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Heavy fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, between government forces backed by Ethiopian troops and armed insurgents.
A BBC correspondent says seven people were killed in the battle, the heaviest since the Islamists fell last year.
He says there has been a dramatic escalation in attacks against government targets in recent weeks.