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Spies, Lies and Goodbyes – Part 1
Written by Claude Salhani
The killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was until recently widely believed to have been perpetrated by the Syrians, or at least on their behalf. It was the assassination of Mr. Hariri that led to the forced departure of Syrian troops from Lebanon as a result of...
August 15, 2010 - 17:16 |
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Saudis hope giant clock will set 'Mecca Time'
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP)
Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the world's largest clock begins ticking atop a soaring skyscraper in Islam's holiest city of Mecca.
Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which will loom over Mecca's Grand Mosque from what is...
August 11, 2010 - 14:46 |
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Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling
09 March.2009
By Mohammed Jamjoom and Saad Abedine
(CNN) -- A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house, according to local media reports.
According to the Saudi daily...
March 11, 2009 - 00:19 |
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Proud to be a new Canadian
15 Feb,2009
OTTAWA — The 70 people standing in the Great Hall of the Museum of Civilization couldn’t possibly have been Canadian citizens.
They waved flags.
They spoke glowingly about Ottawa.
And they knew all the words to O Canada.
Canadians? No way, eh.
Yet as they raised their right hands...
February 15, 2009 - 22:28 |
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Afghan foetus 'aborted by razor'
BBC, 07 Jan. 2009--The family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face prosecution after her foetus was removed without anaesthetic.
The mother and brother of the girl are accused of cutting her open with a razor blade to perform an abortion.
Doctors say the girl is in a critical condition. A man accused of raping...
January 07, 2009 - 13:10 |
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Bailed-out Goldman Sachs profit soars to 3.44 bln dlrs
By Veronica Smith
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs on Tuesday posted second-quarter profit of 3.44 billion dollars, beating market expectations and possibly signaling recovery in the battered US financial sector.
Goldman Sachs, which has repaid a 10-billion-dollar US government bailout in full in the...
July 14, 2009 - 14:48 |
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Is greed overcoming fear in the stock market?
By Chuck Mikolajczak - Analysis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks typically rebound six months before the economy, but investors worry that the current 25 percent rally since the market's March 9 low could be a red herring.
At the same time, lack of investor conviction -- or simple fear -- can be considered a sign of...
April 11, 2009 - 12:17 |
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Microchip uses nanotechnology to detect cancer
SASKATCHEWAN (CBC) - Canadian researchers have developed a prototype microchip that could one day lead to a portable device that could diagnose cancer in 30 minutes.
The chip uses nanotechnology wires and materials on the scale of a billionth of a metre to detect chemical markers that indicate the presence of...
September 29, 2009 - 11:26 |
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Study links morning sickness to brighter kids
CTV.ca News Staff
Moms who spend part of their pregnancies vomiting and nauseated can take heart: Canadian research suggests they might actually have a smarter baby.
Researchers at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children's Motherisk Program have discovered that morning sickness appears to be linked to enhanced...
April 27, 2009 - 11:48 |
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HIV mutates at high speed to avoid immune system: study
27 Feb,2009.
PARIS (AFP) - - A worldwide team of scientists said the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was swiftly evolving to avoid the body's immune defences, a phenomenon that adds to the challenge of crafting an AIDS vaccine.
Mutations in HIV enable it to rapidly sidestep genetic variations that offer a...
February 27, 2009 - 01:31 |
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German banker comments raise concerns about new 'intellectual racism'
By Robert Marquand
Paris. France.
A German central banker, who stirred controversy last week with disparaging remarks about Muslims living in Germany, is now being pressured to resign following his comment yesterday – widely perceived as anti-Semitic – that “all Jews share a certain gene.”
Thilo Sarrazin, a member...
August 31, 2010 - 11:35 |
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Iran paper says Bruni should die after stoning comments
TEHRAN. (Reuters)
An Iranian newspaper said on Tuesday that Carla Bruni, the wife of France's president, deserved to die after she expressed solidarity with a woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
The hardline daily Kayhan called Bruni a...
August 31, 2010 - 11:11 |
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Dutch still holding two men over air security scare
AMSTERDAM (Reuters)
Dutch police are still holding two men arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam who triggered a security scare after boarding a Europe-bound flight from the United States, the prosecutor said on Tuesday.
The men flew with United Flight 908 from Chicago O'Hare to Amsterdam on Sunday night and were...
August 31, 2010 - 10:55 |
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Sirdoonka Eithopia Oo Radinya 2 Al-shabab Oo Lagu Daweynayo Hargeysa
Jigjiga.Ethiopia.
Warar ku dhowdhow sirdoonka Eithopia ayaa sheegaya in ay ku daba jiraan labo xubnood oo sarsare oo kamida Dagalyahanka Al.-shabaab oo dhawacooda la keenay magalada Hargeysa ee Casimada Somaliland,labadan xubnood ayaa ku dhawacmey dagaalada kasocda Magalada Muqdisho.
Sida ay xaqiijiyeen sirdoonka...
August 31, 2010 - 10:43 |
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Waxan rajaynayaa inay Ethiopia si fiican ula shaqayso dawladda Cusub ee Somaliland.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Madaxweynihii hore ee Somaliland ahna Guddoomiyaha Xisbiga UDUB mudane Dahir Rayale Kahin ayaa manta magaalda Addis Ababa ee dalka Ethiopia kula kulmay Ra’iisal wasaaraha Dawladda Ethiopia Mudane Meles Zenawi iyo madaxweynaha...
August 30, 2010 - 15:48 |
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Guddoomiyaha UDUB Ee Degmada Boorama Oo Xabsiga Loo Taxaabay, Ka Dib Markii Lagu Eedeeyay Been Abuur
Boorama, Somaliland.
Guddoomiyaha xisbiga UDUB ee degmada Boorama Maxamed Cabdi Axmed (Ilkacase) ayay shalay ciidanka Bileyska ee magaalada Boorama u taxaabeen kuna xidheen saldhiga dhexe ee magaalada Boorama, masuulkan xidhan oo wargeyska Haatuf la xidhiidhay ayaa sheegay in shalay subax ay ciidanka boolisku ku...
August 30, 2010 - 15:20 |
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Wasiirka Daakhiliga oo Xoghaye Cusub u Magacaabay Dawladda Hoose ee Hargeysa
Hargeisa.Somaliland.
Wasiirka arrimaha gudaha Somaliland Dr. Maxamed Cabdi Gabboose, ayaa shalay xoghaye cusub oo beddeli doona kii hore u magacaabay dawladda hoose ee magaalada Hargeysa.
Wasiirka arimaha gudaha Somaliland Dr. Maxamed Cabdi Gabboose, ayaa digreeto uu soo saaray ugu magacabay Deeq Xirsi Xujaale...
August 30, 2010 - 15:15 |
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A day in the life of a Mogadishu paramedic
NAIROBI. (IRIN)
The LifelineAfrica ambulance service was launched in Mogadishu in December 2008 by two men who realized that trauma cases often died of blood loss before reaching hospital. Almost 18 months after IRIN first spoke to the founders, we asked Ismail Mohamed how he and his colleagues were coping as fighting...
August 31, 2010 - 10:50 |
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International operation intercepts pirates off Somalia
LONDON (AFP)
Japanese, EU and NATO forces cooperated on Sunday to intercept pirates who were preparing to attack ships in the Gulf of Aden, the NATO counter-piracy task force said.
A Japanese Maritime Self Defence (JMSDF) aircraft spotted a pirate skiff with seven suspected pirates on board and alerted a...
August 30, 2010 - 16:26 |
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Islamist rebels kill four peacekeepers in Somalia
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (Reuters)
Four Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday when Islamist rebels fired mortars at the presidential palace, the African Union said.
Six civilians were killed in a separate shelling incident between AU troops and fighters of the al...
August 30, 2010 - 16:09 |
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Mogadishu fighting cuts food supplies
NAIROBI, 30 August 2010 (IRIN)
As the latest round of fighting in the Somali capital enters its eighth day, traders and civil society activists warn of food shortages due to the closure of many businesses and markets across the city, increasing pressure on the already food-insecure population.
Residents in parts...
August 30, 2010 - 15:58 |
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Three Rusian aircrew released in Darfur
By Opheera McDoom
KHARTOUM. (Reuters)
Three Russian air crew members kidnapped in Darfur two days ago were released on Tuesday after a military operation by Sudan's army, officials said.
The three, who were working for the Sudanese Badr Airlines but subcontracted to the U.N.-African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping...
August 31, 2010 - 11:03 |
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Uganda awaits US funds to send troops to Somalia-army
KAMPALA. Aug 31 (Reuters)
Uganda is waiting for U.S. funding to send up to 10,000 extra troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces General Aronda Nyakairima told the Daily Monitor on Tuesday.
"We can even call up to 10,000 but that will depend on whether the United...
August 31, 2010 - 10:59 |
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U.N. says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters)
More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said...
August 30, 2010 - 16:05 |
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Refugees embrace life "out of camps"
ADDIS ABABA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN)
Kibrom Sebhatu, 45, is among hundreds of Eritreans expected to benefit from a recent Ethiopian government ruling allowing Eritrean refugees to live outside the camps.
“I am happy that UNHCR [the UN Refugee Agency] and the government of Ethiopia agreed to let us live outside the...
August 30, 2010 - 16:01 |
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PM says Iraq wins independence as U.S. ends combat role
By Serena Chaudhry and Rania El Gamal
BAGHDAD. (Reuters)
Iraq's prime minister said the end of U.S. combat operations on Tuesday restored Iraq's sovereignty and meant it stood as an equal to the United States, despite political deadlock and persistent violence.
U.S. troop levels were cut to 50,000 before the...
August 31, 2010 - 11:16 |
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Fidel Castro says was at death's door, now better
HAVANA (Reuters)
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro told an interviewer there were times during his long illness when he was at death's door but now he is mostly recovered and trying to avert nuclear war.
Castro, 84, told Mexico's La Jornada in an...
August 30, 2010 - 16:22 |
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U.S. Senator Kerry warns of instability in Pakistan
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters)
Flood-stricken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, influential U.S. Senator John Kerry said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims.
In a commentary in the International Herald Tribune, Kerry, who heads...
August 30, 2010 - 16:16 |
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Gunman kills seven and himself in Slovak capital
By Martin Santa
BRATISLAVA (Reuters)
A gunman shot dead six members of a Roma family and another woman in the Slovak capital Bratislava on Monday before killing himself, government officials said.
Fourteen more people were wounded in a gun battle with police following the murders, including one officer shot in...
August 30, 2010 - 16:13 |
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NPWJ: “Kenya must arrest President Omar al-Bashir”
Brussels-Rome-New York,
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan arrived in Kenya this morning to attend the promulgation of the country's new constitution. President al-Bashir is the subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed...
August 31, 2010 - 11:49 |
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Is it a Gaffe, Is it a Joke, Is it Cause for Removal?
Once in a while a senior political figure makes a statement that is so outlandish and ludicrous that one is forced to ask questions such as, “is he serious?; has he gone rogue like Sarah Palin?; has he lost touch with reality?” Such an event occurred the other day, when I saw comments reported on the Jamhuuriya website on...
August 09, 2010 - 22:51 |
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Kulmiye’s Win: A Beginning of New Era or Politics of Business as Usual?
Now that Somaliland’s much anticipated presidential election is behind us and the victorious Kulmiye’s leadership in the driver set, what future holds for the down-trodden citizens? Is this a begging of new progressive era or politics of business as usual of the status quo? What does this victory mean for the average...
August 05, 2010 - 11:29 |
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Thank You Mr. Rayalle
Today, 26th July 2010, Somaliland marks another watershed in its continuing story of progress, democratic achievement and political maturity. Today Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud ‘Silanyo’ assumes the Presidency, having won the election held a month earlier, and Dahir Riyalle Kahin hands over the reins of power in a much...
July 27, 2010 - 01:19 |
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A Proposal for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize.
It is my understanding that this prize has been established to nudge African politics and politicians towards democracy and the rule of law, a direction in which the continent so reverently claims to head but often misses by 180 degrees. The matter has been debated, discussed and dissected at many a forum, the least of...
July 25, 2010 - 22:01 |
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Requiem For A Disgrace
According to the definition given in the 1997 New Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language, plagiarism is “the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own”.“To avoid plagiarism, an author should document sources properly using Footnotes, End...
June 28, 2010 - 21:38 |
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Would UDUB Defeat/Kulmiye Victory be Bane or Blessing f or Somaliland?
Somaliland is going to the polls Saturday June 26, 2010 to elect its next president.
Since, by all indications, it appears that the this election will be a fiercely contested one and all the counts will be very close with each party getting about 30% plus, it is difficult to predict which party will win. However, it...
June 26, 2010 - 20:28 |
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The Year of Living Dangerously: The Generals and Other Notes of Forgotten Wars (Part I)\
“Even in the valley of the shadow of death two and two do not make six.” Leo Tolstoy.
Folks, I have to make serious public confessions today that I would like share with the readers. It is a deeply guarded secret known only to close circle of friends and family members. You would assume I’m going to make...
June 22, 2010 - 02:06 |
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Somalia: Original Bevin plan welcomed and 1897 and 1954 treaties repudiated
Mohamed Osman Omar, former Ambassador of Somalia to various countries including India, former Yugoslavia and the Sudan and as non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Singapore, was on May 28, 2010, among the speakers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, on the occasion of the...
June 17, 2010 - 00:49 |
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Somaliland Politics: The election fever and tribal politics.
The election fever is on its highest level and tribal politics which we thought we are grown out of it has taken its deepest root ever.
We entered in the last two weeks of the presidential campaign. The three parties’ leaders are vying for the crucial votes. Politicking, campaign lies, false propaganda, and finger...
June 17, 2010 - 00:03 |
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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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