Somalis enjoy new freedoms as government vows to take control after courts driven out

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- For hundreds of young men, the promise of a brighter future and the Somali government's victory over a fundamentalist Islamic movement were symbolized by a flickering blue screen in a dusty Mogadishu movie theater.

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