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Counterfeit Money Trial Opens For Abdillahi Yusuf’s Son-In-Law In Dubai
Dubai, UAE, May 6, 2006 – Saeed Abdi Firin, the son-in-law of Somalia’s warlord president Abdillahi Yusuf, appeared before a Dubai court last Tuesday following charges that he imported counterfeit Somalia Shilling bank notes through Dubai airport.
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 6, 2006 – Somaliland’s legislators in the lower house of parliament (House of Representatives) on last Sunday reiterated their strong support for the independence of their country.
Hundreds Protest Water Price Rise In Somaliland
HARGEISA, May 2, 2006 – About 200 people protested a rise in the price of water in northern Somaliland, witnesses and local officials said, breaking government equipment in a rare show of unrest in the breakaway Somali enclave.
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Somalia’s Police Falls Apart Before It Is Formed
Baidoa, Somalia, May 6, 2006 – The deputy commander of Somalia’s to be formed police force, Gen. Osman Falko resigned. Gen. Falko said that he could not work with the commander of the police force, Gen. Ali Madoobe, because the latter is not a trained policeman but was a member of the now defunct NSS (National Security Service).
Mogadishu, May 3, 2006 – A Somali teenager publicly hacked his father's killer to death in a punishment sanctioned under Islamic law, heightening Somalia's status as a failed country in the eyes of the West. Hundreds of people gathered in Mogadishu to watch the court-ordered execution.
NAIROBI, May 2, 2006 – Up to seven people were injured on Tuesday in a clash that erupted when militiamen tried to seize an official car at the temporary base of Somalia's interim government in Baidoa, diplomatic and government sources said.
BAIDOA, Somalia, Apr 29, 2006 – Somalia on Saturday launched a major push to seek reconciliation among the lawless country's warring clans by attempting to set up regional bodies as platforms for fostering dialogue.
BAIDOA, Somalia, May 1, 2006 – Somali leaders expressed concern but could not confirm growing reports that Washington is financing a group of powerful Mogadishu warlords who have styled themselves as an anti-terrorism coalition.
Nairobi, May 3, 2006 – Some 250 Somali Members of Parliament will attend a six-day training seminar in Baidoa this week (3-8 May) to prepare the ground for a new Federal Constitution.
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