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Fighting Between A Yusuf and Ade Muse Spills Over Into Somaliland
Hargeisa (SL Times): Fighting between militia men loyal to Colonel Abdillahi Yusuf and his rival Ade Musse has spilled over into Somaliland territories in eastern Sanag.
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Over 10 People Arrested In Juti Martin’s Murder Case
Police Confident They Have Evidence To Charge A Prime Suspect In The Killing
Hargeisa (SL Times): Police authorities in the Republic of Somaliland said they are confident that they have obtained substantial evidence with which to charge one of over 10 people arrested in connection with the murder of Juti Martin, a Swiss national, in Hargeisa, on last Monday.
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FAA To Handle Food Aid Consignment For Ethiopia
Berbera (SL Times): Work for packing, clearing and forwarding 20,500 tons of food aid supplied by the European Union and intended for Ethiopia is going to resume today after a lull of two days following a dispute over transportation charges.
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Two Charged With Attempted Murder
Mark LaFlamme, Staff Writer
Two men were behind bars Tuesday night, charged with attempted murder in a Monday night shooting on Knox Street.
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Somali Minister Hails Peace Process
Compiled by Salad F. Duhul (Arabnews)
The Somali Transitional National Government (TNG) Foreign Minister, Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim, has said the current Somali peace talks in Kenya are an important achievement in bringing all the warring factions and the TNG together at a single negotiating table.
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Borama And Hargeisa School Children Screened For Eye Defects
Dr. Abdi Elmi Obseyeh, Eye Unit, Borama Public Hospital
School children at 14 primary schools in Hargeisa and 6 in Borama have been screened for eye diseases and defects. The aim of this project was to find out children with eyesight problems or diseases and then provide them with the necessary correction, or treatment, accordingly.
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Somali Woman Heads For Dutch Parliament
"There is a small group [of Muslims] who are so enraged that
they're willing to do something terrible to me" - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Geraldine Coughlan, BBC correspondent in The Hague
A Somali refugee and former Muslim is a sure bet to become a Netherlands MP for a conservative party in the 22 January general elections.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently came out of a seclusion prompted by death threats made against her after she campaigned against what she called the oppression of women under Islam.
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Somali 'National Tour Against Hate' Begins Next Week
Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune, Dec. 30, 2002
A Somali advocacy group is branching out beyond the Twin Cities with its "National Tour Against Hate," aimed at raising awareness about the struggles of Somali communities in Seattle and Lewiston, Maine.
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White Supremacist Group Plans Anti-Somali Rally
LEWISTON, Maine, Dec 30, 2002 (AP) - The leader of a Riverton, Wyo.-based white supremacist group that is planning a rally against Somalis who have settled in this city is facing a contempt of court charge in Chicago.
Matt Hale, high priest of the World Church of the Creator, is scheduled to appear before a federal judge three days before the planned Jan. 11 gathering in Maine.
But Hale said he doesn't expect his legal troubles to keep him from going to Lewiston.
Hale recently moved the group's headquarters from East Peoria, Ill.
On Jan. 8, Hale is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow, who had ordered Hale's group to stop using the name World Church of the Creator, saying another group has a valid trademark on the name.
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"I am Swinging This Flower To You"
Essays on Somaliland Music by Abdi Hassan
Somaliland Diva
A scarf tossed around her beautiful hair, "Caqaarta," is concentrating rather too hard, as she rehearses her signature song, "Ana laanta obaxaa Adaan ku lololaayeh" or "I am swinging this flower to you, in preparation for a solo concert in her honor. With the ease of a seasoned Somaliland Diva singer, she holds the room rapt as she puts a fresh mellow spin on the familiar refrain, "Lede waa Haldhaagoba marko laac Arkaaye."
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Protection of Somaliland’s Territorial Integrity
By resorting to violence in order to put down any peaceful form of opposition to his dictatorial rule, warlord Abdillahi Yusuf has helped trigger a full-scale civil war among his own people. His most recent attempts to turn the conflict into a tribal warfare between his subclan, the Omar Mahmoud, and the Osman Mahmoud is a clear indication of not only his desperate situation but also of the enormity of the challenges he is being faced with. And as usual, the warlord is trying to blame others for his own mistakes.
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Barre Hagi Elmi Ahmed: Tribute To An Unknown Martyr
Jama Musse Jama, Pisa, Italy
Barre Hagi Elmi Ahmed, nicknamed Badho, was the son of known merchant in Hargeisa who owned a corner shop in downtown Hargeisa. Barre lost his mother when he was a child. He attended the Biyodhacay Elementary and Intermediate School in Hargeisa, although, from time to time, he took some classes at the Qalax Boarding School in Gabiley.
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Effective Speech Is Important To Whole Concept Of Leadership
Abdirahman Said Mohamed, Hargeisa
Man, it has been said, is the only animal, that can talk himself into trouble. He is also the only one that can talk himself out of it again. The ability to do either depends on speech, the oral presentation of idea.
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