Newsline 21 August 2009: Fighting erupted in the Somali capital Mogadishu this morning between Islamist rebels, government forces and AU peacekeepers; the Obama adminsistration makes plans to tackle US agri-giants, and in our Hotspot series we visit an island in the Danube River where it doesn't matter if you're Serb or Croat.

Violence flares in Mogadishu
Islamist rebels clashed with government troops and African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital this morning, killing at least 22 people. The violence in Mogadishu comes at the end of a week which has seen fighting between pro-government militias and al Shabaab insurgents in central and southern regions of Somalia, and the reappearance of Ethiopian troops in border areas.
Listen to an interview with Somali journalist Hasan Osman Abdy in Mogadishu
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Obama to tackle agri-giants
Just 2 percent of farms in the US account for half of all agricultural sales, and as these agri-giants have grown over the past ten years, small, independent farmers have been steadily forced out of business. But the Obama administration is sending signals that it wants to turn the tide.
Listen to an interview with Mississippi farmer Fred Stokes
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Hotspot Vukovar
In the latest in our Hotspot series we visit Vukovar, 18 years after a bitter war tore the town apart. And now people are forgiving and forgetting on their island in the Danube. A haven where it doesn't matter if you're Serb or Croat.
Listen to a report by Thijn Sadee.
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