Nations push for peacekeepers
From Times Wire Reports
Western and African diplomats called for the urgent deployment of peacekeepers in Somalia, where Islamists who were routed by government and Ethiopian troops have vowed to continue fighting.
In Kenya, the International Contact Group on Somalia, which includes the United States and European and African nations, pushed for swift deployment of foreign peacekeepers approved by the United Nations before the war.
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