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Reuters: Al Shabaab Push Towards Somali President's Palace

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Tags: Africa, Al Shabaab, Mogadishu, Somalia

Somali Islamist rebels pushed toward the presidential palace late on Tuesday but were repelled by heavy shelling by government troops, an army officer said on Wednesday.

More than 80 people have been killed in the latest escalation of violence in the capital Mogadishu, which began on Monday when the al Shabaab group vowed to intensify its holy war against the fragile government.

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