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Insurgents attacked government installations in the provincial town of Beletwein overnight Thursday, killing at least three government soldiers and wounding two people, including a civilian.The US government strongly condemned the closure of Somalian radio stations and the arrest of Shabelle Radio's director Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe. Fourteen Ethiopian soldiers were killed late on Thursday as insurgents raided newly positioned Ethiopian check-posts between Cali Kamiin and Albraka in the Hodon district.