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Many of the Mogadishu faction leaders are currently in the Yemen capital, San'a, at the invitation of President Ali Abdullah Salih. Somali political sources told IRIN that there were hopes that the faction leaders would hold talks with Somali interim President Abdiqasim Salad Hasan when he arrived in San'a on Friday. President Salih has been trying to mediate between the faction leaders and the new government, but this is the first attempt to bring the two sides together for direct talks.
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