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top L: Jama Mohamud Abdi, Hussein Muhumed Farah, Mohamed
Mohamud Abdi.
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bottom L: Matan Abdi Hashi and Ali Mohamud Abdi, Abdi Mohamud
Abdi and wife, Abdirahman Mohamud Dauud, all of whom were dragged
from their homes on the night of July 16, 1989 and killed by a
firing squad at Jazira Beach in Mogadishu. They were among a group
of innocent people, most of them young, who were marched to their
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Local Drug Baron to Sue Haatuf Newspaper for Defamation
 Hargeisa (SL Times) - Kowsar Afdinle, the well known Qat business tycoon has filed a complaint with Somaliland's Criminal Investigation Department against the daily "Haatuf" newspaper. The complaint alleges that a "Cartoon" published in Haatuf’s July 4th edition has harmed the reputation of Mr. Afdinle and his Qat business.
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Warplanes Strike Somaliland Eibaat Island
 Zaila (SL Times) - Explosions were heard on Sunday at Somaliland's island of Eibaat, about 10 km north west of Zaila.
The explosions were caused by an air strike carried out by US warplanes, sources in Zaila said.
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Somaliland Sets Terms of Dialogue with Somalia
The Government of Somaliland urges the leaders in Somalia, the member states of IGAD, the African Union, the United Nations and other donor countries, to abstain from any unfriendly declaration or acts against Somaliland that could bring about further complications, conflict and instability to the region of the Horn of Africa.
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EU Support For Upgrading Infrastructure in Border Corridor
The European Commission is supporting a study for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the infrastructure in the Berbera Corridor. This includes:
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Sea and road access to and from Ethiopia through the Port of Berbera
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Regional air transport linking Somaliland to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya, and
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Customs facilitates and arrangements.
The aim is to contribute to the economic recovery of the region by taking advantage of increased trade and co-operation.
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EU Backs IGAD on Somalia Peace Process
Zablon Odhiambo and Neddy Mbori
East African Standard
July 19, 2003
The European Union yesterday backed the Somali peace process in Kenya and pledged to support the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad).
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Somali Influx Gets Mixed Carolina Welcome
Despite plight, Bantu refugees aren't embraced
Jennifer Graham
Globe Correspondent
Cayce, S. C. 7/13/2003 (Boston Globe) - For the Somali Bantu headed for South Carolina, the promised land is an air-conditioned apartment with a green door, gray shutters, and a clothesline out back.
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Community Welcomes Its First Kids' Bookstore
Kristen Green
San Diego, July 17, 2003 (Union-Tribune) - City Heights' first children's bookstore has opened on El Cajon Boulevard, where in addition to a wide variety of English-language books, it will offer selections in Spanish, Somali, Arabic and Vietnamese.
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Body Found in U.K. Fuels Iraq Row
London, July 18 (NBC, MSNBC) - Adding mystery to the controversy over prewar intelligence gathering, British police said a body found Friday had been tentatively identified as that of a missing Defense Ministry adviser suspected of being the source for a news report that the government doctored information on Iraq’s weapons programs to bolster the case for war.
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The Mysterious Attack on Eibaat Island
Despite initial press reports that it was US warplanes that bombed Somaliland's Eibaat Island last Sunday, the Somaliland government apparently has not until now been able to confirm the identity of the aircrafts that were involved in the attack.
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The Lies and Deceptions of Abdiqasim Salad, Djibouti, BBC & IRIN
Jamal Gabobe
Seattle, Washington
July 17, 2003
As someone who has heard and read many of the lies spread by Somaliland's enemies through the years, I must say that lately these lies have been getting more and more sophisticated and harder to identify. Some of these lies are so good they almost fooled me until I double and triple checked. Here are some examples.
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Intimidating the Press
Hassan Mogeh Hirsi
Los Angeles, California, USA
Nowadays the number of lawsuits brought against journalists and newspapers has reached a new level. This harassment of the media in conjunction with the current debate in Somaliland's parliament about a Press Law, is frightening to say the least. It is a window-size view of the administration’s intentions and policy toward the press. Freedom of the press and speech must be the core of our democracy, an issue that cannot be negotiated. It is one of the achievements of Somaliland since its liberation and all Somalilanders are proud of it.
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Rich Nation, a Poor Continent
Jeffrey D. Sachs
At a time when President Bush has lavished billions of dollars in tax cuts on the richest Americans, his trip to Africa presents him with the perfect opportunity to call on them to take some responsibility for the dire state of the world's poorest citizens. According to a recent report from the Internal Revenue Service, some 400 super-rich Americans had an average income of nearly $174 million each, or a combined income of $69 billion, in 2000. Incredibly, that's more than the combined incomes of the 166 million people living in four of the countries that the president is visiting this week: Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Botswana. America's richest individuals could actually change the course of Africa's history, and the president - who has stressed the importance of personal responsibility - should urge them to do so.
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Falling From "Hanoi"
Waddah Charara
Mogadishu 17 July, 2003 (Al-Hayat) - Following the ousting of the armed Palestinian organizations from Jordan in 1970-1971, one of these organizations' leaders, George Habash, "owner" of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is the mother organization of Ahmed Jibril's "General Leadership" organization and Nayef Hawatmeh's "democratic" organization, he called for an "Arab Hanoi."
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