In Somalia, Islamist rebels attacked Parliament as it met for the first time this year, in clashes which led to the deaths of at least 11 people. Insurgents fired mortar bombs at the building in Mogadishu, triggering retaliatory shellfire from African Union peacekeepers. There were rowdy scenes in the chamber earlier as members voted to remove the speaker, who had criticised the Prime Minister. The rebels have fought a three-year war against the fragile interim government. They launched Sunday's attack from their stronghold in the capital's main market at Bakara.