SOMALIA . . . U.S. PULLS OUT

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The U.S. will withdraw its minimal diplomatic corps and peacekeeping force in Somalia by Sept. 15, more than three years after then-President Bush sent in the Marines for a standoff with feuding warlords. Among the reasons to clear out about 30 U.S. diplomats and 50 military personnel: Somali clan leaders stubbornly refuse to negotiate with each other, and the U.N. is set to pull out its peacekeeping force there.