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Abdikader Jibril Tukale, D.J Ministry of Agriculture
Hargeysa, June 4, 2009 — Food security in eastern and
western regions of the republic of Somaliland is under
threat following an invasion of desert locusts, which have
destroyed an estimated 3,000ha of farmland, officials told
IRIN.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, Jun 04, 2009 - Fatuma Osman is a
social worker at the SOS Social Centre in Hargeysa,
Somaliland. One day she went to visit Safia, one of the
Family Strengthening Programme beneficiaries in the local
market and was amazed by what she saw..
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Washington, DC, June 3, 2009 -U.S. African Chamber of
Commerce Said Obama’s Visit to Africa is beginning of a new
US- African Muslim Relationship however African Needs More
Investment, Increase Trade Opportunity and Access to Market
and Export.
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Daniel Ooko
NAIROBI, June 3, 2009 – The Somali transitional government
on Wednesday sought an urgent international community
intervention in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation to enable
the fledgling government flush out insurgents in the
country.
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Nairobi, Friday 5 June 2009 – The number of Somalis forced
from their homes in Mogadishu has now topped 96,000 since
the start of fighting between government forces and armed
opposition groups on May 8.
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Isaias
Afwerki |
Last week, President Isaias Afeworki of Eritrea, Africa's
leading jailer of journalists, discussed press freedom
during an extensive interview with Swedish broadcaster TV4.
Afeworki, a revered guerrilla commander who led this Red Sea
country to nationhood in 1993, banned Eritrea's budding
private media in 2001 and threw journalists in secret
prisons without charge or trial.
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Washington, DC, June 4, 2009 -U.S. African Chamber of
Commerce asked the U.N to Stop Creating More Political
Misery and instability in Somali for their Fund Raising Game
and UN Job Creation. Who is running this country Somali
People or Ahmed Ould- Abdallah reintroducing the Somali
Warlords again.
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PRESS RELEASE 019/2009
Nairobi, 03 June 2009 – Former Somali senior military
officials will convene on the 4 and 5 June in Washington DC
at a meeting organized by the United Nations Political
Office for Somalia (UNPOS) under the auspices of the Somali
Ministry of Defence.
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Mogadishu Exodus Reaches Nearly 100,000 Since May
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NAIROBI, June 5, 2009 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on
Friday that 96,000 Somalis had fled their homes during a
month of battles between Islamist rebels and the government
in Mogadishu.
They have swelled the more than 1 million internal refugees
in Somalia, which aid agencies say has one of the world's
worst -- and most neglected -- humanitarian crises.
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Ethiopian Rebels Threaten Foreign Oil Companies
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ADDIS ABABA, June 03, 2009 (Reuters) - An
Ethiopian rebel group on Wednesday warned international oil
companies against exploring in a region of the Horn of
Africa nation where the rebels attacked a Chinese-run field
in 2007 killing 74 people..
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Teens Organize Benefit For Homework Clubs |
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by Louisa
Taylor, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA, June 04, 2009 — You know you’re dealing with a
special group of teenagers when they’re eager to spend hours
and hours helping other kids with homework — and it was
their own idea.
For weeks, a group of Ottawa teenagers have been planning
and organizing Our Community,
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Somalia battles kill at least 11, including child |
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MOGADISHU,
Somalia, June 05, 2009 - Fierce fighting between rival
Islamist groups killed at least 11 people Friday including
an 8-year-old girl in a botched land mine attack, witnesses
said.
The child was killed in an explosion in the Somali capital
Mogadishu that had apparently intended to target African
Union peacekeepers, her uncle Ahmed Dahir Ugaas said.
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Court Orders Ottawa To Let Abdelrazik Return To Canada |
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Abousfian
Abdelrazik, seen in this undated family photo, has
been living in the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum for
the last year. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)
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Ottawa, June 6, 2009 – The Federal Court of
Canada has ordered the federal government to allow the
return of a Montreal man stranded in Sudan for six years as
an al-Qaeda suspect, ruling his charter rights have been
breached..
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Somalia: Al Shabaab Reject Aweys 'Unity' Proposal |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia June 3, 2009 - Somali opposition figure
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has publicly stated that there are
ongoing talks to unite the political and military strength
of Somali opposition groups Hizbul Islam and Al Shabaab, but
his proposal has already been rejected, Radio Garowe
reports.
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Bristol's Knife-Crime 'More Complicated' |
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Bristol, UK, June 6, 2009 – More
investment is needed in poor areas like St Paul's and Easton
to prevent a growth in youth knife crime, it has been
claimed.
The Home Affairs Committee has released its findings after a
year-long investigation into knife crime across the country,
which included holding one of its meetings in Bristol.
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Ethiopia admits reconnaissance missions in Somalia |
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ADDIS ABABA, June 04, 2009 (AFP) —
Ethiopia has undertaken military reconnaissance operations
in violence-wracked nearby Somalia, but is not planning to
re-deploy, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
"We have no plans to go back to Somalia... (but) there are
reconnaissance missions," Information Minister Bereket Simon
told reporters.
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Somali President Vows No Surrender As New Fighting Erupts |
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Somali President
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 04, 2009 –
Embattled Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed vowed
Thursday to fight insurgents to the bitter end, as fresh
clashes erupted south of the capital.
"We will fight to death until peace is assured," Sharif told
reporters as his forces and hardline Islamist militants
exchanged mortar fire in parts of the capital.
Sharif spoke after talks with clerics from a moderate but
influential Sufi religious sect who pledged to take up arms
to shore up his administration.
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Companies Hire "Shipriders" Against Somali Pirates |
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NAIROBI, Kenya, June 05, 2009 — There's
not a warship for miles, a small pirate skiff is speeding
toward you and there's no way the creaking tub you're on can
outrun the bandits. How long do you wait before you shoot?
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Man
Tours World To Promote Somaliland Recognition |
Makhtal's car which he
was touring through
three continents
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
June 6, 2009 (SL Times)
– Muhammed Muse Yusuf (Makhtal),
a Somaliland native who
now lives in England
arrived in Hargeysa this
week, after taking a car
tour through eighteen
countries and three
continents in order to
publicize Somaliland’s
need for international
diplomatic recognition.
Mr Muhammed Muse Yusuf
was warmly welcomed by
Hargeysa’s Mayor Hussein
Mahmud Jiir and excited
Somalilanders.
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Largest Batch Of Somalilander Graduates From Indian
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Largest batch
of Somalilanders graduates from Indian Universities in 2009 |
Hyderabad, India, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) – 72 students of
Somaliland origin graduated from Indian universities this
year. This makes it the largest batch of Somalilander
graduates from Indian Universities in a single year. A
celebration to mark the occasion was held in Taj Banjira
hotel in Hyderabad. The event was attended by the President
of Osmania University, T.Tirupati Rao.
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President Visits Buroa |
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President
Rayale tours in Eastern Regions of Somaliland for the
first time in seven years |
Buroa, Somaliland, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Dahir Rayale Kahin visited Buroa, capital of
Togdheer region, on June 3rd. He was accompanied by several
of his ministers.
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Oslo, Norway, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) – Kulmiye's Chairman, Mr
Ahmad Muhammad Mahmud (Sillanyo) is expected to visit Sweden
early this month. Mr Sillanyo will be accompanied by his wife (Amina
Waris) and Kulmiye's chief foreign affairs official, Dr Muhammad
Abdillahi Omar. The Kulmiye delegation is expected to meet with
Swedish government officials and members of parliament,
particularly foreign affairs officials.
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Late Minister Abdi Hassan Buni
London, UK, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) Somaliland’s minister of
coordination of national institutions, Mr. Abdi Hassan Buni
passed away this week in a London hospital. Mr. Abdi Hassan Buni
was a veteran politician and held a number of posts in his long
political career.
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Problems Facing Women Drivers |
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Buroa, Somaliland, June 6, 2009 (SL
Times) – Women drivers of small cars in Buroa face problems when
driving near markets and busy streets. The problems come in the
form of harassment, threats, and physical assaults which
sometimes result in the woman driver losing control of her
vehicle and getting into collisions and accidents that put life
and property at risk.
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Parliament Debates Agenda |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland’s
parliament had a heated debate about the agenda for its 9th
session. Some of the ideas that came up in the discussion
included setting up a committee for investigating
government-owned houses that were sold, foreign affairs, Upper
House election law, government employees salaries law, and road
safety law.
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Syllabus Conference In Hargeysa |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 6, 2009 (SL Times) – A conference
discussing school syllabus in Somaliland opened June 3rd in
Hargeysa’s Mansoor hotel.
The conference was opened by the Director General of the
Ministry of Education, Mr Ali Abdi Odawa who said the purpose of
the meeting was to discuss the syllabus of Somaliland’s schools.
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Somaliland Suspends Licenses Of Nine NGOs |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 6, 2009 - The government of
Somaliland has declared that it has temporarily suspended the
licenses of nine non-governmental organizations (INGOs).
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Obama Says "Moment Is Now" To Restart Mideast Peace Process |
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President
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DRESDEN, Germany, June 5, 2009 -- Visiting U.S President Barack
Obama said on Friday that the "moment is now" to restart the
Middle East peace process and called on Israelis and
Palestinians to make concrete and serious steps to achieve
peace.
"We've seen extraordinary activity already on this issue, and
that sent a signal to all the parties," Obama said at a joint
press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in
Dresden.
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U.S. President Barack
Obama delivers a long anticipated speech on June 4, 2009 to the
Muslim world during his visit to Egypt in Cairo University in
Cairo, capital of Egypt,
By Xinhua writers Chen Gongzheng, Lin Liping
CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama wrapped up
Thursday afternoon his nine-hour visit to Cairo, where he
delivered a keynote speech aimed at a "new beginning" of
relations with Muslims.
"I have come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the
United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual
interests and mutual respect," Obama said in his speech, which
is attended by more than a thousand audiences in the Conference
Hall of Cairo University..
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Britain's Prime Minister
Gordon Brown (R), flanked by Health Secretary Alan Johnson,
smiles before giving his speech on the National Health Service
at King's College in London Jan. 7, 2008. |
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LONDON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Defense and Health
Secretaries are to change hands in the on-going Cabinet
reshuffle as Prime Minister Gordon Brown moves to reassert his
authority in the government.
Sky News reported on Friday that Defense Secretary John Hutton
is standing down as member of parliament (MP) for family
reasons. Former Heath Secretary Alan Johnson will replace Jacqui
Smith as Home Secretary.
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Bin Laden Accuses Obama Of Following Bush's Steps |
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CAIRO, June 6, 2009 -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden said in a
latest tape broadcasted on Wednesday by pan-Arab TV channel al-Jazeera
that U.S. President Barack Obama will follow the steps of his
predecessor George W. Bush.
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June 3, 2009: The anti-piracy patrol off the coast has had an
impact. While last year, 40 percent of pirate attacks resulted
in a captured ship, so far this year, only 25 percent of attacks
have succeeded. Between the cost of the anti-piracy patrol, and
the additional insurance, fuel and danger pay for the shipping
companies,
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
Sharia banking shows two contradictory trends. First it insists
it is different. But second it wants to compete with Western
banking in terms of financial services offered, but without
imprudent risks to provide them. The difference must lie in the
adequacy of regulations based on applied theology, enforcement,
and transparency.
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Ingrid Price
Nearly two months ago, for a brief moment, the full
attention of Americans was directed back to Somalia. This
time it was not "Blackhawk Down" but rather the action of
pirates that captured the attention of the news media and
subsequently the American public.
With all the concern for the captured American and the
future safety of both U.S. and international cargo ships
moving through the Gulf of Aden, there was little talk of
why piracy is occurring and what Somalia's situation could
mean for us.
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Why Al-Shabaab Are On The Rise In Lawless Somalia
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by Gitau Muthuma
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
THE CONTINUING FIGHTING in Mogadishu underlines the daunting
task that faces the newly-elected Somali president, Sheikh
Sharif Ahmed.
His election marked a dramatic return for the former head of
the Union of Islamic Courts administration, which controlled
most of southern Somalia for six months in 2006.
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President Obama, Political Islam And Progress |
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
In Cairo President Barack Obama has to show if he can make a
break with the illusions of the Bush legacy as far as the
Muslim world is concerned.
Arief Munandar, recently reviewed The Illusion of an Islamic
State: Expansion of Transnational Islamist Movements to
Indonesia, and concludes that its lumping together of Hizbut
Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS),
the Council of Indonesian Jihad Fighters (MMI) and the
Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is “simplistic, unfocused and
runs counter to historical fact.” (Jakarta Post 31.05.09).
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NEWS ANALYSIS: No Winner Seen in Somalia’s Battle With Chaos |
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recently with her 7-year-old son, who had been wounded by a
stray bullet, in a medical tent set up by Ugandan forces in
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NAIROBI, Kenya, June 1, 2009— Somalia is
once again a raging battle zone, with jihadists pouring in
from overseas, preparing for a final push to topple the
transitional government.
Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Through a car window, an intersection in a Mogadishu area
noted for violence. The moderate government controls only a
small part of the city.
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Why The World Cares More About Somalia's Pirates Than Its
People |
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A Somali refugee
girl waits to be registered by the United Nations High
Commission of Refugees at Dagahaley camp in Dadaab in
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Nairobi, Friday, June 05, 2009 – A
warning this week from the British aid group Oxfam that the
humanitarian crisis in Somalia is the worst in Africa is not
new. Last year, the U.N. called the situation in the Horn of
Africa nation the world's worst. But Oxfam's is a much
needed reminder of the scale of the catastrophe. One million
Somalis are refugees. Two million need food. For most of
these, malnutrition rates are beyond the U.N. threshold
definition of an emergency.
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Meet ‘Mr. Ali,’ Somali Pirate Negotiator |
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Somali
Pirates |
By Nathan Hodge
June 4, 2009 |
We know that in lawless Somalia, piracy has become a
lucrative business. But we don’t really know how that
business really works: Who hires the crew, buys the
rocket-propelled grenades and organizes the ransom. And most
importantly, who divides the loot.
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Rhetoric Damages US Credibility |
US officials and the international community have
been frequently repeating their support for Sheikh Sharif’s government.
They have called that government the “last chance”, the “best chance”,
the “best window of opportunity” and so on. But none of this seems to
impress Somalis, and the Sharif government, like its many predecessors,
remains a government in name only, and Somalia remains governmentless.
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Return Of The Vagabonds |
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By Ahmed M.I. Egal
In a recent interview, Mr. Ismail Hurre Buubaa announced
that a group of six MPs of the TFG regime of Sheikh Sharif
Ahmed plan to travel to Somaliland ostensibly to promote an
agreement between Puntland and Somaliland over Sool & Sanag,
while calling for recognition for Somaliland and Puntland.
The six MPs are apparently three of Somaliland origin and
three of Puntland origin, which is presumably meant to
demonstrate their even-handed approach to their
self-appointed task.
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World Emerging Markets |
By Hassan
Abtidon
The world
moved into “YOYO (you’re On Your Own)”. After
the cold war the trade liberalization is on the rise and
strong Western alliance become loose alliance; that every
country its own to fight the national debt, deficit,
employment and to keep certain economic growth.
Somaliland/Somalia is a stone throw from the capitals of the
worlds’ emerging markets and the Middle East resources.
Peaceful Horn of Africa will be expected the most prosperous
and gateway in business and link to all continents. Its
people gained technology and speak major languages of the
world.
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If You Can’t Attack The Message: Attack The Messenger |
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Dalmar
Kaahin
To call me a “Priest” or cast aspersion on my character
perhaps alleviates NSUM and Dr. Megalommatis’ throbbing
pains form their failure to convey their Somali unity
“message” but won’t get them off the hook. Nor will I
digress from the main topic: exposing their poorly rehearsed
fabricated stories.
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Do We Really Know Faysal Ali Warabe? |
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Yassin
Abdillahi Ahmed
Prospective president Faisal Ali Warabe; is among the three
candidates who are vying for the forthcoming election but
who have not been interrogated by the media hitherto.
Politics will not only be about character, integrity and
commitment to public service, but image, too, will play a
vital role.
He has never been familiar in the era of liberation; mostly
he was working in Mogadishu and the south at large
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Demand of Recognition For Somaliland |
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By Aniis A
Essa
The international community has made several brave efforts
to rescue and reconstruct the disintegrated State of
Somalia. All these brave efforts had however failed and
Somali proper still lies in ruins and is still a theatre for
marauding warring militants. All the experts, the political
analysis’s and the experienced anthropologists called to
help, have in their turn also failed to diagnose accurately
the causes of the dilemma. These experts have for the first
time came up against native problems, which defied their pet
theories, their quaint conclusions and their
misinterpretation of the abstract indices of native
cultures.
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Pertinent Historical Question: Which Country Really Rules
the World? |
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By Ivan Simic
Since the formation of the first state, people around the
world were trying to understand who is the most influential
and the most powerful country in the world, country that
make decisions on some of the most important issues related
to our lives and our future.
For a long time, the answer for this question was revolving
around tree countries; the United States, State of Israel
and the United Kingdom. However, were the answers for this
question correct? No, they were not. The only and true ruler
of the world is Federal Republic of Germany, not the US, not
the UK and certainly not Israel.
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Somalia: Hardline Assault Threatens Djibouti Process |
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Date: 04 Jun 2009
EVENT: Government fighters launched a counter-offensive on
June 2 against hardline Islamist militant groups, Hisbul
Islam and al-Shabaab.
SIGNIFICANCE: The government has barely survived a concerted
assault on Mogadishu, which threatens to derail the Djibouti
peace process.
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A militant
opposed to the government mans a position near the
presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia |
By Rob Walker
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 4, 2009 – As he looked at the
radar screen Captain Andrey Nozhkin immediately feared the
worst. A small vessel was closing fast from the stern.
"It was like a firecracker had gone off inside my head," he
recalled.
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Inside The U.S. Department of State |
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Former U.S. Air Force Captain reveals how U.S. State
Department trains employees to humiliate and demean local
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Dr.
Terry Lacey |
Matthew
Nasuti
I am a former United States Air Force Captain and Deputy
City Attorney for Los Angeles. I was hired last year by
the U.S. Department of State to serve as a Senior City
Management Advisor to a Provincial Reconstruction Team
in Iraq.
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BBC News, Bossasso, Puntland, June 1, 2009
If Somalia's pirates find the Gulf of Aden a rich hunting
ground for ships to hijack, the bleak camps for displaced
people overlooking the gulf offer rich pickings for pirate
gangs looking for recruits.
The oldest of the camps is called "100-Bushes", named by
locals with a grim sense of humor.
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By:
Charlemagne, June 5, 2009
CARNE Ross, a former British diplomat who quit his gilded
profession in despair at its lack of accountability, has
published a
thought-provoking essay, entitled: "It's time to
scrap ambassadors and their embassies."
Mr Ross now runs a non-profit outfit called
Independent Diplomat, which provides diplomatic
advice and lobbies for foreign policy actors who cannot
afford or do not have traditional diplomatic services to
make their voices heard (clients including Kosovo and
Somaliland).
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Free Somaliland: Our Readers Write |
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Submitted by WW4 Report on Sat, 05/30/2009
Our May issue featured "The
Voice of Free Somaliland," an interview with
Dr. Saad Noor,
North American representative of the Republic of
Somaliland—a stable, secular
de facto
independent country in what is known in the media (none too
accurately) as "Somalia." Our May
Exit Poll
was: "Did you know before you read it here that one-third of
Somalia is a peaceful independent republic, Somaliland? If
not, will you please make a small donation to
help keep us alive?" We received three responses (which
we hope does not indicate that we have only three readers).
The results follow:
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