More than 115 dead in Somalia of cholera
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_re_af/somalia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070205/capt.nai10102051251.somalia_nai101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=0CWUVqkHY3JK.KA8txocKw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Somali government soldiers patrol the streets of Mogadishu, Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. Unknown gunmen fired several rocket-propelled grenades at the main port in Somalia's capital, which has seen spiraling violence since government forces and their Ethiopian backers took it over from an ousted Islamic movement. No casualties were reported from the late Sunday attack on the port. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)" border="0" /></a>AP - A cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed more than 115 people and hospitalized 724 in towns where people were forced to use contaminated water from a flooded river, doctors said Wednesday. More violence hit the capital, a day after the president ruled out talks with a moderate leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement, a setback for efforts to hold broad reconciliation talks in the war-torn country.</p><br clear="all"/>