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Al-Shabab militants attacked convoys carrying Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia’s southwestern Bakool region early Sunday, Somali officials said. The ambush targeted two convoys, one traveling from the Somali town of Yeed to Wajid and the second convoy as it traveled from El Barde to the town of Huddur. Ethiopian troops have bases in Wajid and Huddur.…

The al-Qaeda leadership devoted the seventh issue of its magazine to Somalia. It predicted the al-Shabaab, its branch in Somalia, would soon be victorious, overthrow the government, take control of Mogadishu and expel the foreign forces.Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud formulated a three-pronged strategy to weaken al-Shabaab and repel its forces from Mogadishu and the surrounding regions.In ITIC assessment, in the wake of its going increase in strength, al-Shabaab can be expected to contin...

taking their kids elsewhere. >> warner: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: we get an update from japan on one fishing communitys struggle to recover from the ravages of the tsunami eight months ago. >> one of japans fishing ports all but desert. it reopened in june but its not what it was. >> warner: and ray suarez gets the full story behind newly released tapes that detail president nixons meeting with anti-vietnam war protesters at the lincoln memorial. >...

grim in places, parents are taking their kids elsewhere. >> warner: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: we get an update from japan on one fishing communitys struggle to recover from the ravages of the tsunami eight months ago. >> one of japans fishing ports all but desert. it reopened in june but its not what it was. >> warner: and ray suarez gets the full story behind newly released tapes that detail president nixons meeting with anti-vietnam war protester...

taking their kids elsewhere. >> warner: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: we get an update from japan on one fishing communitys struggle to recover from the ravages of the tsunami eight months ago. >> one of japans fishing ports all but desert. it reopened in june but its not what it was. >> warner: and ray suarez gets the full story behind newly released tapes that detail president nixons meeting with anti-vietnam war protesters at the lincoln memorial. >...