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August 3, 2008

At Least 20 Killed in Somalia Explosion 
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Witnesses count 15 bodies at the scene, while five other people died
after being taken to Mogadishu's Medina Hospital 
Asli Hassan cries as she aids her sister, who was wounded in roadside
bomb, as she waits to be treated at the Madina hospital in Mogadishu, 03
Aug 2008Witnesses in Somalia's capital say a roadside bomb explosion has
killed at least 20 people, mostly women. Sunday's early morning blast
ripped through a group of female street cleaners.Witnesses counted 15
bodies at the scene, while five other people died after being taken to
Mogadishu's Medina Hospital. More than 40 others were injured.No one has
claimed responsibility for the blast.In a separate incident, Islamist
insurgents attacked Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu's Towfiq neighborhood
early today. Witnesses say at least three soldiers were killed.Ethiopian
troops are supporting the Somali transitional government in its fight
against the Islamist insurgency.Eighteen months of fighting has killed
thousands of Somalis and displaced hundreds of thousands more, most of
them from Mogadishu. Somalia has not had a functioning g!
 overnment since 1991 when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad
Barre and began fighting each other. Some information for this report
was provided by AFP, AP.


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