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• Somalia conference seeks to galvanise peace push
  LONDON (Reuters) - African, Arab and Western nations worried by Somalia's turmoil meet on Thursday to coordinate efforts against militants and pirates seen as growing threats to global security and ramp up measures to end famine and clan violence.
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• UN council approves increase in AU Somalia force
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday boosted by nearly one half an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, seeking to press home a military offensive against Islamist rebels in the Horn of Africa country.
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• Ethiopian troops seize key Somali rebel bastion
  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian and Somali troops captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia on Wednesday, as the rebels left their positions, a regional government official and residents said.
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• Blasts heard as Nigerian army battles Islamists in Kano
  KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunshots and explosions rang out on Wednesday in Nigeria's biggest northern city Kano, as the military exchanged fire with suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect.
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• Judge to give verdict in Mubarak trial on June 2
  CAIRO (Reuters) - The verdict in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him from power, will be delivered on June 2, the judge said on Wednesday.
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