MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The peacekeeper guarding the Mogadishu hotel smiled and said: "Leave your body armour behind. It's safe here."
Mogadishu was a city beginning to relax, and the soldier's advice to reporters arriving to meet Somalia's new-elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reflected that. But moments into his news conference, the bombings and shooting began.
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