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Kulmiye Party Splinters
As the calendar for the Somaliland presidential election approached, and as Kulmiye party which lost the last round yearned to go on the top this time, then serious, irreconcilable disagreement emerged, which caused the party to literally break down into pieces. The event that caused the splinter was disagreement about the...
May 14, 2009 - 00:43 |
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"Dubai model" was the vision of one man
By Andrew Hammond -
Analysis
DUBAI (Reuters)
The "Dubai vision," which has suffered a crushing blow from the freewheeling Gulf emirate's sudden debt crisis, is the creation of one man who failed to apply the rules of open governance.
The city state's rapid growth revolved around the ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin...
November 30, 2009 - 11:59 |
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A paradox of plenty - hunger in America.
By Bernd Debusmann
Call it a paradox of plenty. In the world’s wealthiest country, home to more obese people than anywhere else on earth, almost 50 million Americans struggled to feed themselves and their children in 2008. That’s one in six of the population. Millions went hungry, at least some of the time. Things are...
November 26, 2009 - 14:08 |
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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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Foreign Fighters Fleeing Somalia as the Trenches are Dug
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people-Jawaharlal Nehru
There has been a beehive of military activity in Somalia for the past few weeks....
February 11, 2010 - 16:26 |
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The lash is coming fast and violent
I do believe that we the Somali society is the most wild, most idiotic, most illiterate, most deformed, most dysfunctional, most hateful, most .., most …
I will here try to justify the first three accusations and leave the rest for the reader.
Why most wild? Because the last time I left the country was in 1980 and that...
December 28, 2009 - 17:17 |
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Is Somaliland’s Democracy Fragile?
Introduction
Since the resolution at the end of September of the crisis related to the much delayed Presidential elections in Somaliland, there have appeared various analyses, by Somalis and non-Somalis alike, of the causes and effects of this crisis and the likely impact it will have on Somaliland’s future. These...
December 25, 2009 - 15:45 |
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The Outrageous Mooryaan: Mr. Togane
Dear Naima Adan,
I read your article entitled, “Response to Portrait of the Canadian As Warya by Mohamud S. Togane” published on wardheernews website.
While I encourage you to write more, giving you constructive criticism and feedback will only transform you into a powerful writer. And it is these invaluable...
December 22, 2009 - 12:02 |
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Response to Portrait of the Canadian As Warya by Mohamud S. Togane
I was immensely surprised to read an article by Mohamud S. Togane about Canada as a binary to the homeland Somalia, in essence demonizing Somalia while applauding Canada. I was particularly shocked to read about his idea of Somalia as the anachronistic and cannibalistic space that people have ran from into this...
December 22, 2009 - 11:55 |
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Portrait of the Canadian as Warya
Somalis yell out, Warya! Meaning, hey you, if they see a stranger whom they believe to be one of their own sort. Then they wait and hope for a recognitive response for that is not only how they sniff each other out but also how they get each other's attention. Warya is so distinctly Somali as "eh" is so distinctly Canadian...
December 22, 2009 - 11:35 |
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Is Peace Possible in Mogadishu?
In any war, where two mortal enemies are battling out for supremacy, there are only two possible scenarios to end it: A military solution, where one side would defeat the other, or a negotiated settlement.
In Mogadishu, the Somali capital, there is such a war with no foreseeable end to it, for an obvious (to me at least)...
December 22, 2009 - 11:24 |
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A Matter of Spiritual Angst: Where Is My Takbir, Dude?
Ramadan and days of Eid are most joyous, revered moments in the Islamic calendar. It is when the faithful reflects and recharges his/her spiritual batteries to counter constant distractions of the material world excess and other personal shortcoming of life in general. It is time of renewal and rejuvenation for the mature...
December 09, 2009 - 23:25 |
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Emergency exit
Dear The Diplomat,
In your December issue (Vol 5, no. 10) you make the following categorical statement:
“In the breakaway republic of Somaliland, Ethiopians became victims of witch hunts by local paramilitaries, who could earn cash for every Ethiopian turned in to the local authorities. Some were put on public...
December 09, 2009 - 23:16 |
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Somalia is in Need of Massive International Intervention
The suffering and misery of war ravaged Somalis, particularly those in Mogadishu and its environs, continues unabated. Over the past nineteen years, the perpetrators of this murderous campaign who slaughtered and decimated a large number of Somali’s population may have come in different shapes and guises, but the end...
December 09, 2009 - 23:10 |
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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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