in the Somali capital, a security source said.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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Gunmen Take Hostages After A Huge Blast At Somalia Hotel
Gunmen who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital have taken an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police said today, as the attackers set up snipers on the rooftop and were throwing grenades.
