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Somalia Faces Threat of New Refugee Crisis

A new refugee crisis has broken out in Somalia, where the Union of Islamic Court (UIC) has taken control of Mogadishu and much of the country. The UIC threatens to overthrow the U.N.-backed Somali Transitional Government, and Ethiopia says, if that happens, it will invade. Somali refugees have been crowding into Kenya.

David McGuffin visits the Dadaab refugee camp on the Kenyan-Somali border.

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