ADDIS ABABA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Tuesday it was not prepared to continue propping up Somalia's interim government "indefinitely" and urged leaders there to embrace a peace process to stop 17 years of conflict.

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf's government has been unable to stop a two-year insurgency by Islamic militia, despite backup from thousands of Ethiopian troops.

Hargeysa (Garadag.org) – Guddoomiyaha Xisbiga ugu weyn mucaaridka Somaliland ee KULMIYE, mudane Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo oo ay weheliyaan xubno sare oo ka tirsan hoggaanka xisbiga ayaa saaka kulan kula yeeshay Hotel Maansoor ee magaalada Hargeysa, Wasiirka Maaliyadda Jabuuti, mudane Cali Faarax Casoowe iyo wefti uu hoggaaminayo oo booqasho saddex maalmood ah ku yimi dalka Sabtidii.

MOGADISHU, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the forces ranged against the government and its Ethiopian military backers.

Six people died in the shootout at a checkpoint in Elasha, 15 km (9 miles) south of Mogadishu, on Sunday night, witnesses said, sending refugees and residents fleeing into local woods.

The Islamists, who have been waging a nearly two-year insurgency in the Horn of Africa nation, took Elasha last week, giving them their closest base yet to the capital.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton emerged on Thursday as a candidate to be U.S. secretary of state for Barack Obama, months after he defeated her in an intense contest for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Col Garam-Garam oo ka mid ah dagaal oogayaasha gacmaha dhiiga ku leh ee 18 sanadood daadinayey dhiiga dadka Soomaaliyeed,ayaa isaga oo markii la jabiyey jabhadii Moorgan ee uu ka mid ahaa saraakiisha malayshiyadaas,ee Col Barre Hiiraale ka soo eryey Kismaayo ayuu cararkii ku tegey Kenya,halkaas oo uu ku sugnaa ilaa intii uu maqlay in uu jiro jaanis kale oo uu mudo ku urursado dhaqaale.