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Somali theatre attack snuffs out stirrings of hope

05 Apr 2012 21:17

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  • Surge in bombings since rebels pulled out of capital

  • AU troops deploy to Baidoa

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar

MOGADISHU, April 5 (Reuters) - Running her small business and bringing up six children in a part of rubble-strewn Mogadishu known as 'Kilometre Five', Safia Omar said a bombing of Somalia's national theatre had robbed her country of a brief sense that things were getting better.

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