A U.S. warship has shelled a village in northern Somalia, marking at least the third U.S. strike in Somalia this year. U.S. officials said the target of the attacks was a base run by Islamic militants. The shelling came five months after U.S.-backed Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia and toppled the Union of Islamic Courts. Meanwhile, Somalia’s transitional prime minister, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, has survived an attempt on his life. On Sunday a suicide car bomber crashed into the gates of the prime minister’s estate. Ghedi was unhurt in the blast, but it killed six of his bodyguards and a local student.