In Somalia, clashes between U.S.-backed Ethiopian forces and fighters aligned with the Islamic Courts Union in the capital Mogadishu are being described as some of the heaviest fighting in the city’s history. Local human rights workers report at least 329 people have been killed over the past 10 days. Meanwhile, the United Nations is warning more people have been displaced in Somalia in the past three months than anywhere else in the world.

U.N. relief coordinator John Holmes: “A couple days ago, I was talking about 320,000 people having fled, which is about one-third of the population. I think those estimates are rising rapidly. I think it’s impossible to give an accurate figure, but we’re probably nearer 340,000 or 350,000 now, and maybe I’ve even seen an estimate of 400,000 as people are fleeing the fighting.”