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- ↑ Pike, John. "SOMALIA: Twelve killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu" . Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Zooming into the Past". www.biyokulule.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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