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Somalia's transitional national government (TNG) said on Tuesday it was pulling out of peace talks aimed at ending more than a decade of anarchy in the Horn of Africa country. ''The main reason is that the conference was not going well,'' TNG delegate Mohamed Awale told Reuters. ''We decided that from the beginning, but we hoped that things would get better... in fact it is getting worse and worse.'' The talks began last October and have been mired in wrangling over the number of delegates attending and where they should stay. Analysts say little progress has been made.