Just the other day, the U.S. was firm against giving up the “root servers†to an international body. Keeping the root servers fits into the overall furtive strategy of continuing American hegemony.

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I believe I was 11 years old when I endeavored into explaining the "earth is not flat" concept to another kid. I obtained a ball and gave details of my thought using a finger on the ball moving around the sphere and coming back to the same spot. As I was doing the demonstration, the kid seized the ball from me and said "well if I am on this ball and I move to the edge, how come I don't fall off. And if I fall where do I go? Hell? I smiled and told him “you won’t. Korontaa kugu dhegganâ€. We went for lunch.

Originally posted by Curling Waterfall: LSK, thats just favouratism! We call it a "value-added" catering designed to vertically integrate SOL's chain of services and to further strategize for the unparalled distribution of quality content. Castro, "I want" is an apparent violation of SOL rules.

^^She is the progeny of Queen Ma'at Laila of Awfat. Search the Awdal history my brother. Search! We treat our royal family with respect!

According to our records, Curling Waterfalls was our "member of the moment" 900 out of the last 1300 displays. The system has Curling Waterfalls scheduled to appear for another 1578 times in the next 9 months. Castro is blocked for the next 630 days. Tuujiye was chosen “member of the moment†because he recently got married “qudbosiro†style. We felt that was the most “guarded†way we could congratulate our brother without causing chaos among his many wives here.

Singapore PM OKs drug smuggler's hanging Young Australian to be executed Friday despite pleas from his government MSNBC News Services Updated: 8:28 a.m. ET Dec. 1, 2005 BERLIN - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday the execution of a convicted Australian drug smuggler will go ahead as planned at dawn on Friday. "We have stated our position clearly," Lee said in answer to a question after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "The penalty is death." Australia been lobbying for months to stop the execution of 25-year-old heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, who received a mandatory death sentence after he was caught in 2002 at Singapore's Changi Airport on his way home to Melbourne carrying nearly 14 ounces of heroin. Earlier Thursday, Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock called it "a most unfortunate, barbaric act that is occurring." Ruddock criticized the imposition of the death penalty, especially in Nguyen’s case which he said had mitigating circumstances -- Nguyen said he smuggled the drugs to try and pay off loan-shark debt for his brother in Australia. Asked about the comment, Lee would only say that "the Australian press is colorful." Lee emphasized that all factors, including Australian letters for clemency, had been "taken into account" but said that "the law will have to take its course." He said had the drugs gotten into circulation they would have caused misery for thousands of people, and said his country had to uphold the rule of law "with impartiality for Singaporeans and foreigners alike." Strong allies Singapore is one of Australia’s strongest allies in Asia and Australian Prime Minister John Howard has rejected calls for trade and military boycotts over the execution, which is scheduled for Friday. Howard has, however, made five personal pleas to Singapore and his foreign and justice ministers have also called for clemency. But the city-state has stood firm, saying it would not allow Singapore to be used as a transit for illicit drugs. Nguyen’s lawyer, Lex Lasry, told Australian television from Singapore that Nguyen, a Catholic whose family came from Vietnam, was “ready to dieâ€. “He has little concern for himself. He has a great insight into his situation and he is, in fact, ready to die,†he said. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer confirmed Nguyen’s mother Kim Nguyen would be allowed to hold hands with her son before his execution. But Singapore had knocked back a request that Nguyen and his mother be allowed to hug one last time. “It’ll perhaps be very meager compensation, of course it will be, but it will be nice that they can touch each other,†Downer told reporters in Canberra. 'Playing God' While many Australians are holding candle-lit vigils for Nguyen on the eve of his execution, the country is divided. A survey by Morgan Poll conducted on Wednesday night showed 47 percent of Australians believe Nguyen should be executed, 46 percent said the death penalty should not be carried out, and seven percent were undecided. Singapore has not published polls on the death penalty, but many people say they are in favor of it. “We must have the death penalty in Singapore. If we do not take strict measures, many more drug smugglers will come to Singapore and destroy the country,†said P. Subramaniam, a 56-year-old shop owner, as he sold chilies to a customer. Tengku Sri Melati felt otherwise. “Having the death penalty is like playing God. We have no right to take lives away from another human being. Punish the criminal but don’t kill him,†said the 23-year-old Muslim woman who is a researcher at a business institution. Some 420 people have been hanged in Singapore since 1991, mostly for drug trafficking, an Amnesty International 2004 report said. That gives the country of 4.4 million people the highest execution rate in the world relative to population. Nguyen’s hanging is set for the same day the United States is due to execute its 1,000th prisoner since 1977. Australia abolished the death penalty decades ago. The last man hanged in Australia was convicted murderer Ronald Ryan who was hanged in a Melbourne prison in 1967. © 2005 MSNBC Interactive

Who is who in Djibouti (deputies)

^^ I know heh? Xoogsadoow sownigan maalin walba kala celintooda ku dhex jira. Ilma adeeri waa in istaqaan. Hadaad aragto labo budh isu haysata, xaqxaqasho hore iyo bal wax fiiri.

Is that the sinister corporate hand-shake?. Show me the money!

The controversial professor is being blunt again! Togane.org

Soomaali baan aqaanoo hadaad aragtaan labo is caydhsanaysa, inta badan waxbaa jira. Plagiarism is a serious issue. I guess we have to set higher standards for SOL's new article section which we hope to launch very soon.

I tried to reach the Sub-Saharan Informer" (SSI) website and the link seems to be broken? Is anyone familiar with this news source? Do they have a website?

For this section to work as a source of useful information for the SOL visitor, it must adhere to certain guidelines. - Its content must have legitimate, recognized sources - It must have the "reply" button disabled - On historical events, the emphasis must be on region/personalities rather than clan. - Information must be organized in a chronological manner. Anything less is just another politics forum. My thoughts!!

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. online holiday sales are expected to hit nearly $20 billion this year and should take off on Monday, when consumers return to work and their fast Internet connections after the long Thanksgiving weekend. "Cyber Monday," the term coined for the Monday after Thanksgiving, comes on the heels of the busy "Black Friday" shopping day when many brick-and-mortar retailers begin turning a profit. The good news for online shoppers this year, is that "Cyber Monday" is becoming the Web shopping equivalent to "Black Friday" when retailers launch major sales and discounts to drive traffic, analysts said. Consumers are seen spending $19.6 billion on non-travel goods on U.S. Internet sites during November and December, up 24 percent from $15.8 billion during the same period last year, according to comScore Networks. That accounts for less than 5 percent of total holiday sales in the United States but excludes large corporate purchases and sales on auction sites like eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY - news), the most popular shopping site on the Web. "Most people who shop online do it at work, not at home," despite rising rates of high-speed home Internet connections, said Jay McIntosh, Americas director of retail and consumer products at Ernst & Young. Work connections tend to be faster than those at home, he said. While companies like Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) were first to make a splash selling online, traditional retailers have helped to drive sales with investments in their own Web sites and by offering consumers the chance to return Web purchases at physical stores, McIntosh said. Concerns about returns and the inability to touch and feel items are major issues now for consumers who in recent years had listed security as a top Web-shopping worry, he said. Massive site outages, which dampened online holiday shopping in its early years, are now uncommon. Still, some shoppers were reporting on Friday that online ordering was temporarily unavailable on Best Buy Co. Inc.'s (NYSE:BBY - news) Web site. A spokeswoman said the company had been limiting the number of connections to its site due to heavy traffic following the debut this week of Microsoft Corp's(Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Xbox 360 video game console, for which Best Buy is the retail launch partner. FREE SHIPPING RULES While today's Web shoppers are wooed by conveniences such as avoiding store lines and driving costs, as well as price-comparison tools offered by Shopping.com (Nasdaq:SHOP - news), Shopzilla, Yahoo Shopping (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) and Google's (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) Froogle, a survey from online retailer association Shop.org said the biggest draw was free shipping offers. Jupiter Research analyst Patti Freeman Evans said consumers will be more concerned about prices this year due to higher home heating costs and added that many shoppers believe they can find better deals online because there is more choice. "Pricing online is competitive. Sometimes you can get better deals online, sometimes you can get them in stores with sales and coupons and rebates," she said. (Additional reporting by Jim Finkle in Boston)

Very interesting piece Castro. Thanks.

Amazing news. So Barre is feeling little patriotic heh.

"GUMAAD XASUUSEED" nice term.

focus. Who has recorded their first audio? The section should be ready very soon. Are you already working on your piece? We will provide the audio upload section very soon and it will be followed by the main index site.

And Admin has answered that call. We will provide the platform and give the nomads a chance to "scream" at each other ... in audio that is. We will set up the section of the site and give everyone the chance to upload their files. Let us set up a deadline of 3 weeks to get the battle going. Here is some info to guide you. A laptop or desktop computer with an Internet connection. Though not required, we recommend that your computer is running a recent version of Windows (Windows 2000 or newer. A microphone. "The built-in microphone on a laptop is a fast and cheap way to get started, but remember, you get what you pay for. A laptop mic will pick up background noise and will generally have poor sound quality. Many MP3 players now also have built-in microphones. You may want to check yours, if you have one. For a higher quality recording (or if your computer doesn't have an internal mic), get an external mic that plugs into your computer. You can buy a decent computer headset with microphone for just $20 to $30. Sound recording software. You can use a number of free and paid software programs to record your piece. Audacity is a popular free program for recording and editing and it's available for both Windows and Mac. An MP3 encoder. This software converts your piece into an MP3 file. You can use a variety of different programs. A popular free encoder is the LAME MP3 Encoder."

This thread is slowly becoming one of the classics of SOL. Thanks BlueEpocha. Amazing pictures. Keep them coming.

^^ Good to see you back Paragon.

^^ Good to see you back old chap.

Waraa Tuujiye, aw-guuryo hee. Waa maqlay arooskaaga.