The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an Ethiopian rebel group that is operating in eastern Ethiopia, is reporting more Woyanne regime casualties in a renewed offensive that took place since November 10. The following is a military communique:

Military operations related to the 10 November 2009 offensive have concluded in Ogaden. In total, 6 military vehicles belonging to the regime have been destroyed thus far by ONLF forces. The death toll from all fronts now stands at 985 of Woyanne regime troops killed, including 12 officers, with a large number wounded.

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Georgia urged fellow former Soviet republic Belarus today not to follow Russia in recognizing the breakaway Regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as Independent States.

Belarus dispatched parliamentarians to Georgia and its rebel territories this week to consider the issue, with Minsk torn between loyalty to traditional ally Russia and a bid to improve relations with the European Union, which supports Georgia.

Russia recognized the breakaway Regions in August 2008 after crushing an assault by U.S.-ally Georgia on South Ossetia in a five-day war. Only Nicaragua and Venezuela have followed suit.

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http://www.rferl.org … bkhazia/1881595.html

At least 10 people have been killed and more others wounded after heavy fighting between the transitional government forces backing by the AU troops (AMISOM) and the Islamist fighters broke out in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, official and witnesses said on Tuesday.

Reports say that the clashes continued at Abdul Azis and Shibis districts in the north of the capital and parts of Hodan and Daynile districts, bases for both rival forces killing more.

Reports say that both sides exchanged heavy weapons during the war.

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http://www.shabelle. … News.asp?NewsID=9896

JAZAN: Saudi forces continued pounding rebel positions on the Saudi-Yemeni border on Monday causing heavy losses to Yemeni infiltrators.

“The Saudi Royal Air Force launched several strikes at rebel positions accompanied by artillery shelling by ground forces inflicting heavy losses on the rebels on Monday morning. The ground forces continued search and flush operations to clear the area close to the border … Saudi Naval Forces also continued operations,” said sources at the Saudi-Yemen border.

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http://www.arabnews. … 788&d=24&m=11&y=2009

The opposition Nationalist Party of Peru submitted to the Peruvian Congress a request to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia; the party is convinced the Congress will have no reason to refuse the recognition of the two Transcaucasian republics, the party leader Ollanta Humala said Wednesday.

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http://www.abkhaziag … /detail.php?ID=25020

Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists said on Sunday they had seized control of a southern town from the rival Hizbul Islam insurgents after clashes that killed at least 12 fighters.

Al Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu. The group is fighting government troops and African Union peacekeepers to impose its own version of sharia, or Muslim law, throughout Somalia.

Witnesses said hundreds of the group’s fighters marched into Afmadow town in the lower Juba region on Sunday after heavy fighting that started the previous day.

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http://www.puntlandp … e.php?articleid=9612

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http://www.newsyemen … no=3_2009_11_18_7967