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Bloody week ends in Somalia with blast at school for women and girls
Fri Feb 2, 2:32 PM



By Mohamed Olad Hassan And Tom Maliti

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - An explosion at an Islamic school for women and girls killed a student Friday at the end of one of the worst weeks of violence in the Somali capital since an Islamic group was driven from power by Ethiopian-led transitional government forces.

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