Thanks brother Nur. That was good enough. I previously thought that Zakat = 0.025(Tc) // Tm = total money, Tc = tax constant which I took as being 0.6 max for US accounts (state tax, federal tax, 10% penalty) But the question of what is actually my money since there is tax, unmatured vested portion, etc was bothering me. Thanks for clarifying it.

lol. Nuune xaaji, ma ila arkinoo in wax yara khaldan yihiin? Adigaaba iga daran. Magaaladii aaba horey soo dhigtay. Gacan iyo nus saaxiibkeey. Ankee kan oo Saylac isagana sheekadiis cirka ineey jirtaa u maleyhaa. Buurta oo weyn oo xeebta, Thailand ee iila egtahay. Tsunami area.

The above picture looks more like one of the Balkan cities. Aaway raggii wax investigayn jirey. lol. Red roofs, churches, European structures, etc. The following picture is close to being the true picture of Borama. Typical Somali city. They all look like this.

Originally posted by Sharif_seylaci: Are you sure this is Borama?

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Nobel winner donates prize money BANGLADESHI Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said yesterday he would donate his share of the $1.8 million prize money. Mr Yunus said he would use his share to fund a project to produce cheap, nutritious food for the poor, an eye hospital, a drinking water project and a health-care scheme. "I will donate all my money to these enterprises," he said. "These will be purely social business enterprises - not-for-profit organisations." The French food giant Danone and Mr Yunus's Grameen Bank said this year they would work together to produce food to provide nutrition to millions of poor people. Source: The Sun-Herald

'Banker' who lends to the poor wins Nobel Peace Prize By Philippe Naughton The inspirational economist Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for helping lift millions of his fellow Bangladeshis from poverty through a pioneering scheme that lends tiny amounts of money to the very poorest of borrowers. Professor Yunus shares the prize, and the cheque for 10 million Swedish Kronor (£730,000) that accompanies it, with the Grameen Bank, which he founded after the Bangladeshi famine of 1974 and whose micro-credit model has since been copied in dozens of countries around the world. The bank, which is owned almost entirely by its own borrowers, has lent out some £2.9 billion to more than 6 million Bangladeshis, 96 per cent of them women. Even though its borrowers are not asked for collateral, more than 98 per cent of the money is repaid. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize, cited the economist and his bank for their efforts in helping to "create economic and social development from below". It added: "Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty. Micro-credit is one such means. Development from below also serves to advance democracy and human rights. "Muhammad Yunus has shown himself to be a leader who has managed to translate visions into practical action for the benefit of millions of people, not only in Bangladesh, but also in many other countries. "Loans to poor people without any financial security had appeared to be an impossible idea. From modest beginnings three decades ago, Yunus has, first and foremost through Grameen Bank, developed micro-credit into an ever more important instrument in the struggle against poverty. Grameen Bank has been a source of ideas and models for the many institutions in the field of micro-credit that have sprung up around the world. "Every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life. Across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development." Muhammad Yunus was borning in Chittagong in 1940 and studied economics at Dhaka University before taking his PHD at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, where he went as a Fulbright scholar. He returned to Bangladesh to become an economics professor at Chittagong University, where he first experimented with micro-credit after the 1974 famine. The first loan he made came from his own pocket when he $27 to a group of women who made bamboo furniture in a village near Chittagong. That allowed the women - who borrowed money at usurious rates to buy the bamboo - to break out of a cycle of debt and create a profitable business that could support their families. The Nobel Committtee particularly praised them for having focused on female borrowers, which was also a pioneering concept. "Micro-credit has proved to be an important liberating force in societies where women in particular have to struggle against repressive social and economic conditions," it said. "Economic growth and political democracy can not achieve their full potential unless the female half of humanity participates on an equal footing with the male." The citation concluded: "Yunus's long-term vision is to eliminate poverty in the world. That vision can not be realised by means of micro-credit alone. But Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that, in the continuing efforts to achieve it, micro-credit must play a major part." The Nobel Peace Prize was first awarded in 1901. It was won last year by the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Egyptian head, Mohammed ElBaradei.

Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion, Grabs Lead in Web Videos By Jonathan Thaw Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, agreed to buy YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion, adding the largest video-sharing site on the Web and an audience that watches more than 100 million clips a day. Founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen and their 65 employees will join the company, Google said today in a statement distributed by Business Wire. In less than two years, San Bruno, California-based YouTube has catapulted from startup to Internet icon with 34 million monthly U.S. visitors. The stock purchase, Google's largest, underscores the pressure on the Mountain View, California-based company from startups such as YouTube and friend-finder Facebook.com, which are creating new markets for film clips and social networking. The acquisition also builds on Google's strategy to add more content to attract advertisers. ``YouTube has huge traffic and is able to reach and appeal to a whole new set of potential viewers,'' Scott Kessler, an analyst at Standard & Poor's in New York, said before the announcement. ``That's the key.'' In total visitors, the purchase vaults Google to second place among U.S. Internet companies from third. The two brands combined had 101 million visitors in August, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. Yahoo! Inc. sites had 106.7 million and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Internet division had 98.5 million. Shares of Google rose $8.50 to $429 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. They have risen 3.4 percent this year. Big Bite Spending more than $1 billion on an acquisition is a departure for Google, which has typically bought smaller startups such as mapping software maker Keyhole Corp. and Upstartle, creator of a Web-based word processor. Google had $9.82 billion in cash and marketable securities as of June 30 and generated sales of $6.14 billion in 2005. YouTube's business fits Google's strategy of using Internet content as a platform to sell ads. In December, Google agreed to buy 5 percent of Time Warner Inc.'s AOL to show ads to AOL search users. Google agreed in August to provide search and keyword advertising for News Corp.'s MySpace.com. Advertisers and media companies are piling into sites like YouTube and MySpace.com to reach more users. YouTube viewers on average spend 26 minutes on the site each month, according to Nielsen. YouTube already uses ads sold by Google. New Agreements Before today's announcement, Google and YouTube separately struck agreements with three of the world's largest record companies to add music videos on their Web sites. Universal Music Group, the largest music company, and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the second-largest, agreed to let people watch their videos on YouTube. Google made deals with Sony Corp. and Warner Music Group Corp., the fourth-largest, to share advertising revenue in exchange for free streaming of videos on its Web site. In addition, CBS Corp. agreed today to distribute video content on YouTube. NBC television already promotes programs such as ``The Office'' on YouTube, and Warner Music last month became the first record company to let YouTube users download copyrighted music and videos. In return, Warner Music gets a portion of advertising revenue. Before the purchase, Google ranked seventh in online video traffic, according to ComScore Networks Inc. in Reston, Virginia. Video is emerging as an Internet service comparable to e-mail and Web search, Anthony Noto, a Goldman, Sachs & Co. analyst, said today in a note to investors. Google Video Google began accepting user-generated content for its video search engine last year. Yahoo, the most-visited U.S. Internet site, started in May. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, began testing its service last month. The acquisition also illustrates how established Internet and media companies are snapping up start-ups. Last month, Yahoo purchased Jumpcut to add video sharing and editing services. Sony, producer of the ``Spider-Man'' films, bought video-sharing site Grouper Networks Inc. for $65 million in August. News Corp., controlled by Rupert Murdoch, bought the parent of MySpace.com a year ago for $580 million. The sale is a windfall for Sequoia Capital, which has invested $11.5 million in YouTube since November, according to YouTube's Web site. Menlo Park, California-based Sequoia also invested in Google and Yahoo, owner of the second-most-used search engine. YouTube was founded by Hurley, Steve and Jawed Karim in February 2005. Hurley, 29, chief executive officer, is a fine art graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Chen, 28, chief technology officer, studied computer science at the University of Illinois. Both men worked at PayPal, where Hurley designed the company logo. Karim left YouTube to study at Stanford University, the Web site said. `Evolution of Dance' Technology that allows people to easily upload and share videos has spurred YouTube's popularity. The most-viewed clip at the site is ``Evolution of Dance,'' a 6-minute film of a dancing man that has been seen more than 33 million times. More than 65,000 videos are uploaded to the site every day. ``With YouTube's traffic and buzz, Google could quickly try to build its position as the video advertising clearinghouse online,'' UBS AG analyst Ben Schachter wrote today in a note. ``It's just the kind of bet we'd expect from Google.''

Xiinoow, don't you think the "tortoise it" strategy may have a better chance of succeeding than the "s-a-b" one? I know. I completely understand where you are coming from.

Waxaa maanta cisbitaalka guud ee magaalada Galkacyo ku umushay gabar lagu magcaabo sacdiyo cumar axmed oo 11 jir. Gabadhan ayaa la sheegay in ay qoyskeeda ka qarin jirtay uurka oo ay ahayd gabdhaha aan laga dareemi karin in ay uur sidaan . Umulisada gabdhan dhalisay oo lagu magcaabo Drs. maymuun farax Samatar ayaa warbaahinta u sheegtay in ay la yaabtay markii loo keenay gabadha oo uu hayo xanunka foosha kadibna markii ay la aaday dhinaca saalada ay durba gabadhii umushay . Drs. Maymuun oo sidoo kale madax ka ah Dallada dhawrista xaquuqda caruurta ee G/Mudug ayaa tibaaxday in ay tahay amuurtaan markii ugu horeeysay oo ay ka dhacdo deegaanada maamumul goboleedka Puntland. Si kastaba ha ahaatee gabadhaan ayaa la sheegayaa in uu qudba siro ku qabay nin da'diisa lagu sheegay 40sano jir kana mid ah dadka ka xoogsada magaalada. Qoyska gabadhan yaa lagu soo waramayaa in ay dacwad ka dhan ah ninka gabadhooda qudba sirada ku qabay u gudbiyeen saldhiga booliska magalada Galkacyo oo iminka halkaas ay labada ku kala gar qaadanayaan . Dhacadadan ayaa ah mid naadir ku ah dhicitaankeeda Dalka somalia. Yacquub Muxiyadiin C/salaan allmudug.com Yacquub12@hotmail.com

Important developments. Keep us updated.

Classic picture. I can just imagine what the two good sheikhs are laughing about. Shariif: "hehehe, halkee hadda ku shidnaa Sheikh?" Aweys: "hehee, Hiiraale aan dhegaha ku dhufano marka hore, deedna Galkacyo aynu shaydaanka ka cuudino" Shariif: "Hehehe. Sheikh, Baydhabona?" Awey: "Cabsi ayaynu ku ridi oo keliya daalimiinta halkaa isugu tagey. Taaban mayno. hehehe" Shariif: "hehehe, hadalku waa xidhan yahay Sheikh"

Trent Lott, Tom Delay and now Hastert in hot water? The republicans have a leadership issue. October surprise. This is good. ..."champions-of-family-values" my arrse. hypocrites!!.....

They are ahlu jannah. Dambi maleh. What drives this man? Mental illness I say. What else would make a father commit such heinous, totally reprehensible crime against his own family. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (pronouced luuwuvuul in the local accent ) is a nice city. Didn't know they had Somalis there at all. I went on a short trip there recently.

If that is his preference, it was expected and he has the right to speak his mind. Isn't Jack Straw the FM removed by Rumsfeld because of the infamous "nuts" comment?

Norf, so much dust on the sidewalks. No grass.

MUQDISHO: Xildhibaanno ka tirsan Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo wada qorshayaal ay isugu geynayaan Dowladda iyo Maxkamadaha Posted to the Web Oct 05, 16:20 Muqdisho (PP) – Xildhibaanno ka tirsan baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya oo ku sugan Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa wada qorshayaal ay ku doonayaan inay ku geeyaan Baydhabo xubno ka tirsan Maxkamadaha Magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta dowladda. Xildhibaannadaan oo gaaraya ku dhawaad 30-xubnood ayaa waxay daboolka ka qaadeen inay damacsan yihiin inay saraakiil ka tirsan Maxkamadaha ay geeyaan Magaalada Baydhabo isla markaana ay u kala caddaato fikradda ay ka qabaan dowladda iyo sidoo kale ciidammada ay sheegayaan inay ku sugan yihiin Baydhabo oo ka tirsan kuwa Ethiopia. Sida ay sheegeen xildhibaannadaan waxay qorsheynayaan in xubnaha sarsare ee Maxkamadaha ay geeyaan Baydhabo si ay uga hor hadlaan xildhibaannada isla markaana ay ugu sharraxaan mowqifka Maxkamadaha ay ka qabaan Dowladda. Xildhibaannadaan ayaa sheegay inaysan jirin cid soo dirtay balse ay iyagu garteen inay howshaan isku duba ridaan, waxaana ay sheegeen inay qorsheynayaan inay Muqdisho dhankooda keenaan xubnaha sarsare ee Dowladda si ay kulammo ula qaadaan xubnaha Maxkamadaha. Xildhibaannadaan ayaan la garanayn sida uu ugu hirgeli karo hamigooda ah inay dhexdhexaadin ka sameeyaan Dowladda Federaalka Madaxdeeda iyo kuwa Maxkamadaha, waxaana ay iyagu sheegeen inay qorshenayaan inay howshaas u fuli doonto sida ay rajeynayaan. Maxamed Xuseen Jantiile Wakiilka Puntlandpost - Mogadishu E-mail: puntlandpostmog@hotmail.com

Norf, what is the problem. Chill out man.

NG is it working for you now?

Originally posted by Xoog****: tax being collected from the Sea-port. This port is probably the root of all Kismayo's past problems.

Val, I called up some friends in london. Address please!! Hurry up. sheekadu waa xuntahaye. Ummad dhan baa six xun u gaajaysane. PS: Few already took the train to your xaafad area just to be in close proximity. Quick entry as soon as you give the address. Waa sii yara dhawaadeen.

I have read about this. Militant young kids trained to "protect the christian faith".

Bill Frist: Taliban Should Be Incorporated into Afghan Government US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) made comments yesterday about the Taliban’s extensive presence in Afghanistan, the unlikelihood that the war against the Taliban could be won militarily, and the need to incorporate "people who call themselves the Taliban" into the Afghan government. Frist said to the Associated Press during a visit with Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) to a military base in Afghanistan that there appeared to be an "unlimited flow" of individuals "willing to pick up arms and integrate themselves with the Taliban… It sounds to me… that the Taliban is everywhere." According to All Headline News, Frist told reporters that the only way to resolve the conflicts in Afghanistan is to "assimilate people who call themselves Taliban into a larger, more representative government." Martinez then told the Associated Press that negotiating with the Taliban is not "out of the question," but that Taliban militants who continue to be violent must be attacked. The Taliban regime protected Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda leaders after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The Taliban regime, which brutally took away the rights of women and girls, has reemerged in Afghanistan. Recent Taliban attacks and violence are once again depriving Afghan women and girls of many rights and the ability to obtain an education. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the recent assassination of Safia Amajan, the provincial director of Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs, who was gunned down outside of her home in Kandahar. The Feminist Majority Foundation and other organizations have been working to pass the Afghan Women's Empowerment Act, which provides funding for the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, and women-led non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan. It is anticipated that Congress will take up the Act when it returns after the November 7 election. http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=9911

I heard the French team is arguably the best football team at the moment. Solid facts? Anyone been following their games lately?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The discovery by John Mather and George Smoot of "cosmic ripples," which won them the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, was lauded in 1992 by cosmologist Stephen Hawking as "the greatest discovery of the century, if not of all time." While most physicists do not go that far, they are universal in their praise of the experiment, in which the pair and their team designed a satellite and used it to find proof of the Big Bang theory of the universe's origins. They found faint variations in microwave radiation that dated back to just 300,000 years after the fiery birth of the universe. These ripples in the microwave radiation, they said, were the primordial framework on which the galaxies, stars and other stuff of the universe took shape. It explained why the universe is lumpy and not a smooth sheet of matter and energy. "The discovery changed everything," said Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist at Case Western University in Ohio. "It produced a revolution in what we know about the universe -- we know it is expanding, we know it is flat ... and we can measure that to an incredible accuracy," Krauss said in a telephone interview. "Cosmology now is a precision science." Until then, theoretical physicists had cobbled together small pieces of evidence that the universe and everything in it had appeared suddenly about 15 billion years ago from an infinitesimally small point in a vacuum of nothingness. When the 40-member research team announced some of their findings to a meeting of physicists in 1992, an "audible gasp was heard from the audience," according to the American Institute of Physics. Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist who explained theories about how the universe was formed in his popular book "A Brief History of Time," was one of most excited. "It is the discovery of the century, if not of all time," Hawking said in a statement at the time. FILLING IN THE BLANKS "I don't think he was completely out of control," Krauss said. People had known what to look for. "The picture, however, had been blank up to then," he said. "Then it was clear -- it wasn't a vague idea. It was clear the lumps were there." These fluctuations were faint variations in temperature, and scientists have since followed up on those measurements to try to understand, for instance, dark matter -- mass that no one has been able to see or measure but which must exist because of the amount of gravity measured in the universe. Some teams have come up with new theories of dark energy -- a mysterious force that may be accelerating the expansion of the universe. While the implications may far outlast humanity -- the end of the universe may be coming in a few more billion years -- Smoot has been clear on the need for the work. "It is extremely important for human beings to know their origins and their place in the world," Smoot said in a statement. Krauss said the prize supports his own arguments -- made to NASA and the U.S. Congress -- that funding should go to similar experiments. "New experiments on the cosmic microwave background, new experiments to probe dark energy, to look for habitable planets -- all these have been delayed and/or canceled because we are sending people back to the moon," Krauss said.