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05/18/2004:

"Ethiopia 'terrorists' killed"

Addis Ababa - Government forces killed 20 members of an armed group accused of terrorising civilians in southwestern Ethiopia, the official news agency reported on Tuesday.

An unknown number of government troops were also killed in fighting that lasted for several hours on the outskirts of Gambella, about 500km southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa, a priest said by telephone from the region. www.news24.com