Dozens of rotting bodies still in the streets of Mogadishu. Another Bush success story

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Somalis bury dead during lull in battles

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mogadishu residents buried their dead and ventured onto streets for the first time in five days on Monday during a lull in battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against Islamist insurgents and clan militia.

But even as elders from the dominant Hawiye clan insisted a truce was in place, hundreds of Ethiopian reinforcements drove into Mogadishu from other parts of Somalia, witnesses said.

One landmine exploded in south Mogadishu as a government convoy passed and there was sporadic gunfire. But the coastal capital was generally quieter after four days of ferocious fighting that residents say have killed several hundred people.

The United Nations said 47,000 Somalis have fled Mogadishu in the last 10 days, making a total of 96,000 since February.

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With dozens of rotting bodies still in the streets, it was impossible to calculate an exact death toll from what the Red Cross called Mogadishu's worst fighting in more than 15 years.