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Sun Jul-15-07 10:16 AM Original message

Somali peace conference postponed

Source: BBC News Last Updated: Sunday, 15 July 2007, 14:49 GMT 15:49 UK Somali peace conference postponed A national reconciliation conference in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu has opened - and then immediately adjourned. Organisers postponed the conference until Thursday to allow more time for all the delegates to arrive. Several mortar shells landed near the venue on Sunday, injuring civilians, but President Abdullahi Yusuf said violence would not deter the talks. The main Islamist opposition have refused to attend, saying the venue is not neutral. Somalia has been without a functioning government for 16 years. -snip- Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6899684.stm

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