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Displaced Women In
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New York, June 19, 2010 – UNDP and the Training Research
Group (TRG), a local NGO in Somaliland, have launched a
project to improve the livelihoods of displaced women, with
the support of the Government of Norway.
Mohammed Moge camp is one of three Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) camps in Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland.
Originally set up in 1997 as a temporary shelter for 500
families fleeing Mogadishu, the camp hosts around 50,000
people today and has morphed into a permanent settlement.
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Nairobi, Kenya, June 19, 2010 – Children in Somalia need
sustained and significant local and international financial
and material support to ensure they lead a better life,
UNICEF Representative in Somalia, Rozanne Chorlton, said on
the occasion of the Day of the African Child marked tomorrow
June 16 2010 with the theme: Planning and budgeting for
children - Our collective responsibility.
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Communication Officer Iman Morooka from the UNICEF Somalia
Support Centre sends the following firsthand report from
a visit to Somaliland’s Borama district, near the border
with Ethiopia.
By Iman Morooka
BORAMA DISTRICT, Somaliland, 17 June 2010 – I arrive in
Hayaayabo village early in the morning. This is one of the
sites where the Child Health Days Campaign, supported by
UNICEF and the World Health Organization, is being
implemented.
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Khat
shipment seized by German police |
Flensburg, Germany, June 19, 2010 – German police have
seized two load of khat shipments destined for Denmark and
Sweden weighing nearly two tons in Flensburg, Germany; a
town bordering Denmark.
The Swedish registered Fiat Ducato carrying 135 sacks of the
amphetamine like stimulant were being driven by a German
national aged 53; he was apprehended at Flensburg, Germany
while at a rest stop adjusting the tire pressure of his low
hanging vehicle. The Federal Police inspected the suspicious
vehicle further and found 1984 pounds of khat.
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Sky News Investigation Team
London, UK, June 19, 2010 – The growing use of the stimulant
Khat is causing widespread social problems among Britain's
East African community, according to a Sky News
investigation.
Ten years ago an average of 10 tones of Khat were imported
into the UK every year.
That figure has now risen to 10,000 tones per year.
The Khat plant is grown in Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia.
Users chew the leaves then swallow the juice, which contains
an ingredient similar to amphetamine.
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NAIROBI, June 19, 2010 – At least 17,000 illegal migrants
from the Horn of Africa leave their countries for South
Africa annually, most of them transiting through Kenya, a
top U.N. official said it.
Tal Raviv, a regional programme officer at the U.N.'s
International Organization for Migration (IOM), told Reuters
that conflict and poverty were forcing Ethiopians and
Somalis to undertake risky trips to better places.
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Nairobi, Kenya, June 19, 2010 – The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
on Wednesday appealed for increased local and international
support for children in strife-torn Somalia, where basic
services such as education, health, nutrition and clean
water are limited as a result of two decades of conflict.
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Taking Shelter In State
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 – Khadra Osman Ismail
collected tire tubes, empty sacks, old clothes and boxes,
then sat down to stitch together the new roof of her shelter
in Hargeysa, capital of Somalia's self-declared republic of
Somaliland.
"This is the only home we have known for the past five
years," she said, adding that the new roof would be a great
improvement. Ismail and her family are among 5,500
internally displaced families living in a crowded settlement
known as State House, site of the region's destroyed, unused
official residence. It is one of six main IDP settlements in
Hargeysa.
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In Eritrea, The Young Dream
Of Leaving |
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Shawn
Baldwin for The New York Times - Awet Eyob, above
right, with his coach and teammates during training
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GETTLEMAN
AMMAN, Jordan, June 19, 2010 — Long before he learned to dunk on
warped wooden backboards, Awet Eyob nursed a dream: to play
basketball in
He is 6-foot-8, built like an oak tree, and seems to have mastered
a behind-the-back dribble and crisp passes from the corner
of his eye.
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Hi-Tech Navies Take On
Somalia's Pirates |
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By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent
NORTHWOOD HEADQUARTERS England, June 19, 2010 – How do you
tell the difference between a Somali pirate in a small boat
and a largely identical but innocent fisherman? It all comes
down to the ladders.
Pirates often take fishing gear out with them into the deep
waters of the Indian Ocean to help feed themselves, and
fishermen from the lawless country often carry AK-47s for
self protection. Grappling hooks can be easily hidden out of
sight.
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Kenya Police Nab Gun Runner
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 19, 2010 – A Somali businessman was
arrested early Friday after he was found smuggling rifles
and ammunition to Nairobi.
The trader was traveling in a commuter bus from Garissa to
Nairobi when he was intercepted at a roadblock in Matuu,
according to police.
He had stashed the guns in a jerrican together with 27
rounds of ammunitions.
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Ethiopia Supreme Court
Rejects Election Result Case |
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 19, 2010 – Ethiopia's Supreme
Court on Friday rejected a case brought by the country's
opposition against the ruling party's landslide victory in
elections criticised by the European Union and the United
States.
The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRDF) and allies provisionally won 545 seats in the
547-member parliament on May 23, giving Prime Minister Meles
Zenawi, in power since 1991, another five years in charge.
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Fighting In Somali Capital
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Mogadishu, Somalia, June 19, 2010 – Gun fights between
Somali government troops and Islamist rebels in the capital
Mogadishu has killed 20 people, including more than a dozen
civilians, officials said on Saturday.
The clashes took place after heavily-armed, al Qaeda-linked
al Shabaab insurgents attacked a government military base in
Dharkenley district, south of the capital on Friday. The
fighting was over by the end of the day.
"We pushed them back and killed 13 of al Shabaab's fighters.
We are still at our bases," Abdiazis Ali, a senior Somali
military officer, told Reuters.
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Somali Pirate Cook Saves
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CONSTANTA, Romania, June 19, 2010 — The pirate cook smuggled
food to the terrified hostages held by his gang off the
Somali coast. He bought them cell phone cards. And when the
pirates started talking about harvesting their organs for
cash, he sneaked them guns.
The hostages killed the pirates and escaped. But now the
life of the Somali cook, known only as Ahmed, is in danger.
Despite actions the crew described as heroic, European Union
nations, Syria and nearby Djibouti have all refused to take
him, according to an official who was not authorized to
talk.
Ahmed has since disappeared. It is thought to be the first
time someone working for the pirates has turned against them
to help hostages.
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Somaliland Making 'Good Progress'
In Run-Up To Presidential Elections |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
June 19, 2010 (SL Times)
– Catholic development
agency Progressio, the
Development Planning
Unit at UCL and
Somaliland Focus (UK)
say good progress is
being made towards the
holding of Somaliland’s
long-delayed
presidential elections
on the scheduled date of
26 June 2010.
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Hargeysa Court
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – A court in
Somaliland's capital, Hargeysa, sentenced each of three men to a
year in jail, a fine of one million Somaliland shillings and
deportation, for spreading false teachings that are damaging to
Islam and the country. The three men (Abdiaziz Muhammad Ali,
Ayni Muhammad Ali and Hassan Mukhtar) who originally came from
Ethiopia, taught children at an Islamic school that it is
un-Islamic to eat Somaliland's meat because the men who
slaughter the livestock do not pray.
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Ambassador Norman
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Ambassador
Norman Ling, British Ambassador to Ethiopia held a
press conference in Hargeysa, Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – The United
Kingdom's Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr Norman Ling, paid a
visit to Somaliland earlier this week. The main purpose of
the visit was for the Ambassador to see first-hand how the
preparations for Somaliland's presidential election are
progressing. In a press conference at the Election
Commission's office, the Ambassador gave positive assessment
of the steps taken so far regarding the election. He said he
met with the leaders of the three political parties and they
confirmed to him that they will accept and honor the results
of the presidential election.
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Dahabshil Employees Trained On
Customer Satisfaction |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – Dahabshiil
Money Transfer Company opened for its employees a seminar at
Hargeysa’s Mansoor hotel. The seminar was about how to provide
excellent service and satisfy the customer. Forty three
Dahabshiil employees are participating in the seminar.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland
Foreign Minister Abdillahi Duale blasted the naturalized
American citizen Suleiman Isse Ahmed (a.ka. Xaglo-toosiye) who
recently sneaked into eastern Somaliland and is engaged in a
violent armed campaign in that region. In an interview with the
BBC's Somali Service, the Foreign Minister said, "we consider
that man [Xaglo-toosiye] as part of a terrorist group who want
to create chaos and lawlessness in the area; we know that he
came from abroad with a foreign passport and we will defend
ourselves against him."
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Gabiley, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – Police in
Gabiley arrested 2 men and two women in Gabiley on suspicion of
being involved in terrorism. The four individuals had come in a
car from Wajale. As was confirmed to Haatuf newspaper by sources
close to Gabiley’s police, the four people who are southern
Somalis had left Addis Ababa for Wajale and were headed to
Hargeysa. The four people are suspected of being sent to
Somaliland by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida-affiliated organization
based in Mogadishu.
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School Exams Start In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 19,
2010 (SL Times) – Intermediate and High school exams started on
June 12th throughout Somaliland. According to the Director
General of the Ministry of Education, Mr Abdirahman Muhammad
Maal, a total of 12946 students (4042 high school students and
8904 intermediate students) sat for the exams. Mr Abdirahman
Muhammad Maal revealed that the examinations started at the same
time throughout Somaliland and were under strict monitoring.
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Kulmiye Party Donates Livestock To
Las Anod Hospital And Prison |
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Las Anod, Somaliland, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – Kulmiye Party
in Sool region dropped one of its presidential campaigning days
this week and used the money that they would have spent on
campaigning that day to buy livestock which they donated to Las
Anod's TB Hospital and Las Anod Prison. According to Holhol.net,
the donations were presented to Dr Abdi Muhammad Burale by Bile
H. Hassan (the Chairman Of Kulmiye Party in Sool region), Farah
Jama Olad (Kulmiye's Campaign Manager for Sool Region),
Abdillahi Haji (Kulmiye Central Committee member) and other
Kulmiye Party officials.
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Puntland Prosecutor Assassinated |
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Bosaso, Somalia, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – A prosecutor in
Puntland’s court was killed earlier this week in Bosaso. The
name of the prosecutor is Ali Jama Kalas. He was shot and killed
by unidentified men as he walked out of the court. Both the
identity and the motivation behind the murder are unknown.
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Sheikh Sharif's Militia Kill One
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Mogadishu, Somalia, June 19, 2010 (SL Times) – Two of Sheikh
Sharif's militia were killed by other members of that same
militia in Mogadishu’s Banadir juncture. It is not clear
what triggered the incident. But reports say that the two
militia members who were killed had taken a weapon from
another member by force. The next day, the militia who took
the weapon were attacked and two of them were killed.
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By East Africa
Policy Institute
The coming election will be viewed with much interest and
anticipation and it will determine whether true democracy
will finally take hold in Somaliland or a return to the
status quo will prevails. Reports coming back from all six
regions in the country indicate that the momentum and all t
he excitement favor the opposition parties, particularly
Kulmiye Party if crowd size at rallies can be an early
indicator of supporter enthusiasm.
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Children at
the Disability Action Network (DAN) hall during
celebrations to mark the Day of the African Child on 26
June 2010 in Hargeysa, capital of Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June
19, 2010 — Children with disabilities in Somaliland are a
forgotten lot, often not factored into the country's
education, livelihood and health policies, child rights
activists said on 16 June, during a ceremony marking the Day
of the African Child.
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Saudi Arabia Gives Israel Clear
Skies To Attack Iranian Nuclear Sites |
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Wayne
Rooney rues England's inability to score against Algeria |
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 19, 2010 –
England's World Cup descended into frustration last night as
a furious supporter confronted David Beckham in the dressing
room, moments after a sarcastic Wayne
Rooney had questioned the loyalty of the travelling fans.
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goalless draw against Algeria,
ranked 30th in the world and in their first finals for 24 years,
prompted boos on the final whistle from the England contingent
in the crowd. Rooney, whose performance had spluttered
uncharacteristically, reacted by shouting into a television
camera: "Nice to see your own fans booing you. If that's what
loyal support is ... for fuck's sake."
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Gulf Oil Spill: A Hole In The
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Obama cannot
order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he
kicks). And no amount of money – not BP’s $20bn, not
$100bn – can replace a culture that’s lost its roots.’
Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters |
The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial
accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself.
In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and
activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of
capitalism
By
Naomi Klein
The Guardian, Saturday 19 June 2010
Washington, June 19, 2010 – Everyone gathered for the town hall
meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the
gentlemen from BP and
the federal government. These fine folks had made time in their
busy schedules to come to a high school gymnasium on a Tuesday
night in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, one of many coastal
communities where brown poison was slithering through the
marshes, part of what has come to be described as the largest
environmental disaster in US history.
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US President, Barack Hussein Obama |
Ankara, Turkey, June 19, 2010 – Turkey’s U.N. refugee agency ranked fourth last
year in applications received for refugee status, marking a decrease in new
claims, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ annual
2009 Global Trends Report.
The report released this month, ahead of World Refugee Day on Sunday, showed
that UNHCR offices received 114,000 new applications for refugee status and
5,100 applications for appeal or review in 2009.
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By M. H. Abby (Email:
abbimo@hotmail.com)
Somali nationalism
Somali nationalism was the base of the Somali State. The reason
d’etre of the union between Somalia and Somaliland to form the
Somali Republic was the 1960 idealistic vision of bringing all
the colonized Somali territories (French Somaliland (Djibouti),
the Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya, the Ogaden of
Ethiopia, Italian Somalia and British Somaliland Protectorate)
under the fold of one flag with a symbolic five pointed star.
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By EMILY
K. ELMORE
Conflict management in the Horn of Africa has been
relatively unsuccessful. Foreign colonialism created
boundaries that have yet to be resolved, and newly
independent nations engaged in conflicts responsible for
human rights atrocities, child conscription, and collapse of
state infrastructure. Cold War superpower intervention did
little more than arm opposing parties with millions of
dollars in military weapons that continue to propagate
violence and death. Oppressive regimes rise and fall in the
form of communist juntas, dictators, and rivaling militias,
warlords, and clan leaders. Ethiopia and Eritrea continue to
slaughter one another with little reprieve, and Somalia is a
failed state.
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Washington, DC, June 19, 2010 — Testimony by Ted Dagne,
Congressional Research Service, before the Subcommittee on
Africa and Global Health, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Payne, Ranking Member Smith, and members of the
sub-committee, let me first express my appreciation for the
opportunity to testify before your sub-committee.
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By Scott A Morgan
Recently Vice-President
Biden made a trip to Africa on an Official Basis. One of the
stops was to South Africa where He attended the opening of
the World Cup in football. But He made another stop that has
erupted in chaos after his departure and may have impact on
another policy issue.
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Security Must Be A Priority |
First came the conflagration in Buhoodle and Widhwidh, then
the uncovering of a suspected terrorist cell in Buroa, then the
arrest of alleged terrorists in Gabiley. If Somalilanders needed
any reminding that there are forces hard at work to derail the
presidential election and discredit Somaliland’s democratic
process, these incidents were obvious reminders.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XXX |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
This is the thirtieth article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
Clan/State Relationship continued ...
Contrary to the general belief that Somali clan social
formation was stagnant and unchanging, the following
historical observations can be put forward as an example.
Ahmed Gurey the sixteenth century leader and
later Sayyid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan developed more advanced
administrative systems transcending clan where power was
invested in the centre.
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President Riyale Of Somaliland
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By Mukhtar Mohamed Abby
Having served for so long in the late Egal’s shadow, his
leadership skills were an unknown quantity beyond his being
a good listener who speaks little and whose behavior in
public seems stilt. Since Riyale, the incumbent President
had not been in the political arena prior to his Vice –
Presidency - he had been essentially unpopular figure across
the country, let alone internationally.
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We Need A Leader Who Heals The
Nation, Not One Who Rubs Salt Into Their Wounds
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By Hussein Adan Egeh
1. President Riyale: Creator of Social disparity in Somaliland
During Riyale’s secretive government period, Somaliland has changed into a
society with social and economic classes and levels. Drastic deteriorating
public services and institutions are everywhere visible.
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Somaliland And The "Siege Of
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Open Letter to All Arab Head of States
We Somalilanders whole heartedly stand with the people of
Gaza who suffered tremendously under the unfair siege
imposed by the State of Israel, and hope that it will be
lifted very soon by the International Community, including
Arab governments who are watching this since 2007. Our
forefathers have fought in Palestine in 1946 and many have
fallen defending the Palestinian homeland against Israelis.
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Somaliland Election 2010: Keep
The Momentum! |
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By M. Bahdoon, Bsc.
It’s obvious to
witness that Somaliland is about to finalize its long and endured marathon and
to become a fully recognized country, as all prerequisites set by international
bodies are present including building reliable and stable government
institutions that help promoting peace and harmony among diversified
communities, democratically elected president.
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Somaliland Recognition Thru UDUB Party
Administration Is Imminent |
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By: Mohammed Ahmed Ali
After gaining
political experience during the infancy of Somaliland republic , UDUB ,the
incumbent party has acquired both skills and political lobbying for the
recognition of Somaliland by both its immediate neighbors and its long term
friends from Europe and North America who are keeping a close watch on the
outcome of the coming presidential elections.
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American Man in Limbo on
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By SCOTT
SHANE
For six weeks, Mr. Wehelie has been in limbo in the Egyptian
capital. He and his parents say he has no radical views,
despises Al
Qaeda and merely wants to get home to complete
his education and get a job.
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Children Carry Guns For A U.S.
Ally, Somalia |
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Mohamed Adan Ugas, left, a 12-year-old, and Ahmed
Hassan, 15, work for the Transitional Federal
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 19, 2010 — Awil Salah Osman prowls
the streets of this shattered city, looking like so many
other boys, with ripped-up clothes, thin limbs and eyes
eager for attention and affection.
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Israel In Lawlessness Defies
The World Again! Murders Innocent Humanitarians |
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Written by Paul I. Adujie
Israel has again, lawlessly massacred defenseless protesters; Israel’s culture
of lawlessness is her default position in Israel’s blockade against Palestine,
the same lawlessness with which Israel resort to arbitrary demolition of
properties of Palestinians as Israel also frequently undertakes confiscation of
properties of Palestinians.
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Can K'nan "Waving The Flag"
Emotions Trigger A New Somali Renaissance?
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By Abdirahman Sheikh Isse
Most Somalis around the world have joyously watched FIFA's World cup Kick off
where the Somali singer, Keynaan Abdi Warsame, known as K’naan, has opened the
musical concert with his worldwide famous
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