21.   The newspaper said they were involved in a heated argument with clan elders at the camp.

22.   U.N. officials were negotiating with clan elders for their release.

23.   Two Finns kidnapped on a yacht in the same region in May by SSDF militiamen were later released unharmed after the intervention of local clan elders.

24.   Further peace negotiations brokered by clan elders and religious groups in an attempt to end the violence were in progress Satrurday.

25.   Habr Gedir clan elders intervened after the attack and calm has since returned to south Mogadishu.

26.   Bidde said clan elders in Mogadishu had settled the dispute and security restored.

27.   Bossaso was previously controlled by supporters of Jama Ali Jama, who was elected by a congress of clan elders in November to replace Abdullahi Yusuf as president.

28.   Bossasso was previously controlled by supporters of Jama Ali Jama, who was elected by a congress of clan elders in November to replace Abdullahi Yusuf as president.

29.   Clan elders agreed in March to institute Sharia Islamic law there, with its floggings, stonings and amputations.

30.   Clan elders had agreed to a ceasefire which was supposed to have come into effect Monday morning.