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Somali militia leaders meet in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi was on Thursday reported by news agencies to have received Somali faction leaders in Addis Ababa to discuss ways to resolve the political deadlock in Somalia. Among the faction leaders reported to be at the meeting were Abdullahi Yusuf, president of the self-proclaimed state of Puntland, clan leader Colonel Omar Hashi Aden, Mohamed Nur Shati-Gadud, chairman of the Rahawein Resistance Army (RRA), Sheikh Ali Burale, Hussein Haji Bod and several other leaders of the
Somali Peace Alliance (SPA) recently founded in Puntland.


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