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UN council sets urgent meeting on Somalia conflict
26 Dec 2006 15:26:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Somalia troubles

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Tuesday on the conflict in Somalia after a week of fighting between Somali Islamists and interim government forces backed by Ethiopia.

The 15-nation council was due at the 3 p.m. (2000 GMT) session to be briefed on the crisis by Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall of Guinea, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said.


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