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Somali government soldiers run to position during an ambush by al Shabaab rebels on the outskirts of Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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TOKYO | Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:32pm EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - A building was reported on fire in northern Japan after the area was hit early on Thursday by a strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.8, public broadcaster NHK reported.

TV showed fire trucks apparently on their way to the scene of the fire in a city about 550 km northeast of Tokyo, but there was no immediate information on the scale of the blaze.
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