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Qatari Business Delegation Led by Sheikh Naef Visiting Somaliland
 Hargeisa (SL Times) - A Qatari business delegation led by Sheikh Naef Bin Suleiman Bin Hassan Al-Thani arrived in Hargeisa last Thursday. The purpose of the visit was described as obtaining first hand information on industrial investment opportunities in Somaliland.
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KULMIYE Concedes April 14 Presidential Poll Results
Hargeisa (SL Times) - Somaliland’s main opposition party KULMIYE has accepted the April 14 presidential election results. In a statement issued in late Sunday night, KULMIYE said, "despite strong grievances of injustice in the election, the party decided to concede the results of the process in the interest of Somaliland."
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The NEC Thanks UK, Denmark and Switzerland For Their Help
 Hargeisa (SL Times) - Somaliland's National Electoral Commission thanked the governments of the United Kingdom, Denmark and Switzerland for their assistance in support of Somaliland’s presidential election. In three separate thank you notes, sent to the ambassadors of the three countries in Kenya, the NEC expressed its appreciation of their contributions and hoped that the three governments will continue their support of the democratic process in Somaliland.
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5-Year-Old Child Savagely Tortured By Kidnappers
Two More Children Recovered From Suspected Kidnappers
Hargeisa (SL Times) - A 5-year-old boy by the name of Zubair Ahmed Ismail was rescued from his kidnappers by the Somaliland police Sunday night. Police authorities disclosed that the child had been severely tortured while under captivity.
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President Rayale's Turn
KULMIYE party’s statement conceding the April 14 presidential election was warmly welcomed by mainstream Somalilanders as well as the office of President Dahir Rayale Kahin, the man who had won the said poll. Accepting loss of the presidential election by a mere 217 votes, was obviously not an easy thing to come terms with for KULMIYE’s top-brass and the tens of thousands of its supporters.
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Ahmed Silanyo: The Man Who Saved Somaliland From Civil War
Abdillahi Daud, Minneapolis, MN (USA)
When the Supreme Court delivered the election victory to UDUB by upholding the decision of the Election Commission, most of the people did not know what to expect from the main opposition party, Kulmiye. Many people feared that Kulmiye would form its own government and thereby destabilize the law and order. Fresh in people’s minds was the way Abdurahman Tur behaved after losing the election to Egal exactly ten years ago. In other words, some people considered Silanyo just another politician who would put his personal interest above that of Somaliland. By finally accepting the decision of the court, however, Ahmed Silanyo proved beyond doubt that he is indeed a statesman that deserves to be entrusted to the leadership of this country.
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Renewed Fighting in Mogadishu, At Least Seven Killed
Nairobi, June 11, 2003 (IRIN) - Fighting broke out again on Tuesday in the Medina district of Mogadishu, according to local sources in the Somali capital.
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Added Forces Strengthen Horn of Africa Task Force
Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, June 13, 2003 (American Forces Press Service) - Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently welcomed the three-ship USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the guided missile frigate USS Gary in the Gulf of Aden.
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Call for a Human Rights-committed Interim Parliament
AI Index: AFR 52/005/2003
12 June 2003 By Amnesty International
As delegates to the Somalia Peace and Reconciliation Conference begin, in the coming days, to choose an interim parliament, Amnesty International calls on them to ensure that the new members of parliament, and of the interim government it will subsequently elect, will be fully committed to protecting human rights and the rule of law during the difficult task of reconstructing the disintegrated Somali state.
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You Asked Rageh Omaar
"We had to try to get our news on air without getting people into trouble"
BBC, May 2003
Rageh Omaar rose to prominence as the BBC's man in Baghdad throughout the conflict in Iraq.
For three months he reported the scene in the beleaguered capital to almost 90% of the British public on either BBC bulletins or News 24, despatches that were also syndicated widely abroad.
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Africa's Long-Distance Love Affairs
The numbers of Africans heading to make a better life away from the continent has raised the issue of how to make long-distance relationships work.
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Women Forced To Toil Abroad
Kevin J. Kelley, In New York
An unspecified number of Kenyan women are on forced labour in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries.
Kenyan children were often trafficked to Uganda for work, says the US State Department in a new report on human trafficking worldwide.
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Young Somali Seeks Peace, Knowledge
Said Sheik-Abdi
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
But has education prepared her for life in the U.S.?
Despite lacking previous education as well as cultural and language difficulties, many East African immigrant students between 17 and 23 years of age who arrived in the United States after being granted refugee resettlement status are graduated from Twin Cities-area high schools in just two to three years. However, the question of whether these students gained the same knowledge as American students in high schools and if they have the academic confidence to pursue higher education remains unanswered.
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Samsam Saleh: 'Take yourself seriously'
Nguyen Huy Vu
Sunday, June 08, 2003 - Samsam Saleh stands confidently in front of her honors
social-studies class and talks about Oman, a country in the Middle East, as a part of
a class assignment. She explains the country's governmental and economic system, its
food, culture and its opinions about the Palestinian and Israeli conflict.
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U.S. Deports Somali Judge Accused Of Human Rights Abuses
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2003 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego ordered the deportation of a former Somali military judge who is accused of human rights abuses, immigration officials said on Thursday.
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Earliest Homo Sapiens Fossils Discovered In Ethiopia
Arlington, Va, June 11, 2003 (National Science Foundation) - Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley along with researchers from Ethiopia and several other countries have uncovered fossils of the earliest modern human, Homo sapiens, estimated at 154,000 to 160,000 years old. According to the scientists, the findings provide strong evidence that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals co-existed, rather than the former descending from the latter.
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Africa Aid Event Delayed By Security
Alerts
Nick Cater
London, 11 Jun 2003 (AlertNet) - The organizers of a major aid-related exhibition and conference, due be held in Nairobi on June 25 and 26, announced on Wednesday that the event had been postponed for a month because of terrorist threats and restrictions on flights to Kenya.
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Mt. Whitney Returns From Terrorist Hunt In Africa
Norfolk, June 13, 2003 (AP) - The amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney returned to Norfolk today after serving as the floating headquarters for a U.S.-led task force searching for terrorists in the Horn of Africa.
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Added Forces Strengthen Horn of Africa Task Force
Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, June 13, 2003 (American Forces Press Service) - Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently welcomed the three-ship USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the guided missile frigate USS Gary in the Gulf of Aden.
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