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Ethiopia opens 'war' on Somalia militia (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war."
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Ethiopia admits fighting Islamists in Somalia (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia acknowledged for the first time that its military was fighting opposition Islamist forces in Somalia, but denied seeking to set up a government in its volatile neighbour.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Ethiopia takes offensive against Somali Islamists (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia for the first time acknowledged its ground troops and tanks were fighting in Somalia as it attacked Islamist forces controlling much of the country and Ethiopian jets were reported to have bombarded Islamic positions.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Timeline: Ethiopia vs Somalia

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia and Somalia's Islamic courts are on war footing. The BBC logs the two countries troubled relationship.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Ethiopia admits Somalia offensive

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia says for the first time its forces are battling Islamist militiamen in Somalia, as violence intensifies.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Ethiopia dismisses Somali threat

Sunday, 24 December 2006
Ethiopia brushes aside warnings by Somalia's Islamist militia that it might attack Addis Ababa.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Merry Christmas in Kaliti Jail-Ethiopia - The Conservative Voice

Saturday, 23 December 2006
This article, first of a series of authentic papers and texts written by both sides, brings to your wonderfully decorated house the testimony of a tortured young Oromo scholar, who after spending two years in the Gulag of Abyssinia, found peace in
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 January 2007 )
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Somalia Islamists call for help

Saturday, 23 December 2006
Somalia's Islamist militia says the world must help it combat Ethiopia, which it accuses of invading the country.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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UN urges end to Somalia fighting

Saturday, 23 December 2006
The UN says Islamist militias in Somalia and fighters loyal to the transitional government must return to peace talks.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Ethiopia warns Somali Islamists

Friday, 22 December 2006
Ethiopia warns Islamist militias who control most of southern Somalia that its patience is running out.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Somali fighters in fresh battles

Friday, 22 December 2006
Artillery exchanges take place in Somalia between Islamist militia and government fighters for a fourth day.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia

Thursday, 21 December 2006
The leader of Somalia's Islamists says his movement is at war with Ethiopia as clashes intensify.
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
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