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At least eight foreign Islamic fighters and an unspecified number of Somali militants were killed in security force operations backed by shelling from a U.S. warship a combination that defeated them, officials said Sunday.</p>
<p>The fight against Islamic militants in Somalia has dramatically moved to the relatively peaceful northeast of the country, opening up a new battlefront between them and Somali government forces and their allies who have previously fought only in the countrys south....
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