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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img class=" " title="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed." src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dVakSfkk9xL/610x.jpg" alt="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 417px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03ImaRX2W20SG/x610.jpg" alt="" width="407" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bodies of victims killed in religious attacks lie in a mass grave in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/001L3e5dGT1IQ/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People stand by a grave before a mass burial of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cjh7iucUh0gq/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="455" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is an image taken from TV showing bodies being carried from a container for burial in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Monday March 8, 2010. Rioters in Nigeria armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people Sunday, including a four-day-old baby, according to residents in the volatile Plateau State. On Monday an Associated Press reporter counted 61 corpses, 32 of them children, being buried in the mass grave in the village of Dogo Nahawa, a village three miles (five kilometres) south of Jos.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Sh0fL17s7CQ/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Villagers look at bodies of victims of religious attacks lying in a mass grave in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/098P40AaMDdBn/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="452" /><p class="wp-caption-text">In this image taken from TV showing a victim laying in hospital after surviving the inter-faith violence in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people on Sunday, many of them women and children.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03qB9HZ1YKcUg/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Police stand guard during a mass burial of victims of religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0344bbY1CMdBE/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Rescue workers carry the body of a victim killed during religious attacks during a mass burial in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/009vat22oY57H/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="452" /><p class="wp-caption-text">In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people on Sunday, many of them women and children, which are being collected from where they lay, in the streets of this central Nigerian town.</p></div>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eGlaQQapj9e8/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05KD4nBezSefV/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People watch as rescue workers carry a victim inside a grave during a mass burial in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gb30afeZS2Kl/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy sitting with his mother cries during a funeral for people killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09undKxe8g7La/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Women mourn in front of a burnt building in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 423px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cDd8i94md8J3/x610.jpg" alt="" width="413" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An unidentified woman covers her face from the smell of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. </p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cKUa8Q9IkaXm/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="418" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0279aYqbfKdoX/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="415" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bala Adamu loads his car to flee secterian violence in Kurujantar, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Jos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Both Christians and Muslims died during the violence that began Sunday in the central Nigerian city once known as a prime tourist destination in West Africa. The nonprofit group Human Rights Watch puts the death toll among both religions at more than 200. More than 5,000 people have been displaced.</p></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eG50DR1LO58O/610x.jpg" alt="Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong puts on his ski boots for a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver." width="610" height="467" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong puts on his ski boots for a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cdi0ob1Isf84/610x.jpg" alt="Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong skis around a gate during a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, know as the Snow Leopard, will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver." width="610" height="489" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong skis around a gate during a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, know as the Snow Leopard, will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 500px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cMB09DfUS38a/x610.jpg" alt="Ghanas Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010." width="490" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghana&#39;s Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eEW4Su5Rs1hH/610x.jpg" alt="Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong, of Ghana, takes a break from training to talk to the media on Mount Washington in Courtney British Columbia, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Acheampong, dubbed the Snow Leopard, will be the first athlete to hoist the Ghanaian flag in a Winter Olympics when he hits the alpine courses in Whistler this month." width="610" height="446" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong, of Ghana, takes a break from training to talk to the media on Mount Washington in Courtney British Columbia, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Acheampong, dubbed the Snow Leopard, will be the first athlete to hoist the Ghanaian flag in a Winter Olympics when he hits the alpine courses in Whistler this month.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g6TgTN4xY8L8/610x.jpg" alt="WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana attends a press conference on day seven of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Media House on February 18, 2010 in Whistler, Canada." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana attends a press conference on day seven of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Media House on February 18, 2010 in Whistler, Canada.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03Bf0M54WAfji/610x.jpg" alt="Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (C) of Ghana poses for a picture with a fan during a training session at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the Snow Leopard because of his distinctive racing suit." width="610" height="425" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (C) of Ghana poses for a picture with a fan during a training session at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the &quot;Snow Leopard&quot; because of his distinctive racing suit.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 409px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00IXbPA7tgeoG/x610.jpg" alt="Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana smiles during training at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the Snow Leopard because of his distinctive racing suit." width="399" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana smiles during training at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the &quot;Snow Leopard&quot; because of his distinctive racing suit.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gSScnlh0idOd/610x.jpg" alt="Ivory Coast police look at an injured demonstrator lying on the road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of the capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday." width="610" height="380" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivory Coast police look at an injured demonstrator lying on the road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of the capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06Gb9hn1Ub6CZ/610x.jpg" alt="A policeman puts out a small fire on a road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of Ivory Coasts capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday." width="610" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A policeman puts out a small fire on a road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of Ivory Coast&#39;s capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08TP8042iW5W4/610x.jpg" alt="Girls run along the streets in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said." width="610" height="417" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Girls run along the streets in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07ny6XnfHseiO/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="405" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0c9vctHeya1Ex/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters block a road on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. " width="610" height="412" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters block a road on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02mHbEAeY258C/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters block a road during a protest in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters block a road during a protest in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fZNb0L5yB1ZX/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces disperse opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="391" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces disperse opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05CTcAL8ui42w/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters demonstrate with a banner that reads Gbagbo thief on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters demonstrate with a banner that reads &quot;Gbagbo thief&quot; on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dSeh00pq3zd/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian police patrol along the streets of the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. " width="610" height="408" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian police patrol along the streets of the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bOccMag1e730/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02U3bpY6Tpata/610x.jpg" alt="People walk along the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People walk along the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0e8b76T9bL7zM/610x.jpg" alt="A view of the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A view of the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cqN9oqby19GY/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters force a bus to turn back in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. " width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters force a bus to turn back in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eaccm07Rf9SZ/610x.jpg" alt="A wounded opposition protestors lies on the ground at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="401" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A wounded opposition protestors lies on the ground at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03qOgGb4TE3xw/x610.jpg" alt="Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (R) talks with Prime Minister Guillaume Soro after a meeting at the presidential palace in Yamoussoukro February 18, 2010. Soro said on Thursday he had asked for two extra days to form a government to replace the one that his president sacked almost a week ago. President Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission after a row over voter registration last Friday, sparking a political crisis and opposition demonstrations across the worlds top cocoa grower." width="474" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (R) talks with Prime Minister Guillaume Soro after a meeting at the presidential palace in Yamoussoukro February 18, 2010. Soro said on Thursday he had asked for two extra days to form a government to replace the one that his president sacked almost a week ago. President Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission after a row over voter registration last Friday, sparking a political crisis and opposition demonstrations across the world&#39;s top cocoa grower.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06xUgCO5ql6j3/610x.jpg" alt="A wounded opposition protester lies on a bed at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A wounded opposition protester lies on a bed at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Q7bt58rd4Yb/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian red cross members carry a wounded opposition protester at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian red cross members carry a wounded opposition protester at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01EH5YLgcJckN/610x.jpg" alt="A relative holds up a photograph of 15 year-old Andokou Brou Christian, who was killed during clashes between opposition protesters and security forces in Gagnoa February 19, 2010, as his mother (C) cries alongside. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A relative holds up a photograph of 15 year-old Andokou Brou Christian, who was killed during clashes between opposition protesters and security forces in Gagnoa February 19, 2010, as his mother (C) cries alongside. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
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		<title>NIGER…Supporters of a military coup</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 436px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06ze58wcAmdGr/x610.jpg" alt="Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate in front of the National Assembly in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="426" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate in front of the National Assembly in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bUz4Vk2PJ9LE/610x.jpg" alt="Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier speak to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="387" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier speak to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ebhh2UaxG0jv/610x.jpg" alt="People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="482" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09sV4aI19ocwg/610x.jpg" alt="Members of a military junta, including spokesman Adamou Harouna, center left, gesture to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="394" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Members of a military junta, including spokesman Adamou Harouna, center left, gesture to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02cx0ez2x3fcM/610x.jpg" alt="People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="481" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Lk0uJcWN7lE/610x.jpg" alt="Colonel Goukoye Abdul Karimou reads a statement signed by Salou Djibo in Niamey in this videograb dated February 18, 2010 after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="457" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Colonel Goukoye Abdul Karimou reads a statement signed by Salou Djibo in Niamey in this videograb dated February 18, 2010 after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06kd5OaakUdT2/610x.jpg" alt="People react in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People react in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00lo4vx3FtaPs/610x.jpg" alt="Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, leave after speaking to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="405" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, leave after speaking to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02kCeSYdyZdlQ/610x.jpg" alt="Military police leave a funeral ceremony for two soldiers killed in fighting during a military coup two days earlier, in central Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Military police leave a funeral ceremony for two soldiers killed in fighting during a military coup two days earlier, in central Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0e6U4nEaqq5lI/610x.jpg" alt="Police load the body of a soldier killed in fighting during a military coup into a truck during a funeral ceremony outside the central morgue in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010." width="610" height="402" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Police load the body of a soldier killed in fighting during a military coup into a truck during a funeral ceremony outside the central morgue in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Xw6Yf0kA0Pc/610x.jpg" alt="Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eYl7eE7te7RD/610x.jpg" alt="A military car seen in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country." width="610" height="428" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A military car seen in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country.</p></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/030279RfNzcJ7/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers inspect a taxi in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010." width="610" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers inspect a taxi in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 469px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00ZiaMJgOlfHy/x610.jpg" alt="nternally displaced people receive food aid at a distribution centre in Somalia�s capital Mogadishu, February 16, 2010. The number of Somalis needing aid has fallen by more than half a million because of increased food production, mostly in the south of the Horn of Africa state, a survey showed." width="459" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">nternally displaced people receive food aid at a distribution centre in Somalia�s capital Mogadishu, February 16, 2010. The number of Somalis needing aid has fallen by more than half a million because of increased food production, mostly in the south of the Horn of Africa state, a survey showed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04922K32Jsh1J/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers inspect passengers of a public minibus in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010." width="610" height="401" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers inspect passengers of a public minibus in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fsE6beaYu0TX/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers walk past the covered remains of a man who was killed when the roadside bomb he allegedly tried to plant went of prematurely, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu." width="610" height="455" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers walk past the covered remains of a man who was killed when the roadside bomb he allegedly tried to plant went of prematurely, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/081jgFycpc7uK/610x.jpg" alt="MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled area, on February 15, 2010 in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. The state defense minister escaped the explosion, which left at least five dead and fifteen injured." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled area, on February 15, 2010 in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. The state defense minister escaped the explosion, which left at least five dead and fifteen injured.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05n7aRP12Y7WG/610x.jpg" alt="A man holds an unexploded ordnance at the scene of a car bomb in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 15, 2010. The bomb was targeting State Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad, known by his nickname Indahaadde or White Eyes and it killed at least one bystander, residents said." width="610" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A man holds an unexploded ordnance at the scene of a car bomb in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 15, 2010. The bomb was targeting State Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad, known by his nickname Indahaadde or &quot;White Eyes&quot; and it killed at least one bystander, residents said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 457px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Xd5dt1xY1Ym/x610.jpg" alt="A Somali resident guides his donkey as he flees from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes." width="447" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Somali resident guides his donkey as he flees from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 492px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00Koaah7JRgaX/x610.jpg" alt="Residents carry a man wounded during mortar shelling at Bakara market in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 10, 2010. Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive against rebels." width="482" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Residents carry a man wounded during mortar shelling at Bakara market in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 10, 2010. Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive against rebels.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 506px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Bnfmh8Io3Qt/x610.jpg" alt="An armed militant from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="496" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An armed militant from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 518px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gECbvrdWZ6FH/x610.jpg" alt="Somali residents ride atop a mini-van as they flee from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes." width="508" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali residents ride atop a mini-van as they flee from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 545px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fUZcVu9obenH/x610.jpg" alt="Leader of insurgent group Hizbul Islam Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (C) arrives for a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="535" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Leader of insurgent group Hizbul Islam Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (C) arrives for a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04XEaKE1C9gft/610x.jpg" alt="An armed militant from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="610" height="410" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An armed militant from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 491px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04NR9Je597fuB/x610.jpg" alt="People surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalias capital Mogadishu " width="481" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 471px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gY21DFcmR3K7/x610.jpg" alt="A boy arranges khat, a narcotic leaf, at an open market in the south of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 5, 2010. Khat leaves have been used as a stimulant and a social tonic." width="461" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy arranges khat, a narcotic leaf, at an open market in the south of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 5, 2010. Khat leaves have been used as a stimulant and a social tonic.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 475px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fYGgXQ1eDa55/x610.jpg" alt="Porters carry cargo from a commercial ship Victoria at the main seaport in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010." width="465" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Porters carry cargo from a commercial ship &quot;Victoria&quot; at the main seaport in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 544px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09of7DtacvgXy/x610.jpg" alt="A boy arranges jerry cans near a water well in the Hawa Abdi neighbourhood of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the worlds worst humanitarian emergencies." width="534" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy arranges jerry cans near a water well in the Hawa Abdi neighbourhood of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian emergencies.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 477px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cLm2pBgAt6yD/x610.jpg" alt="Armed militants from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group take position as they guard a roadblock in southern Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the worlds worst humanitarian emergencies." width="467" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Armed militants from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group take position as they guard a roadblock in southern Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian emergencies.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 487px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Os7IR1hT9oB/x610.jpg" alt="People surf the internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2010." width="477" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People surf the internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fUz9mz4hy2uE/610x.jpg" alt="Somali men escort a man at the Medina hospital after he was injured in clashes between Africa Union soldiers and Islamic insurgents, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in the capital, Mogadishu. Islamic insurgents fired several mortars from Mogadishus main Bakara market in the direction of African Union peacekeeping bases in the capitals south said Dahir Mohamed, a witness. In response, the AU troops, who are backing Somalias weak government, fired several missiles, some hitting Bakara market and others hitting residential areas. Residents report at least 10 civilians have been killed." width="610" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali men escort a man at the Medina hospital after he was injured in clashes between Africa Union soldiers and Islamic insurgents, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in the capital, Mogadishu. Islamic insurgents fired several mortars from Mogadishu&#39;s main Bakara market in the direction of African Union peacekeeping bases in the capital&#39;s south said Dahir Mohamed, a witness. In response, the AU troops, who are backing Somalia&#39;s weak government, fired several missiles, some hitting Bakara market and others hitting residential areas. Residents report at least 10 civilians have been killed.</p></div>
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