Familiar Scenes of Violence Arise in Mogadishu

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11-20-2007
Familiar Scenes of Violence Arise in Mogadishu

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In Somalia, an insurgency threatens to bring down the transitional government. There are daily gunfights in the streets of the capital Mogadishu, and nearly 200,000 residents are living along a stretch of road heading away from the city.

NPR's Gwen Thompkins reports.

GWEN THOMPKINS: From a distance way up in the air, the outflow from Mogadishu looks like suburban sprawl. Thousands of people have relocated along a body- shaking ...

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