Jan 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike on Somalia on Jan. 8 killed up to 10 al Qaeda-affiliated "terrorists", but three of the most wanted suspects survived, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Here is a chronology of recent events in Somalia: Oct. 2004 - In 14th attempt since 1991 to restore central government, lawmakers elect Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi Yusuf as president. In December, new Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi swears in 27 ministers in Kenya. Feb. 2006 - Lawmakers arrive in the southern city of Baidoa for the first meeting of the country's parliament on home soil. June 2006 - The Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) seizes the capital Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords and takes control of parts of southern Somalia. The interim government and the SICC recognise each other in their first direct talks in Sudan. Sept. 25, 2006 - The president escapes a bomb attack that kills five outside parliament in Baidoa. -- Islamist fighters take over the southern port of Kismayo, Somalia's third largest city, effectively flanking the Baidoa-based government on three sides. Oct. 9 - Islamists declare holy war against Ethiopia, which they accuse of invading Somalia to help the government. Nov. 30 - Ethiopia's parliament votes to let its government take necessary steps to rebuff any invasion by the Islamists. Dec. 7 - The U.N. Security Council passes a resolution endorsing African peacekeepers for Somalia. Dec. 12 - Islamists tell Ethiopia to leave Somalia within seven days or face war. Fighting starts on Dec. 19 following the end of the deadline. Dec. 24 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he is waging war against the Islamists to protect his country's sovereignty, in Ethiopia's first public admission of military involvement in Somalia. Dec. 28 - Islamists flee Mogadishu ahead of a joint Ethiopian and Somali government force which captures the capital. Dec. 31 - Somali Prime Minister Gedi enters Mogadishu. Jan. 1, 2007 - Islamists abandon defences at Kismayu. Jan 5 - Ethiopia's Meles says his country will pull its troops out of Somalia within two weeks. -- Western and African diplomats meet in Nairobi to discuss sending regional peacekeepers and more aid to Somalia. Jan. 8 - President Abdullahi Yusuf arrives in Mogadishu for the first time since he became president in 2004. -- U.S. aircraft strike the southern village of Hayo in the hunt for an al Qaeda cell accused of bombing two U.S. embassies in 1998 and an Israeli-owned hotel in 2002. Jan. 11 - The United States says that up to 10 al Qaeda suspects were killed in the air strike on Hayo but three of the most wanted suspects have survived.
