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                Al-Shabab Gunmen Attack UN Compound in Mogadishu

   Al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for what officials are
   calling a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations compound in the
   Somali capital.
   Police say a suicide bomber set off a powerful explosion outside the
   offices of the U.N. Development Program near the airport in Mogadishu
   early Wednesday. Witnesses reported heavy gunfire between militants and
   police near the facility following the blast.
   On its English-language Twitter page, the Somali insurgent group
   Al-Shabab said its fighters had stormed the building and "are now in
   complete control of the compound." The claim could not be verified.
   There is no immediate word on casualties.
   The African Union Mission to Somalia condemned the attack. In a message
   on Twitter shortly after the blasts, the AU peacekeeping missions said
   such attacks "derail the efforts of the Somali people to recover from
   years of lawlessness."
   African Union and Somali forces drove the Islamist extremist group from
   Mogadishu about two years ago. But the group has continued to carry out
   periodic, guerilla-style attacks since then.
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