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At least six people, including two children, have been reportedly killed in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, after police opened fire on protesters.

The government's decision to increase food and fuel prices in the poor African country triggered riots across the capital and the suburbs on Wednesday.

At least six people have been shot dead in Mozambique's capital during clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against rising food and fuel prices.

Police opened fire on protesters throwing stones and setting fire to tyres and barriers, but it was not immediately clear whether their bullets were responsible for the deaths.

An Israeli organization intends to 'revise' the online encyclopedia Wikipedia based on 'national and ethnic interests,' according to the IranianUK.com website.

"Wikipedia has turned into a key source for Israeli citizens and all of them refer to it," reported the website.

Two violent incidents in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, have led to the deaths of at least 14 people.

Eight people were killed and 14 others wounded in a roadside bomb blast on Tuesday.

Al-Shabab fighters have attacked African Union (AU) troops stationed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing at least four Ugandan peacekeepers.

Nine more AU soldiers were wounded when the fighters fired mortars at the country's presidential palace late on Monday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Sudanese government secures the release of a female American aid worker abducted in Darfur 105 days ago, just a day after three Russians were kidnapped.

Flavia Wagner, 35, who worked for US charity Samaritan's Purse in Darfur, was kidnapped on May 18 in the village of Abu Ajura, in South Darfur state, along with two Sudanese colleagues who were freed after a week.

The Sudanese army says two Russian pilots have been seized by unknown gunmen in the Darfur region, the latest in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners in Sudan.

The pilots were abducted by a small armed group in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, on Sunday around 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT), AFP quoted an Sudanese army spokesman as saying.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives in Italy on Sunday for a two-day visit amid controversy over Tripoli's growing influence on the Italian economy.

The media, however, has mostly focused on Gaddafi's tent -- in which he sleeps during his foreign visits -- and the 30 horses that he is bringing to take part in a horse show on Monday, when he is expected to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Thousands of people have poured into the streets in different cities across the Indian-administered Kashmir to protest New Delhi's rule over the disputed region.

On Sunday, demonstrators defied a strict curfew to hold a pro-independence rally in the capital city of Srinagar.

A fresh outbreak of fighting between the al-Shabab fighters and Somali government forces has left at least 11 civilians dead in the country's capital city, Mogadishu.

More than 30 other civilians were injured after the fighting broke out near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Saturday, a Press TV correspondent reported.