The Chinese embassy has tried to contact related authorities to help evacuate the Chinese from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, the report said.

报道称，中国大使馆已经努力联系有关官方来帮助中国人撤离索马里的首都摩加迪沙。

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A PECULIARITY of Somalia is that while the south of the country, including its broken capital, Mogadishu, has burned, the north has been stable.

索马里的一大特征就是当包括其残破的首都摩加迪沙在内的索马里南方在燃烧战火时，北方却能维持稳定的局面。

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SOMALIA, MOGADISHU: A severely malnourished child lies down after being admitted to Banadir Hospital in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu. (AFP PHOTO/ Mustafa ABDI)

索马里，摩加迪沙：索马里首都摩加迪沙巴纳迪尔医院，一位严重营养不良的儿童入住后刚刚躺下。

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The kidnappers reportedly handed over the journalists to four members of Somalia's transitional federal government late Wednesday at a security checkpoint in the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Various armed groups would then fight for control of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, and of central Somalia.

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The al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab lost control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, to AU and Somali government forces in 2011.

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