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ADEN, May 14, 2009 – The interest in
British Somaliland at present centers mainly round the visit
of Sir Reginald Wingate, who has proceeded with his staff
from Berbera into the interior and commenced his
investigation of the political and general military
situation there, on which he is to report to the Government.
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Aways
Mogadishu, May 16, 2009 – Al-Shabab Islamist fighters have
ordered Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys to hand over weapons he
took from Yusuf Indho Ade, sources said on Tuesday.
Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad Indho Ade had handed over his
weapons to Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys who belongs to his sub
clan Cayr, of Habar Gidir clan after al-Shabab took control
of most contested areas in the capital.
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Milton Olupot
Kampala, May 12, 2009 — MEMBERS of the parliament of
Somaliland are in Uganda to study the budget system and the
role of parliament in the budget distribution.
The delegation, led by Eng. Nasir Hagi Ali, was yesterday
received by deputy clerk Chris Kaija Kwamya.
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MOGADISHU, May 11, 2009 — A court in the republic of
Somaliland on Sunday sentenced 14 people to between 15 and
20 years in jail for piracy. The suspects had been arrested
by the Somaliland coastguards near the port of Berbera.
Three of them were sentenced in absentia after dodging
arrest last week.
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Livestock are
suffering in the prolonged drought that has hit Sool region
(file photo)
LAS'ANOD, May 11, 2009 – Authorities in the town of Las'anod
in the disputed region of Sool have appealed for help in
providing safe drinking water for the town's residents.
Both Somaliland and the self-declared autonomous region of
Puntland claim Sool and Sanaag regions.
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A donkey weakened by drought - file photo
ERIGAVO, May 13, 2009 – A severe drought that has gripped
Somaliland's Sanag region in the past months has hit
pastoralists hardest, with hundreds of families moving to
urban centers after their animals died, officials said.
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Friday,
8 May 2009
Somaliland
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat) |
Hansard source
To ask
Her Majesty's Government what were the findings and
recommendations of the European Union Democratization
Steering Committee mission which visited Somaliland in March
2009.
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By Yasiin Mugerwa, Citizen Correspondent, Kampala
The government may fail to finance the 2009/10 budget after
it emerged that planned resource envelope is short of close
to Shs2 trillion, Daily Monitor can reveal.
Members of Parliament who talked to The Citizen on Monday,
are worried that this could cripple service delivery in the
country, especially at the time when donors have just cut
their contribution from Ush668.5 billion to Ush598.1
billion.
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Qatar Super Grand Prix and Jama Karaiin’s Team Gold Victory |
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The Sudanese runner, Abubaker
Khaki, has won a gold medal for the 800 meters race held in
Qatar Super Grand Prix.
By: Issa Awaleh
The Sudanese runner, Abubaker Khaki, has won a gold medal
for the 800 meters race held in the Qatari Capital, Doha on
Friday May 8.
The 19-year-old Kaki clocked 1:43.09, to hold off the
challenge from Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop (1:43.17), the Olympic
1500m champion in waiting, whilst Mohammed Al-Salhi of Saudi
Arabia was third. Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop is used to finishing
with a strong kick.
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SRSG calls for immediate direct aid to alleviate suffering
in Somalia |
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PRESS RELEASE 018/2009
Nairobi, 14 May 2009: The UN Special Representative for
Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has accused the extremists
who are attacking Mogadishu of being directly responsible
for the current suffering and misery of tens of thousands of
Somali civilians.
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Statement
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Somalia
Attacks On The Transitional Federal Government Communique
Issued By The Ministry Of Foreign And European Affairs
Paris, May 13, 2009 – France firmly condemns the recent
attacks on the Transitional Federal Government which have
caused many civilian casualties and forced tens of thousands
of Somalis to flee Mogadishu.
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Somalia: civilians trapped amid fighting in Mogadishu |
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By Noah Shachtman
News release from ICRC
Nairobi/Geneva, May 14, 2009 (ICRC) – The ongoing armed
clashes in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, have left dozens of
people dead. Hundreds have been wounded and admitted to
hospitals and other medical facilities in the past few days.
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Somalia: Amputations And Public Killings Must Stop |
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS
RELEASE
London, May 14, 2009 – During a week that has seen scores of
civilians killed, hundreds injured and thousands displaced
by clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in
Mogadishu, Amnesty International said that armed opposition
and local clan militias in control of Kismayo have been
carrying out amputations and unlawful killings.
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Somali Pirates Can Locate Ships Without Need For London Mole |
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The
Sirius Star anchored off Somalia. The ship was
hijacked by pirates. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images |
Nick Mathiason
London, May 11, 2009 – You would hardly need to be the most
devious criminal mind to work out where a tanker laden with
valuable cargo may be positioned at any given moment.
If reports from Spain are true and Somali pirates had a
London shipping contact supplying them with precise
information to target which tankers to hijack, they may have
cultivated an insider at a London shipbrokers. That is
because, every Monday, London brokers compile a list
detailing the exact positions of all tankers sailing in the
world.
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Drought Commission Appeals For Help |
Villages
abandoned following
severe drought
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
May 16, 2009 (SL Times)
– Somaliland's National
Drought Commission held
a meeting with
international and
national agencies at the
ministry of interior.
The purpose of the
meeting was to get
international and
national agencies to
take part in the efforts
to provide emergency
water to the people
living in drought
stricken areas of the
country.
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Terrorists Captured In Hargeysa |
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Somaliland City,
Hargeysa |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 16, 2009 (SL Times) – Security was
tightened in Somaliland's capital Hargeysa with armed forces
patrolling the streets and preventing car access to the main
road that passes in front of the presidential palace, a
practice which residents of the capital are familiar with in
the evenings but that happened this week in daytime.
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Presidential Security Eject Haatuf Reporters |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 16, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Dahir Rayale Kahin’s security refused to allow
Haatuf reporters to attend the President’s press conference
this week.
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Berbera, Somaliland, May 16, 2009 (SL Times) – About a dozen
members of Somaliland’s intelligence services are receiving
training by American experts. There were no official reports
from the government, but reliable sources have said that the
training will include how to prevent and foil terrorism. The
training started last week at Mansoor Hotel in Berbera.
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Dahabshiil Building
Borama, Somaliland, May 16, 2009 (SL Times) – Dahabshil, a
remittances transfer company opened a new building in Borama,
Awdal region. The celebration of the inauguration of the new
building that houses the company was held in a widely attended
ceremony in Rays Hotel.
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Road Maintenance |
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Road Maintenance |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 16, 2009
(SL Times) – Somaliland's local government has started a project
to fix a 4 km road that stretches from Muhammad Moge
neighborhood and passes east of Star Hotel.
Hargeysa’s Mayor, Eng. Hussein Mahamud Jiir and members of
Hargeysa’s city council went on an inspection tour to check the
project's progress. Speaking about the road, the mayor said,
"this project is part of the combined efforts of the government
and the people whose cooperation has been increasing in the last
few years."
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Hollywood Beckons For Somali Pirate Negotiator |
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Andrew Mwangura, the controversial contact for
troubled seafarers and pirates alike, to be played by Samuel L
Jackson |
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Andrew
Mwangura and Samuel L Jackson |
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Mombasa, May 15, 2009 – He's a number scribbled in a captain's
cabin, a name inside a Somali pirate's head, a voice of
reassurance to the family of a captured seaman. His government
wants him behind bars while strangers rush to shake his hand. He
is, according to one headline writer, The Pirate Whisperer, and
his story could soon be known around the world.
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Welcome To Somaliland, The Nicer Part Of Crumbling Country |
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Cars clog a main road in
Hargeysa, capital of Somaliland.
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 16, 2009 — It might surprise you to
learn that Somalia — that post-apocalyptic shell of a nation
where Islamist insurgents, clan warlords and now pirates hold
sway over a helpless government — has some nice parts, too.
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About 300 Foreigners Fighting Somali Government - UN |
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UN fears potential al-Qaida safe haven after attempted
coup and worsening chaos |
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Somalia al-Shabaab insurgents
Nairobi, May 16, 2009 – Hundreds of foreigners fighting
alongside Somali Islamic insurgents are driving fierce battles
against government forces which have killed more than 100
people, the UN envoy to Somalia said today.
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UK
Muslim Minister Resigns to Clear Name |
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Britain's first Muslim minister Shahid Malik
By IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
LONDON, May 15, 2009 — Seeking to clear his name from media
accusations of breaching his ministerial code over expenses,
Britain's first Muslim minister Shahid Malik resigned on Friday,
May 15, till an inquiry into the allegations completes.
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US President
Washington, May 16, 2009 – Civil liberties groups have reacted
angrily to US President Barack Obama's decision to revive
military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Mr Obama has previously denounced the Bush-era judicial system,
but in a statement said new safeguards would ensure suspects got
a fairer hearing.
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Vice President Biden |
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By Jimmy Orr | 05.10.09
Vice President Biden on Sunday said his dog was smarter than
President Obama's dog while speaking to schoolchildren at
Bellevue Elementary School in Syracuse, NY.
It was as though Vice President Biden time-warped back to
last fall. Because on Sunday he was in full campaign attack
mode.
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Barack Obama Faces Tense Meeting With Benjamin Netanyahu |
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Barack Obama
will face the sternest test of his diplomatic skills yet on
Monday when he holds his first meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu,
the Israeli prime minister. |
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Benjamin Netanyahu, the
Israeli prime minister, is to meet Barack Obama at the White
House Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES |
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Washington, May 16, 2009 – After spending the first three months
of his presidency extending goodwill to the world, the US
president will host a potentially confrontational meeting at the
White House.
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Ed
West
By: Ed West at May 13, 2009
With the economy in such tip-top condition, it's reassuring to
know that the money owed to the British taxpayer is safe and
sound.
David Alton, one of the few good men left in SW1 (and if he's on
the fiddle I'll put a Luger to my head), recently submitted a
question to "Lord" Myners of Bermuda: "How much debt is owed to
the United Kingdom by developing countries; and which are the
ten most indebted nations?" The answer came back last week.
Britain is owed £2,813,000,000 and the top ten debtors are, from
1 to 10:
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The money-changing
market in Hargeysa, Somaliland
By McClatchy
Newspapers correspondent Shashank Bengali
May 14, 2009
When I've gone
to Somalia, the first question I've had to grapple with, as a
foreigner and therefore ransom bait, is
how many armed bodyguards to hire.
Not so in Somaliland. The first serious question asked of me
after I landed recently came from the helpful young clerk at
the cell phone company.
"Do you want to
get Internet on your phone?" he asked.
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Johnnie
Carson
Johnnie Carson, a distinguished career diplomat just days
into his new assignment, as
Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs, is
making his first trip to the continent. After pressing the
flesh at Jacob Zuma's inauguration over the weekend in South
Africa, Carson spoke to reporters in Nairobi yesterday and
expressed
words of concern about the growing political tensions
here.
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U.S. Policy Re. Somali Pirates |
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pirates |
Written by William F.
Jasper
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
On April 30, Captain Richard Phillips, the heroic skipper of
the pirated Maersk Alabama, told U.S. senators that
“hardening” commercial shipping vessels, arming senior crew
members of commercial ships, and employing armed military or
private security details should be among the top policy
options considered to combat the increasing wave of piracy
in the troubled Horn of Africa region, and elsewhere on the
high seas.
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Was The Perfect Spy A Double Agent? |
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60 Minutes: Was Ashraf Marwan Israel's Greatest Spy Or
Was He A Double Agent? |
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Ashraf Marwan, right, shakes hands with President Nasser of
Egypt, left, after marrying Mona Nasser in July 1966.
Photograph: AP
Washington, May
10, 2009 – Sometimes history is shaped by unknown people who
operate in the shadowy world of espionage. And this story of
war, deception and murder has a plot worthy of a John le
Carre novel.
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Somalia: A state of failure |
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Somali government
soldiers
Friday, May 22,
2009
The brazen hijacking of merchant ships and yachts by Somali
pirates has forced the world to take notice of a country
that’s been in a violent downward spiral for decades. Is
there any hope for Somalia?
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Chickens Come Home To Roost |
In two decades, the international community sponsored eighteen
Somali reconciliation conferences, an average of about a
conference every year or so. Every time the same mantra is
repeated about how this is the last chance, the best hope, or
even the last best hope for Somalia to have a functioning
government. And each time, either the talks fail and no
government is formed or a government is patched together that is
a government only in name.
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War in
Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority |
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Nicole Stremlau
Program
in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford
Posted:
May 15, 2009 04:47 PM
The war
in Somalia has entered a
new phase. Even by Mogadishu's standards, in recent days the
fighting has been intense. More than 100 people have been killed.
The al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab and the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG), supported by the international community, are
engaged in a violent power struggle.
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R.I.P Somaliland: A Little Country Killed By Charcoal |
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Somaliland is dying a slow, suffocating death. It is not
being killed by disease, hunger or drugs although all three
are doing their best to hasten the place’s inevitable
demise. It is not being taken over by an alien race or
swallowed up by predatory neighbors. There is no
debilitating civil war ravaging the nation although its
politicians sometimes seem hellbent on starting one. .
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The Al-Shabab’s Misunderstanding Of Al-Shari’ah |
By Hassan Farah
I reject the Al-Shabab’s approach to Al-Shari’ah.
Their myopic way of thinking lacks the basic understanding
of comprehensive Al-Shari’ah. The main objective of
Al-Shari’ah is to remove hardship (Dafcul Mashaqa)
and to bring benefit (Jalbul Manfaca) to the world.
The Qur’an has singled out the most important purpose of the
Prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH) in such terms as "We have
not sent you but a mercy to the world" (21: 107).
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Somalia –Afghanistan Of Africa, Hassan Dahir Aweys The
Trojan Horse Of Issayas Afeworki |
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By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
The Afghanistan of Africa:
Somalia is taking typical style of Afghanistan: The civil
war, fight between former Mujahedeen, poverty and lack of
public services. It is true that fighting between Sheikh
Sharif Ahmed and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys reminds the
conflict between Taliban leader Mullah Omer and Al-Qaeda in
one side, and Ahmed Shah Masood and Northern Alliance in
other side.
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How Islamic Banks Manage In Business Without Charging
Interest?? |
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Dr. Shacabi
California, USA
In a previous article I presented the argument that Islamic
banking institutions were weathering the present financial
crisis comparatively well as they were, or certainly should
be, insulated from the disasters in the interbank market and
the mess in the derivatives markets as we have seen recently
on the complete collapsed of financial Market and that is
mainly greed, charging interest and lack of accountability
and transparency.
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Africa's Expectations From President Obama |
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By Mukhtar Mohamed Abby
With the U.S. administration marking its 100 days in office,
president Barack Obama has raised sky-scrapping expectations
for his term as president, not only at home in the U.S., but
also abroad in Africa. The 44th American president is the
first with an Africa lineage and, not surprisingly, his rise
to power has triggered a wave of hope amongst Africans as
they look towards the West in anticipation of new beginnings
in the U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
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A Letter To H.E President Jacob Zuma |
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Dear Mr. President,
I would like to congratulate you on behalf of COSSA in your
unmatched victory on the 22nd of April 2009. It’s been
inspiring to see the long road you traveled to the
presidency.
The point of my letter is to extend a hand of full and also
unmatched co-operation between South Africa, Somaliland and
the entire Horn of African nations, in my capacity as the
citizen of that great region but resident in South Africa.
Reasons for my residency here are without saying obvious and
I still have deep affection for the country that gave me
sense of who I am and things that we can do in the
collective.
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On The Edge of a Crisis |
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Medair’s mobile nutrition clinics help give children
in both Somaliland and Somalia the nourishment they need to
survive
Medair's mobile nutrition clinics help give children in both
Somaliland and Somalia the nourishment they need to survive
in a land devastated by drought, political unrest, and
rising food prices. In the city of Burao, Somaliland, a
young mother named Iftan travels up and down the streets,
knocking on doors. She asks everyone who answers to please
give her some money or some food.
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Studies have highlighted the inadequacies of the public
health sector in sub-Saharan African countries in providing
appropriate malaria case management. The readiness of the
public health sector to provide malaria case-management in
Somalia, a country where there has been no functioning
central government for almost two decades, was investigated.
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Its Not Too Late To Separate |
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
The mythological Ousalam bird became extinct because its
mating dance was so complicated that it forgot the reason
for doing it. Now we enter a new phase in the Middle East
Peace talks in which the objective will be to dance as
beautifully as possible, for as long as possible. We start
to see what we long suspected, that it may be too late for
the twin state.
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Hassan insists he has never seen or heard of racism
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By Hassan Isilow, IOL Correspondent
JOHANNESBURG, May 15, 2009 — Nearly 15 years after the end
of apartheid, racism is still being practices in South
Africa and regrettably by some Muslims of Asian backgrounds
who reportedly discriminated against black Muslims.
"Whenever I stand to pray next to an Indian brother, he
either refuses to stand shoulder to shoulder and to put our
feet closer to each other or he moves to the next line,"
Mohammad Dlamini, a middle-aged South African-born Zulu
Muslim, told Islamonline.net.
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Said Maktal
Posted 14th May 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact information
Said Maktal
maktals@hotmail.com
Edmonton,
AB (May 11, 2009)
Free
Makhtal-Working Coalition, a coalition of citizens and
residents of Canada, held a town hall meeting on Sunday, May
10, 2009 to raise awareness about the plight of Bashir
Makhtal.
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Why Don't We Care About Sri Lanka? |
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Western governments and societies are always quick to
condemn atrocities in the Middle East and Africa. But
there's been a lack of comparable outrage over the events in
Sri Lanka, says Dean Nelson. |
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Sri Lankan Tamil civilians queue
for food supplies in a camp for internally displaced people
(IDP) near the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya Photo:
AFP
By Dean Nelson, South Asia
Editor
May 15, 2009
Do we have favourites when it comes to civilian casualties?
Do we care about some peoples’ suffering more than others?
The contrasting levels of public concern and protest over
the killing of innocent civilians in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan
and Gaza since the beginning of this year make the answer an
emphatic ‘yes.’
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The two units --
and their commanders -- conflict in sometimes awkward ways. |
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By SPIEGEL Staff
May 14, 2009 – A review of the political complexities behind
a recent aborted anti-pirate operation off the coast of
Africa has revealed that German security agencies tend to
fight each other sooner than the enemy. Politicians in
Berlin are trying to draw lessons from the failed mission.
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Cold War Origins Of The Somalia Crisis |
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By
Rick Rozoff
www.opednews.com
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
For the past seven months world news outlets have
provided daily coverage on what has been described as
escalating piracy off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of
Aden and attempts by international, primarily Western,
military vessels to combat it.
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The Pope And Palestine: A State Of Confusion |
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Dr. Terry
Lacey
Development Economist
The Pope has been to Bethlehem, the birth place of Jesus
Christ, and he has now seen for himself the disastrous mess
we have made of the Holy Land. Bethlehem is surrounded by a
new wall of Jericho, which will also surely one day come
tumbling down. Like the US and the EU, the Holy See now
favors the twin state solution. Only the Israelis and the
Palestinians no longer seem to believe in it.
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The pirate hunters |
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EYEWITNESS:
Somaliland
By Steve Bloomfield
May 3, 2009 – THE GREY speedboat cuts through the deep blue
waters of the Gulf of Aden, bouncing over waves as it makes
its way out of the Somali port of Berbera. Omar Adir stands
tall, readjusting the anti-aircraft missile soldered to the
floor in the centre of the boat and scouring the horizon.
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