Somali leader arrives in capital
Many Somalis want the Ethiopians to leave the capital
Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, amid tight security.
He flew in on his first visit since Islamists fled advancing Ethiopian forces and interim government soldiers.
Gunmen fired at Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu overnight, after two died in anti-Ethiopian protests on Saturday.
It is unclear if the violence is linked to the Islamists, who threatened an Iraq-style insurgency. Some Islamist leaders are in Yemen calling for talks.
Somalia's president and the prime minister, Mohammed Ali Ghedi, are at the former presidential palace in southern Mogadishu, Villa Somalia, for discussions with clan elders about the faltering disarmament process.
The capital awash with guns, and since being elected Somalia's interim president in 2004, Mr Yusuf has always said it was too dangerous for him to set up a government in Mogadishu.
Location of militias and US Navy patrols
Meanwhile, diplomats are discussing an African peacekeeping force, with Ethiopians keen to pull their troops out within weeks.
Many Islamist fighters are in hiding, though fighting is still being reported involving Ethiopian forces near the Kenyan border at Ras Kamboni.
Somalia's defence minister said government troops were poised to enter one of the Islamist's last strongholds, after a two-day battle.
Talks
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakar al-Qurabi says that several ousted leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts managed to escape to Yemen - though the whereabouts of the UIC's main leaders remains unclear.
