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8 Mar 2009, 0120 hrs IST, Subodh Varma,
TNN
NEW DELHI: It's not just India that's swirling to the dance
of democracy. 2009 will be the biggest year for electoral
democracy in history, with governments that rule over 2.6
billion people seeking a mandate from them. In India alone,
there are more than 700 million voters.
From the tropical rain forests of Congo and Ivory Coast, to
the icy wilderness of Greenland, from palm-fringed beaches
of New Caledonia to the vast pampas of Argentina, people in
64 countries will be voting this year to elect new
governments.
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Hargeysa, March 9, 2009 (Somaliland Globe) — The opposition
political parties are calling the Parliament to convene a
national conference on the future of the country. The
opposition call follows the fourth postponement of the
presidential election by the National Election Commission
(NEC) within the last 12 months.
The opposition parties strongly opposed any talk of
postponement or extension of term for Riyale and his UDUB
party as unconstitutional.
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REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND
THE SOMALILAND JUSTICE AND WELFARE PARTY (UCID)
March 5, 2009
Press Release
UCID Party’s stand on the postponement of the presidential
election of Somaliland
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By Dina Temple-Raston
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Morning Edition, March 12, 2009 • Young Somali-Americans in
Minneapolis have been vanishing without warning for the past
year and a half. On Wednesday, for the first time, the FBI
hinted at an answer to the mysterious disappearances: There
are recruiters operating in Minnesota helping young men make
their way to Somalia. The young men who left are believed to
have joined the ranks of a Somali terrorist group called al-Shabab
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Toronto, March 12, 2009 – The conversation between the two
women at the bus stop had been heated, but Nimo Gulleid
didn't give it a second thought as she boarded the TTC bus.
She didn't even notice when, a few minutes later, the bus
pulled over and uniformed police officers came on board.
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Addis Ababa, March 13, 2009 (WIC) - Ethiopia is scheduled to
host the 4th African International Media Summit (AIMS) in
Addis Ababa from March 13-15th 2009, APA reported.
The media summit is being organized by the African
Communication Agency (ACA), in collaboration with the
African Union Commission (AUC).
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March 12, 2009
The governor of the Dhamar province in Yemen, Yahya Al-'Amri,
together with officials from the governorate and local
farmers, have begun uprooting qat plants to make room for
agricultural crops instead, the Yemen Times reported.
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"There are youth
programs that in some cases have hidden agendas," said Osman
Ahmed, a Somali-American community leader in Minneapolis.
(Susan Walsh/ Associated Press)
By Bryan Bender and Shelley Murphy
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2009 – A Somali-American community
leader warned a Senate panel yesterday that Boston may be
among half a dozen cities where youths are being recruited
to travel to Somalia to fight alongside a radical Islamic
group with links to Al Qaeda.
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Somaliland’s President Arrives In Addis Ababa |
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president
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ethiopian pm
Males |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
March 14, 2009 (SL
Times) – The President
of Somaliland, Dahir
Rayale Kahin, and the
delegation accompanying
him arrived in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, where
he was welcomed by
officials from the
Ethiopian foreign
ministry.
While in Addis,
Somaliland’s president
was visited at the hotel
where he staying, by the
British Ambassador to
Ethiopia
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New
Voter-Registration Head Dies Suddenly In Hargeysa
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xassan loshade,new
voter registration |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, March 14, 2009 – A newly appointed chairman
overseeing the voter-registration process in Somaliland died
suddenly on Friday.
Mr. Hassan Mohamed Loshade was rushed to the general
hospital in Hargeysa, Somaliland's capital, after reporting
heart pains Friday afternoon.
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Finnish Officials Insist Not Take Back A Somali Man Deported To
Somaliland |
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Minister Mohamed Osman (left)
examines the map of Somaliland in his office in Hargeysa.
Helsinki, March 13, 2009 – Finnish officials insist that Finland
will not take back the deported Somali man, regardless of the
wishes of the Somaliland administration.
“The matter is closed as far as we are concerned”, said Jorma
Vuorio of the Finnish Immigration Service.
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TGS announces the availability of
seismic and aeromagnetic data in Somaliland (Graphic:
Business Wire) |
HOUSTON, March 12, 2009 – TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS)
announced today that it has completed processing and
interpretation of two new multi-client programs in Somaliland.
Acquired in partnership with the Somaliland Ministry of Water
and Mineral Resources (Ministry), the programs include 5,300
kilometers of marine 2D seismic, gravity, and magnetic data,
plus approximately 34,000 kilometers of high resolution
aeromagnetic data covering onshore areas.
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Downtown Hargeysa
shows signs of development and stability not evident in many
other parts of Somalia. Matt Brown / The National
Matt Brown
HARGEYSA, Somaliland, March 13. 2009 – Drive through the streets
here, and you will find signs of development and stability not
seen anywhere else in Somalia.
A construction crew is busy laying the foundation of the
seven-storey glass and steel headquarters for a
telecommunications company. Well-trained security forces stand
guard outside the Somaliland central bank.
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Mutinous Troops in Madagascar Say They Control Army Tanks |
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Colonel
Noel Rakotonandrasana (l) in Antananarivo, 11 Mar 2009 |
Johannesburg, March 13, 2009 - In Madagascar, mutinous troops
say they control the army's tanks but deny they are planning to
attack the presidential palace. The latest development comes
amid weeks of unrest
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President Barack
Obama |
President Barack Obama greets attendees prior to addressing
White House Recovery and Reinvestment Act Implementation
Conference, 12 Mar 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is optimistic that the
economy's long-term future is strong if officials can solve
structural problems with the global economy. The president
shared his views on the state of the economy with the leaders of
some of America's biggest companies.
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Residents wait
in line for the opportunity to qualify to be placed on the
waiting list for an apartment house
By Carolyn Presutti
Washington
13 March 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday spoke to state
representatives about how to spend their portion of the $787
billion stimulus plan. Many Americans hope the money
trickles down to their communities to create jobs and ease
financial stress.
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Police officers
arrest female protester taking part in anti-government
march in Karachi, 12 Mar 2009 |
By VOA News
13 March 2009
Pakistan's government widened a ban on protests Friday and
rounded up dozens of activists in a bid to stifle a second day
of anti-government demonstrations.
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Nicole Stremlau
Finding Somalia's government on the web can be
confusing. There is no .so domain. www.somali-gov.info claims to
be the "Official Federal Government Website for Somalia" but if
you have been following developments in Somalia you will soon
realize that the president and prime minister are no longer in
power. The site for the new president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh
Ahmed, can be found at www.nationtv.org, not an obvious address
for the official government.
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Written by Marko Kananen
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Somalia has been in a state of chaos and anarchy since the fall
of dictator Said Barre in 1991. The war situation has thus
continued, with short exceptions, for 18 years. Due to the
humanitarian, political and economic disaster, caused by two
decades of war, Somalia is generally described as a failed
state. But what do we mean by this concept, and more
importantly, what can we do to help Somalia and all the other
failed states?
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2009/03/05
East London, March 5, 2009 – ANDILE Tunzana has the blood of
four Somalis on his hands and, as he sits in Mdantsane
Prison serving two life sentences, he has finally told why
he killed.
“We knew they had a lot of money in their shops and had no
guns to fight back,” said Tunzana, 26, who is doing hard
time for the killing of Somali refugees around East London.
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US
Should Support Democracy Not Religious Warlords |
Most Somalis are
already well aware that southern warlords have turned to using
religion as a vehicle for gaining political power. But what has
come as a surprise to many is that the US, too, is now taking
the same approach and is using the Sheikh Sharif faction of the
Islamic Courts to achieve its political agenda in Somalia
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OPINION |
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Nice Kulmiye Jokes |
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By Mohamud Tani
March 12th, 2009
I met Abdillahi Bahar yesterday, and while we were with
several friends discussing Kulmiye jokes, he added a good
one. Someone was talking about an Amin Amir cartoon in which
a senior Kulmiye guy was telling his tailor that he can not
wait one more day for the government suit. There Mr Bahar
laughed and told us that it reminds him of a Readers Digest
joke he once read long time ago.
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Puntland President & Al-Itahad Al-Islamiya – The New
Business Partners |
By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
I unveiled in my previous articles the involvement of
Puntland leaders in piracy, human trafficking, counterfeit
and money laundering. As usual hundreds of angered
supporters of these corrupted leaders emailed me with hatred
statements, and some vowed to arrest me. These are normal
for every fact-finding writer, because Arabic Proverb says
“Truth don’t please all”.
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U.S. Imperial Expansion Creates New Enemy |
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In the 80s the U.S. created
Al-Qaida to attack the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. But as
the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union disintegrated into
smaller republics, the United States needed a new enemy to
continue its quest for global domination. And its former
allay—Al-Qaida—became the new foe after September 11, 2001
horrific attacks in New York City.
Similarly, to continue the relentless U.S. imperial
expansion in another defenseless, vulnerable and potentially
oil rich front, namely East Africa,
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Portraying Alshabaab as the new formidable enemy
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First, in order to convince the public the danger that a
foreign organization poses to the U.S., preconditioning must
be done. And as part of mentally preparing the American
people for the potential attacks, the F.B.I has been
investigating dozens of Somali young men from the States who
allegedly travelled to Somalia and joined Alshabaab. Second,
no sooner the investigation began, than U.S
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First All-Black Female Flight Crew Flies To Nashville |
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On
February 12, 2009, Captain Rachelle Jones and First Officer
Stephanie Brown Grant made history for being the first all
African-American female crew to operate a commercial jet
revenue flight Atlantic Southeast Airlines(ASA).
ATLANTA, March 02, 2009 -- Four African
American women made history this month when they took an ASA
flight from Atlanta to Nashville. They weren't passengers.
They were the nation's first all black all female flight
crew.
Meet airline captain Rachelle Jones, first officer Stephanie
Grant, and flight attendants Diana Galloway and Robin
Rogers. When they worked that ASA flight from Atlanta to
Nashville they never expected to make history. In fact, it
was a matter of chance.
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Ann
Pettifor |
Ann Pettifor
March 8, 2009
Somali Pirates were condemned when they hijacked tankers,
took sailors hostage and demanded million-dollar ransoms.
But their demands were a drop in the bucket compared to the
ransoms demanded by Wall Street.
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Islamic Finance And Global Security |
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
When Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi opened
the Fifth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) in Jakarta,
Indonesia in the first week of March he said that the
Western financial system had collapsed because of “unbridled
greed” and that Islamic finance was an alternative to a
failed Wall Street model.
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Garowe Online EDITORIAL | " Western-style
democratic elections" are a dangerous feat in African
politics.
Mar 8, 2009
The signs of a dictator are clear and unquestionable.
Mr. Dahir Riyale Kahin, the elected president of
Somaliland, has repeatedly violated the country's
constitution by expertly abusing the public's desire for
peace and governance. Most recently, the Riyale
administration in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland,
postponed the election date for a second time, throwing
the public into widespread confusion and the government
onto the path of self-destruction.
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By Colin Gray
March, 2009
The nation of Somalia, located on Africa's east coast, is
described by the New York Times as "the most violent, hungry
and smashed-up country in the world." On the Fund for Peace
"Failed States Index" for 2008, Somalia ranks as #1.
Ethiopia's recent departure from the country after a 2-year
occupation has left 1,600 Ugandan and 1,300 Burundian
peacekeepers to maintain order
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Ahmed Hassan is a Somali community liaison for Minneapolis
police
by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio,
Sasha Aslanian, Minnesota Public Radio
March 6, 2009
A new study warns about the threat of Islamist
radicalization and says online chat rooms are gaining
strength. The report sheds some light on how recruiters
could lure Americans to fight in a holy war.
Minneapolis, Minn. — The FBI is looking into whether a group
of Twin Cities men were recruited to fight in Somalia. But
still unclear is who was responsible for spreading extremist
ideology. Is there a recruiter lurking in the community? Or
were the young men targeted through the Internet?
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03/11/2009
00:01:00 AM
Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
Introduction
Senator Lieberman, committee chairman, and Senator Collins,
ranking member, I thank you both for the opportunity to
share my assessment of recruitment efforts by shabaab among
the Somali diaspora in America.
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