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BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia leaves key Somali town

BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia leaves key Somali town: "Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from a key town in central Somalia.

Islamist insurgents say they now control Guriel, where Ethiopia had a big military base to secure the road linking the two countries.

A BBC correspondent in Somalia says it is not clear why the Ethiopian troops withdrew without any fighting."

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