Seven people have died in the Somali port of Kismayo in fighting between two self-declared leaders of the strategic city and surrounding area.

Residents told the BBC the clashes began in the town centre at midday and lasted for about 40 minutes.

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El huracán Barbara tocó tierra el miércoles cerca del puerto de Salina Cruz, en estado mexicano de Oaxaca, y luego se transformó en tormenta.

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Cyclone Mahasen has begun crossing Bangladesh's southern coast, as people pack into evacuation shelters.

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By Wyre Davies

Three days after huge car bombings in a Turkish border town, it is still not clear who carried out the attacks, although Turkey continues to blame agents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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Sunday 12 May marks the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes in human history in terms of socio-economic losses.

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At the thriving seaport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the aroma of lemons drowns out the smell of ship's fuel.

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2 May 2013
By Jim Muir
BBC Middle East correspondent

Some observers see the current flare-up in Iraq as the worst crisis to afflict the country since its emergence into statehood in 1921.

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Arturo Wallace

BBC Mundo, Bogotá

Última actualización: Lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

A pesar de los 2,4 millones de personas que tuvieron que abandonar sus hogares en Siria el año pasado, del desplazamiento forzado de un millón de personas en la República Democrática del Congo, y del mayor número de desplazados registrado en países como India, Pakistán y Sudán durante 2012, Colombia todavía ostenta el doloroso título de país con mayor número de desplazados internos del mundo.

A combination of fighting and famine has left 1.1 million people displaced. In Mogadishu alone there are more than 500 camps where families eke out a meagre living under scraps of tarpaulin and cloth supported on stick frames.

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