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Rayale’s Disdain For Due Process
Somaliland's President, Dahir Rayale Kahin, has so far remained unmoved by domestic calls for an independent investigation of human rights violations allegedly committed by his security forces in the aftermath of the April 14 elections.
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World Refugee Day 2003
Message from High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers
20 June 2003
This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 is dedicated to millions of young people whose futures have been jeopardized by war, persecution and exile. A refugee's life is never an easy one, but it's especially tough on young people who are robbed of what should be the most formative, promising and exciting years of their lives. At a time when they should be full of hope and dreams for the future, they are instead faced with the harsh reality of displacement and deprivation.
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HIV/AIDS in Somaliland Too Good to be True
For the last 6 months I was monitoring Somaliland media for information about the status of HIV/AIDS in Somaliland, I have come across an article wrote by a gentleman in London (Kaysar Cabdilaahi). After reciting the word from the Qur’an, he eloquently explained the disease in lay mans' words, so each and every one of us can appreciate the situation in our own little way.
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Restructuring the Tax System
Two hundred years ago the great Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith proposed in his influential book "Wealth of Nations" a set of criteria known as the Canons of Taxation for evaluating taxes. These have remained unchanged and are still widely used.
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Human
Rights & The ‘New Politics’ - A Reply
A. Mohamed Ali Xaashi ‘Dhimbiil’
The burden of proof and the burden of responsibility must always reside with the government of the day; defending a wrong based on one’s party affiliation is unpardonable and inexcusable. Violations of human rights and un-lawful detentions without access to the writ of habeas corpus are self-evidently evil and un-just. I oppose every infraction of human rights and support every attempt to reveal, expose and un-earth these violations.
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A Poisonous Article
Mudane Abdiqadir Mohamed Hassan
Hargeisa
I was astonished to read the article entitled "A Cesspool of Illogicality" (Somaliland Times, Saturday, June 7, 2003) by one Sulieman Mohamoud.
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International
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Dream Child
Fahima Osman is set to become the first Somaliland Canadian-trained physician in Toronto's Somali community.
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
 The envelope arrived on a Tuesday, a sunny and hot June 4, 2000, just before 1 p.m. All the Osmans remember it: The day before, Fahima and her mother had gone to the end of their street in Markham, Ont., to the brown super-mailboxes, shoving the key into 10A slot with their hearts pounding, only to find it empty. They knew the mailman delivered just after noon. They knew McMaster University had sent their answer off on Friday. Fahima hadn't slept all night; she had borrowed a cellphone to call the long list of family waiting to hear.
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Somalian Refugees Ready to Start Anew
Tim Sullivan
The Salt Lake Tribune
The languages Awes Muhina speaks are mile markers on the tortuous route that led him from Somalia to Salt Lake City.
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BBC Helps to Educate Thousands in Somalia
Press Release
19 June 2003
BBC World Service Trust and the African Educational Trust (AET) have jointly given nearly 11,000 Somalis the opportunity to learn basic literacy, numeracy and life skills through a weekly radio programme broadcast on BBC World Service. The Somalia Distance Educational Literacy Programme (SOMDEL) produced programmes that were close to the experience of Somalis, exploring issues on health, human rights and sustaining the environment in rural areas.
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Yemen Leader, U.S. Official Discuss Terror
Gulf News - June 18, 2003
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday held talks with a senior U.S. official on joint cooperation for combating terrorism.
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Special Ops General Offers Insight on Terror War
George Coryell
Media General News Service
June 20, 2003
MacDill Air Force Base - With almost back to back wars against Afghanistan and Iraq now called finished, the United States still faces a long road to safety, said Army Brigadier Gen. Gary Harrell.
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| Peace Talks |
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Amnesty Calls For Leaders Who Will Protect Human Rights
Nairobi, 17 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - The London-based rights group Amnesty International has called on delegates attending Somali peace talks in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to choose leaders who will protect the human rights of all Somalis.
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Disagreement Over Number and Selection of Future Parliamentarians
Nairobi, 17 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - After days of bargaining, Somali groups meeting in the Mbagathi suburb of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have failed to reach agreement over the number and mode of selection of the members of a future interim parliament, a source from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), close to the talks, told IRIN on Tuesday.
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The UK will support Somaliland’s parliamentary election and the health and education sectors
Hargeisa (SL Times) - The British Ambassador Mr. Myles Wickstead had raised the issue of people arrested by the Somaliland's security authorities in the aftermath of the April 14 presidential election. The people in question are about 10 - 12 SNM war veterans arrested by the authorities on May 19, 2003 in connection with alleged involvement in subversive activities against the state.
