Latest violence kills 4 civilians
From Times Wire Reports
A car bomb killed four civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, and a suicide attacker struck at Ethiopian soldiers as battles between government forces and Islamist insurgents raged for a seventh day.
Nearly 300 people have died in the week of artillery duels and gun battles between allied Somalian and Ethiopian forces and the rebels who are frustrating the government’s attempt to restore central rule.
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