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Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers walk inside ...
Aug 7th, 2011
(Reuters) - Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers walk inside Mogadishu Stadium, the former headquarters of the Al Shabaab insurgent group in the north of the Somali capital, in this handout released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST) August 6, 2011. Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab group began withdrawing fighters from the capital Mogadishu. REUTERS/Stuart Price/AU-UN IST/Handout (SOMALIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -
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