Fighting continues in Somalia

Rival militias using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and assault rifles battled for control of a part of the Somali capital for a third straight day today in fighting that has killed more than 60 people and wounded nearly 100 since Sunday.

The clashes between radical Islamic militiamen and secular rivals in Mogadishu, mark a sharp escalation among combatants who usually do not fight after dusk. Witnesses and hospital officials say the fighting killed nine people overnight, 35 yesterday and 18 Sunday.