Friday, December 4, 2009

Somali militant group denies role in suicide bomb (AP)

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A wounded is being assisted after the explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Police spokesman, Col. Abdilahi Hassan Barise, says three Somali Cabinet ministers are among nine people killed in a bombing that ripped through a university graduation ceremony, and says the ministers for education, higher education and health were among those killed in the blast. The officials were attending a graduation ceremony for medical, computer science and engineering students at a hotel in Mogadishu. African troops protecting the fragile Somali government wage near daily battles with Islamic militants who control much of central and southern Somalia. The Horn of African nation hasn't had a stable government for almost two decades. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - Somalia's most powerful Islamic militant group said Friday it was not responsible for a suicide bomb attack on a university graduation ceremony that killed 22 people.


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