SOMALIA FORCES RETAKE CAPITAL FROM ISLAMIC MILITANTS

“Just hours after Islamist fighters abandoned Mogadishu, the capital from which they ruled much of Somalia, thousands of troops of the transitional government moved into the city on Thursday in a stunning reversal of fortune” (New York Times). However, one expert cautioned: “This does not mean the U.I.C. is finished. The U.I.C. fighters simply changed their uniform to civilian cloth.” In breaking news, the Associated Press reports that “Islamic Leader Vows to Stay in Somalia.”