Guns silent as Somali Islamists' deadline passes | International News | Reuters.com

Guns silent as Somali Islamists' deadline passes | International News | Reuters.com: "BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Guns were silent in the sole stronghold of Somalia's interim government on Tuesday as an Islamist deadline to Ethiopian troops to leave or face holy war passed with conciliatory signs.

Around the dusty agricultural trading post where Somalia's shaky government conducts business from a converted warehouse, residents reported calm despite the threat by the country's Islamist movement.

Nonetheless, the Islamists and Ethiopian-backed government troops remained dug in along a tense frontline just kilometres (miles) apart." Read complete post here.