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Issue 356 / 15th-22nd November 2008

 

Suicide bombers strike in Somaliland

 

Africa's Best Kept Secret

Our Trip to Somaliland

Front Page
News Headlines
Somalilanders Alarmed That The Increasingly Pro-Al-Shabaab Tone Of The BBC's Somali Broadcast Might Influence Some Younger People To Become Terrorists
Britain Drafts New UN Somalia Sanctions
The Fate Of The Voter Registration Shrouded In Mystery
Spokesperson For Somalia 's Community In Somaliland Refutes BBC's Claims
Somalia : Italian Head Of NATO-Anti-Piracy Operation Hopes For "Deterrent Effect"
SOMALIA 'S NEW FRONTLINE
thiopian Police Arrest Members Of Opposition Political Party Suspected Of Terrorist Offences
Local and Regional Affairs
Yemen , Egypt To Co-Host Red Sea Security Talks
Somali Islamists Set Sights On Capital Radical group seizes vast territories
U.S. Embassy In Ethiopia Warns American Runners Of Terror Threat
Statement from US Embassy in Ethiopia
Somaliland Authorities Urged To Explain Why Journalist Held For Past Ten Days
Ethiopia Says That Its Envoy In Somaliland Is alive
Four Killed In Somalia Khat Fight
Somalia Leaders Locked In Internal Dispute While Rebels Advance On Mogadishu
Editorial
 
Somaliland's Security Needs A Paradigm Shift
Supporting Somaliland's Democracy Against The Terror Act ?
Somaliland & Unisa's Department of Religious Studies represented at London 's 2008 Think Tank of the
Features & Commentry
Somali Rival Forces On Collision Course Again
British Navy Kills Two Somali Pirates
Somalia President, Premier Arrive For Talks In Addis
Q+A-Will Somalia Ever Enjoy Peace?
International News
 
Obama Meets With Economic Experts For Advice
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Elected To The International Court Of Justice For A Term Of Nine Years
‘Don't Go To Cops Or I Will Kill You'
Palin Camp Tries To Squelch Talk Of Infighting
Obama's Kenyan Grandmother Says Will Attend Inauguration
At First News Conference, Obama Promises Stimulus Push

Opinion
Republic of Somaliland – AU And IGAD Need To Engage With Preventive Diplomacy
Stranglehold Of Tribalism On Somali Society - The Case Of Somaliland
Indonesia – No Recession In World's Top Rank Economy
A Joint IGAD And Ethiopian Initiative On Somalia
Somaliland - Growing Stronger As A State Within A State
Sympathy To The Victims Of The Recent Terrorists' Attacks In Somaliland From South Africa

U.S. Embassy In Ethiopia Warns American Runners Of Terror Threat

 

File Photo: Great Ethiopian Run 2007, more than 30,000 runners are expected to take part in Toyota Great Ethiopian Run 2008 on Sunday Nov 23, 2008 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

Friday

NAIROBI , Kenya , November 14, 2008   —   The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has warned American citizens against taking part in the Great Ethiopian Run because of the threat of terrorism.

Friday's message says embassy staff and their families should not to take part in the 6.2-mile race set for Nov. 23. The message followed an unspecified terror warning from the Ethiopian government about the race featuring tens of thousands of runners from Ethiopia and around the world. The race is led by distance great Haile Gebrselassie.

The message did not say if the event was named as a specific target but reminded U.S. citizens of deadly bombings this year in the capital, Addis Ababa .

Ethiopia is fighting insurgent groups and supporting the U.N.-backed government in Somalia .

Source: AP

 

 

 

 

         

Somaliland Times Newspaper: Publisher Haatuf Media Network, Published in Hargeysa, Somaliland

          

Editor in Chief: Yusuf Abdi Gabobe.

Assist-Editor: Abdifatah M Aideed

Somaliland Times Web Editor, Media and Technology specialist: Abdullah Mohamed Ahmed

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