TIMELINE-Ethiopia pulls out from Somali capital

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's Western-backed government quit their main bases in Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Here is a timeline of events since Islamists first seized the capital, Mogadishu:
June 2006 - The Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) seizes Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords and takes control of parts of southern Somalia.
Dec. 28 - Islamists flee Mogadishu ahead of a joint Ethiopian and Somali government force which captures the city.
Jan. 8, 2007 - Yusuf arrives in Mogadishu for the first time since he became president in 2004.
Aug. 30 - Yusuf winds up a six-week-long peace conference, which has no visible impact on growing insurgency. Islamists and some other opposition figures boycott the talks.
May 1, 2008 - U.S. air strike kills al Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayro.
Aug. 18 - Somalia formally signs a peace deal with some opposition figures, but the pact is rejected by hardliners.
Aug. 22 - Al Shabaab insurgents seize Kismayu, a strategic southern port, after fighting that killed 70 people.
Aug. 25 - The U.N.'s Food Security Analysis Unit says more than 3.2 million people need humanitarian aid.
Nov. 14 - Al Shabaab fighters move into Elasha town near Sinkadheer, where Ethiopian troops are based. Sinkadheer is 15 km (9 miles) southwest of Mogadishu.
-- President Yusuf admits Islamist insurgents control most of the country raising the prospect his government could completely collapse. ..more..http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LD494031.htm