Car bomb explodes in Somali capital, wounds two
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/explosion-rocks-somali-capital-witnesses-061901465.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YXV59_v0RNSCAVeSXLAYlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-03-21T085239Z_1_CBRE82K0ONT00_RTROPTP_2_SOMALIA-CONFLICT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Somali soldier walks past the smouldering wreckage of car that exploded in Mogadishu" align="left" title="A Somali soldier walks past the smouldering wreckage of car that exploded in Mogadishu" border="0" /></a>MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somalian capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, wounding two people and triggering bursts of gunfire from police, witnesses said. The blast adds pressure on the embattled U.N.-backed government struggling to secure the city against al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels, even with the help of nearly 10,000 African troops. The blast happened in Mogadishu's busy administrative district. The police said four suspects had been detained. "A car bomb has just exploded in Maka al Mukarram road. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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