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Somalia fighting intensifies

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 5:53 PM

Thousands of residents of Somalia\'s capital are now fleeing as the death toll from fighting in Mogadishu rises.



The latest fighting began on Thursday and escalated over the weekend between pro-government forces and Islamist groups



A health official says 14 people have been killed overnight.



A local human rights group estimate more than 120 have died in recent days.



Yesterday, Somalia\'s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed blamed radical Islamists for the renewed bloodshed.



The fragile interim government has been fighting radical Islamist groups like al-Shabab since 2006.