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Heestii Guddoon By Dr. Abdirahman Beileh
This song (jiifto) is a message to the Somali Diaspora. It calls attention to what the author considers as an utter failure, on the part of the Somali Diaspora, with respect to sharing with those left behind, the fruits of the investment made in them by the nation. The success of any investment is judged by the magnitude...
December 30, 2008 - 06:11 |
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And Lambs Shall Graze in Pastures Green* - A poem by Helen Seifert (corrected version)
If poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason according to the 18thC German philosopher Novalis, the following poem "And Lambs Shall Graze in Pastures Green" by Helen Seifert is indeed a typical example. And there is no better time to heal the wounds inflicted by man’s intelligence and greed on nature and life...
December 08, 2008 - 04:38 |
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Media in exile
Hiiraan.com, Dayniile.com, Midnimo.com and Awdalnews.com rated as the most popular Somali online publications
This came in the following report by HATNews that covered countries such as Zimbabwe, Somalia, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq and Sudan.
by Elisha Shamba
HATNEWS, 12 Aug. 2008--
On January 6, 1941, President...
August 13, 2008 - 11:59 |
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Dubai to set up Prophet Mohammad Museum
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DUBAI, 12 March 2008--His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered the setting up of The Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Museum, to highlight the life and the noble message of the Prophet.
Shaikh Mohammad entrusted the Dubai...
March 12, 2008 - 12:35 |
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Court clears woman in nude photo case
Gulf News, 07 Nov. 2007=
Dubai: A woman has been cleared of secretly taking pictures of her sister in the shower.
The Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the 27-year-old Emirati woman of taking the pictures of her 23-year-old sister.
The woman's lawyer, Saeed Al Ghailani said: "The 23-year-old sister took...
November 09, 2007 - 10:09 |
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Remittances of Arab expats rise to $24.7b
DUBAI , 1 January 2007--— Total remittances of Arab expatriates working in the Gulf region and abroad rose 5.2 per cent to $24.7 billion by the end of 2006 from $23.5 billion in 2005, according to the latest World Bank report.
The report said the UAE, accounting for 16 per cent of the total expatriate remittance from...
January 01, 2007 - 00:46 |
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India's e-tutors give UK children homework help
Call centres charge £50 a month for unlimited individual help to pupils thousands of miles away
Amelia Gentleman, New Delhi
Sunday September 17, 2006.
The Observer .
When Kelsey Baird began worrying about the complexity of AS-level biology she got a tutor from India. It is more than...
September 17, 2006 - 00:00 |
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50 ways to beat the reaper: how guys can add years to their lives
By Denny Watkins, Men's Health
MSN.COM, 06 Dec. 2007--We've been told that the only sure things are death and taxes. But just as creative accountants have helped many men triumph over their 1040s, we can help you outrun the reaper. Maybe it's a game you can't ultimately win. But by following these 50 tips, you sure as...
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Scientist earmarks planets most likely to hold alien life
By Steve Connor, Science Editor
20 February 2006
Astronomers have identified a star in our Milky Way galaxy that is the most likely candidate for possessing a companion planet that harbours intelligent extra-terrestrial life.
It is a sun-like star called beta CVn in the constellation Canes Venatici and it appears...
February 19, 2006 - 21:28 |
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One in 25 fathers is not biological parent - study
James Meikle, health correspondent
11 August , 2005
The Guardian
One in 25 fathers may not be the biological parent of the child they believe to be theirs, according to a study published today.
Its authors say governments and society have not woken up to how DNA testing and genetic profiling are lifting the lid on a...
August 10, 2005 - 22:59 |
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Ethiopian National Defense forces start to pull out of Somalia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 05 Jan. 2009--
It is to be recalled that the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) moved into Somalia two years ago to foil the clear and present danger created by extremist forces in Somalia that had repeatedly declared Jihad against Ethiopia. The major mission of the ENDF which was to remove...
January 05, 2009 - 10:44 |
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Chess and boiled goat: photographer tells of Somalia captivity
NAIROBI, 05 Dec. 2009--A day after his release, Spanish photographer Jose Cendon spoke about how he and fellow kidnapped journalist Colin Freeman spent five weeks playing chess in Somali caves, under the watch of their heavily-armed captors.
The pair were kidnapped on November 26 in Bosasso, the main port in Somalia's...
January 05, 2009 - 10:34 |
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Kidnapped British, Spanish journalists freed in Somalia
GAROWE, 04 Jan. 2009 (AFP)--Two journalists, from Britain and Spain, were released Sunday after almost six weeks in captivity in Somalia's breakaway Puntland state, police and the Spanish government said.
"The two journalists are free after their ordeals," said the head of Puntland police, Abdullahi Said Samatar....
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Somali migrants in Malta protest against their continued detention
MOGADISHU, 03 Jan. 2009 (APA)--More than 1,200 Somali migrants who illegally entered Malta in 2008, Friday night held a big demonstration against their continued detention in a camp in the Maltese capital Valleta where they are currently being held, APA learns from sources here Saturday.
The leader of the Somali...
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UN Representative for Somalia denounces killings of Somalis and calls for addressing impunity
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NAIROBI, 02 Jan. 2009--UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-
Abdallah fiercely denounced the recent killings of several prominent Somalis, according to a press statement issued by the UNPOS.
“This is a brazen disregard for international law and should no longer be tolerated by...
January 02, 2009 - 12:28 |
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Madaxwayne kuxigeenka Somaliland oo safar ku kala bixiyay goobaha diiwaan gelinta ee Laascaanod
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LASCAANOOD, 03 Jan. 2009--Waxaa saaka safar ku kala bixiyay indho indhayn ah gobaha ay ka socoto diiwaan gelinta magaalada Laascaanood gudaheeda madaxwayne kuxigeenka Somaliland Axmed Yuusuf Yaasiin iyo qaar kamid ah Golaha Wasiirada Somaliland ee ku sugan magaalada Laascaanod.
Safarkan uu...
January 03, 2009 - 13:20 |
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Boorama oo ay ka socoto olele lagu diidan yahay Diiwaangelintii ka dhacday
"Qorshuhu wuxuu Yahay In aan Gubno Kaadhadhka la bixiyay " Muwaadin degen Borama"..
Tirada kala geddisan ee ka soo baxday Komishanka iyo xubhana diiwaangelintu waxay tahay:
148 kun iyo 24 goobood oo hadhsan – Biikalo
133 kun – Kabaweyne
180 kun – Ismaaciil Muuse
250 kun – Xubinta UCID u soo xushay...
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Kaluumaysato reer Saylac ah iyo shirkad Shiine ah oo muran dhex galay
Hashim Goth, ANN =
BOORAMA, 01 Jan. 2009-- Kaluumaysato ka xoogsata bada saylac ayaa muran heshiis ka dhex taagan yahay shirkad Shiinays ah, murankaas oo la sheegay in uu salkiisu yahay, ka dib markii ay heshiis dhexmaray labada dhinac laba bilood ka hor, uu hada jabay, heshiiskaas oo ahaa in ay shirkada Shiinuhu...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Wilson, VC , resisted Italian invasion in Somaliland
Telegraph.com, 29 Dec. 2008--Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Wilson, who died on December 23 aged 96, was awarded a Victoria Cross for his gallant defence against a large Italian force during the East African campaign in August 1940; the award was originally posthumous since Wilson was thought to have been killed in action....
December 30, 2008 - 04:26 |
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Dadweynaha Saylac oo ka mudaaharaaday markii la diiday in la cashuuro Shiidaal halkaas ka soo degay
Hashim Goth, ANN =
BOORAMA, 29 Dec.2008-- Dadweynaha ku dhaqan magaalada Saylac ayaa shalay, Axaddii, banaanbax ka sameeyay dekeda horteeda, Xarunta D/Hoose iyo kastamka magaalada, halkaas oo ay dadku ku gubeen taayiro, isla markaana dhagaxtuur ku sameeyeen meelaha dawlada, sidaas waxa xaqiijiyay warar aan ka helay...
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SOMALIA: Somaliland records drop in landmine accidents
HARGEISA, 26 Dec. 2008 (IRIN)--The self-declared republic of Somaliland recorded a sharp drop in landmine-related accidents in 2008 compared with 2007, a mine clearance organisation official has said.
Hassan Ahmed Kosar, operations officer for the Halo Trust, the only international mine clearance organisation currently...
December 27, 2008 - 01:46 |
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Ethiopia begins Somalia pullout
BBC, 02 Jan. 2008--Ethiopian military forces have begun pulling out of Somalia after two years helping the transitional government fight insurgents.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's spokesman said the withdrawal would take several days.
A convoy of about 30 Ethiopian vehicles loaded with troops and...
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Somalia's caretaker president says new leader to be named soon
MOGADISHU, 01 Jan. 2009 (Xinhua)-- Somalia's caretaker President Sheik Aden Madoobe, who is also the speaker of parliament, on Thursday pledged to organize the selection of a president within the thirty-day deadline set by the transitional federal charter.
Madoobe, who took over the presidency after Abdullahi...
January 01, 2009 - 11:01 |
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Ethiopia 'packing up in Somalia'
BBC, 31 Dec. 2008--Ethiopian troops have started to prepare to leave Somalia on the day they were supposed to complete their withdrawal, witnesses say.
The troops were packing mattresses, personal belongings and loading trucks with military supplies, they said.
But there was no sign that the Ethiopians had started...
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Somali pirates to release Saudi tanker
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Somali pirates have reportedly agreed to release the Saudi super-tanker, Sirius Star, withdrawing a 25 million dollar ransom demand.
"We decided to respect the request of Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Saud Al-Faysal who asked us to release the ship..." Press TV correspondent quoted...
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Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules
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MOGADISHU, Somalia --A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic law, even as Ethiopian troops who have been propping up the government packed up to leave.
The presence of the Ethiopian troops, whom many Somalis...
December 31, 2008 - 15:47 |
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South African musical legend Miriam Makeba dies
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 10 Nov. 2008 (AP) -- Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.
In her dazzling career, Makeba...
November 10, 2008 - 16:01 |
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Africa looks at strategies to root out corruption
afrol News, 15 Octob. 2008--Africa has been urged to think outside the box and be practical if the continent is to root out corruption.
Scholars, policy makers and civil society leaders from within and outside Africa are currently meeting in Addis Ababa at a three-day UN-sponsored conference aimed at giving momentum to...
October 15, 2008 - 11:42 |
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Aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia
MOGADISHU, 23 Sept. 2008 (IOL)-- Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign aid workers from eastern Ethiopia and taken them to central Somalia, officials and the aid agency Medecins du Monde said on Tuesday.
"The two foreign aid workers - a male and a female - were kidnapped on Monday... in Ethiopia and were taken to...
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UK announces £42 million for Horn of Africa
afrol News, 23 Sept. 2008-- United Kingdom has announced £42 million emergency assistance to curb hunger crisis in the horn of Africa region.
According to department for international development, package would help feed over 17 million people facing severe hunger and malnutrition.
“The additional funding will...
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Khalifa orders offering of US$10 million to Djibouti
ABU DHABI, 20 Aug. 2008 (WAM)--President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued instructions to offer US$10 million to Djibouti, as a support to its foreign balance of payment.
Khalifa's gesture reflects brotherly ties, solidarity and assistance to the government of Djibouti to meet its obligations in...
August 20, 2008 - 14:06 |
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A Saudi businessman offers $10 mln for shoe thrown at Bush
Awdalnews Network, 17 Dec. 2008--A Saudi Businessman offered $10 million (Dh36.7 million) to buy the famous shoes of Iraqi journalist Muntadar Al Zaidi.
Sixty-year-old Hassan Mohammad Makhafa, from Aseer, south west of Saudi Arabia, said he is ready to sell all his properties to buy Al Zaidi's shoes, which he...
December 16, 2008 - 23:28 |
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Change has come to America and the world catches a ray of hope*
By Dr. Ahmed H. Esa, Observer, 07 Nov. 2008 =
“It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.” Barack Obama in his victory speech.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (Observer)--At 11 pm on Tuesday, Barack Obama, a...
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Obama sweeps to presidency
By Ed Luce in Chicago, Andrew Ward in Phoenix and Harvey,Morris in Washington, FT, 05 Nov. 2008.
Barack Obama today became the first African American to win the US presidency, sweeping aside the challenge of veteran Republican John McCain to secure an emphatic triumph for the Democratic party.
A roar of victory...
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Powell endorses Obama for President
WASHINGTON, 19 Oct. 2008 (MSNBC)-- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented.
Powell, who for...
October 19, 2008 - 13:37 |
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World leaders commit record billions to tackle Malaria
Funding to support ambitious new Global Malaria Action Plan to reduce malaria deaths in Africa to near zero by 2015
2008 MDG Malaria Summit- World Leaders Unite
Rollback Malaria Partnership
New York, 25 Sept. 2008-- World leaders gathered today at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit to endorse an...
September 26, 2008 - 03:07 |
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Somalia as Ethiopia exits
As Ethiopia prepares to exit Somalia for good this time, Somali inches deeper in hole of tribal war. We must stop it before it is too late. It was yesterday in 1991, when the political vacuum emerged and the rest of the world didn't rescue Somalia. The government was toppled which paved the way to Somali’s present...
January 05, 2009 - 11:16 |
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Gaza: who loses?
Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Foreign Minister, writing in the Jakarta Post on New Years Eve said everybody loses from the assault on Gaza, with rockets falling on southern Israel and Israeli politicians competing over who would offer the harshest response.
The people of Gaza and the people of Southern Israel are both...
January 05, 2009 - 11:10 |
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Problems of our own making in Somaliland
Human capital is the most important element in developing societies. When the human resources are developed you get a trained personnel and productive labor force. Managing office activities is not difficult and is a set of common sense skills that help to use your time and resources in the most effective
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January 05, 2009 - 11:06 |
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Rayale's misadventure
The world is oblivious to a conflict that is slowly escalating in Northern Somalia. After the leaders of Puntland abandoned Las Anod as a result of secret negotiations brokered by international donors, Rayale has embarked on a focused campaign to consolidate his hold on the regions of Sool and Sanaag through a...
January 04, 2009 - 13:37 |
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Gaza: How Hamas got elected
Israel cannot topple the Hamas government by force of arms. After over 400 people killed and 1,700 wounded according to Gaza health officials, a long term truce, as discussed earlier in 2008 by ex-President Clinton and Hamas leaders, could be the best way to end this war.
The growth of Hamas goes back at least 20...
January 03, 2009 - 13:31 |
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A few questions, Professors?
To me it is always interesting to listen, read and/or watch when Professors Ahmed I. Samater and Abdi I. Samater (related I presume as brothers) discuss the situations in Somalia and Somaliland.
I admire their professionalism, their intellectualism, their able articulation of their opinions and the vigor with which they...
January 02, 2009 - 12:37 |
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Bye-bye, President Yusuf…or is it TFG?
On Monday, December 29, 2008, President Abdullahi Yusuf of Somalia left Baidoa, the makeshift Capital of his government, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), to arrive in Garrowe, the Capital of his home province —Puntland—in less than two hours. This is amid reports that some of Yusuf’s foes have been pondering...
December 31, 2008 - 01:51 |
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Phantom figures or facts: Somaliland’s experiment with voter registration
As the self-declared entity of Somaliland vowes to deal with one of its nagging requirements for statehood- compiling a Voter Registration List, its citizens and the rest of the World are hearing stories of uneasiness and confusion in the process.
First of all, a Voter Registration List is quite different from a...
December 27, 2008 - 03:17 |
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Somaliland’s Voter Registration: It better be done right
During the last seven years, Somaliland conducted successful democratic elections to elect municipal councils, members of parliament and a president. There were no voter registrations during those elections. An indelible ink on the index finger was used as deterrence against voter fraud. Still, independent election...
December 23, 2008 - 14:59 |
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The Comical side of Somalia’s Tragedy
There is a thin line between laughter for joy and tears for tragedy. The two are lived side by side in an orderly family, community, nation, continent or the world. Where there is a balance between the two, each is appropriately employed and appreciated as life’s events demand. Both respectively show up, say, in the birth...
December 23, 2008 - 14:46 |
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Gabay - Bal yar kaadso
Gabay Magaciisa la yidhaa Bal yar kaadso oo ku socda kuwa quraanku ku tilmaamay ( Humasadi lumasadi) ayaan halkan ku soo bandhigaynaa inay akhristayaashu nala wadaagaan nalana dhuuxaan sugaanta muga weyn ee ku ladhan iyo ujeedada weyn ee ka danbaysa gabayga oo ah mid si toosa ugu socota dadka Jahadu ka luntey ee...
August 03, 2008 - 12:40 |
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KIINIYAA IS DAGAASHAY (Geeraar)
Maansadan waxa tiriyeye Maxamed Xirsi Guuleed. Waxay soo baxday 2008-01-31
Waxay ku saabsantahay xaaladda siyaasadeed ee dalka Kenya ee cakirantay iyo saadaasha mustaqbalka ee Soomaalida u fiicnaan lahayd. Wuxu Yidhi:
Kiiniyaa is dagaashay
Doorashay isku maagtay
Kun daday iska laysay
Sidii daad isu jiidhe...
February 02, 2008 - 01:52 |
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