Fighting broke out between Shabaab and the Islamic Courts in the town of Balad; Islamic Courts fighters fled the town after the clash. Four Somalis were killed in the Islamic Courts-controlled town of Abudwaq. A United Nation employee was killed in Hudur; he is the second UN employee killed since Oct. 18.
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