Good stuff old man...

”here had been questions about whether he met the residency requirements.” Silly people- how about if his fit or competent for that matter to run as a president? I find it shocking that people are willing to vote for this man on the basis of his popularity and not whether he has the qualifications or experience to run for office. He should just do us a favor and remove himself from the election. Joke iyo nus.

Try skyscanner@Ibti. Val- that sounds amazing….I on the other hand unintentionally ended up having 1 glass of guava juice 1 glass of water Around 6 dates 3 apples and a banana A piece of chicken Handful of M & S fruits and nuts Cup of tea By then I just feel asleep and that’s that.

How dare you ask such an intimate question? Shame on you….Now what did you have for dinner last night?

Larla? lack of food ehh? Val- am always without suhuur; and am so use to it now.

Old man your response lacks imagination. Hello people…

Reigal wrote: Jul 17th 2010 2:25 GMT There is a repeated claim that Somaliland should be denied recognition because it might somehow give ideas to other secessionist movements in Africa. But where are these secessionsits waiting in the wings all over Africa? It is a ludicrous claim. This is also a morally repugnant stance. If people wish to leave oppressive nation states that failed them and in the case of Somaliland attempted genocide againt them then surely they should be allowed to do so? This is lazy excuse to deny the people of somaliland their right to self-determination is institutionally racist and demonstrably so. No one ever said `oh we mustn't recognise slovenia because it might give ideas to these other Balkans'. At least no one said it as loudly as they say it about Somaliland. Seems to me there is one rule for European races and another for african ones. The people of Somaliland have been waiting for international recognition and respect for 20 years. in that period that recognition and respect granted to 23 new nations in Europe. If Somaliland is kept waiting any longer, condemining their people to poverty and indignity, hope will give way to despair. This could easily lead to mega piracy, bases for fanatics, drug smugglers, counterfeiting industries and international criminality. And then the world will take notice. Too late for somaliland by then. And too late for the World. c

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What? are you ok?

Morning people....

Yaree adhna waan ka acudhubilasty….…… Gosh am butchering that language.

Naa am not sheydaan dont yahuuuu me.

But juxa you have a Somali one unlike mwah, nooh? As for JB guranteing our safety- I now think you have lost your mind. That man is more likely to steal our bassabor and auction us to the nearest SL hardliner with erube buufiis. Ohh no not i. As for Ibti- protecting us from Burco- naa socoo; inantas cant protect her own shadow let alone us. As for Faheema; come on Juxa- the woman will be busy baking to notice anything anyway. Aaa aa, now how am I joining you in this expedition with a potential kidnapping and radicalization. Ibti-Naa; you must be kidding me; my dear I collect vagabonds and use them to expand my empire. Hence they have no cent under their name. so you can forget your niin with money from me. Unless you want to trade in your basabor coz that’s a whole new market.

Ibti- due to product malfunctions, my line was called out of shelves and endured endless court battles that Juxa refused to pro-bono me for. Insufferable woman. But for you am sure I can dust off the old pink book and find you one. Just don’t ask for warranty. Hayee dhee. I know his still alive but I think what an amazing trip (not planning to rush out and buy his memoir or anything) but I still think what an adventure. Juxa- I don’t think my sijui behind will be appreciated in such hostile environment. P.s I’ve always wondered how people do it ie wake up and see nothing but Somali day in day out. I think I will go mad after couple of hours. I crave un-somali adventure Juxa.

I think am having one of those. I’ve been dreaming for following the silly man footsteps (the dude who walked through the Amazon) Gold help the state of my feet by then but I think it will be worth it. I just want an adventure, somewhere crazy, no one you know and yes odd food like gorilla testiculars. Something along those lines. P.s are you still married to that Bengali niin? I thought you trade him for Kikuyu.

Kiir

Woman stop complaining we had a summer we haven’t seen in 7yrs this year….Lets be thankful and pray the winter is equally kind to us. Morning people

Problems of the privileged. Don’t worry Juxa- if we believe what people are writing, then the chances are they will put on rather than lose anyway. Nothing to worry about. Morning by the way.

Over the years, large numbers of Chechens have fled Chechnya and are making lives elsewhere. Many have chosen to leave, but others have been given no choice. As Zulikhan stepped on board, one of the guests thrust a bouquet of flowers into her arms. "For our new bride," he winked. It was Zulikhan's first outing as a married woman. A month ago, on her way home from college in the Chechen capital Grozny, she was snatched off the street and bundled into a car by a man she barely knew. A week later, she was Bogdan Khazhiev's wife. Straight after the wedding he took her to Pavlodar in northern Kazakhstan and installed her in a couple of sparsely furnished rooms above his parents' flat. And now here she was, nearly 3,100 miles (5,000km) from home, sailing down a river in Kazakhstan. But it was an idyllic summer's day and as the boat cut through the sun-flecked water, Zulikhan seemed resigned to her fate. She sat demurely on the top deck with a group of mothers and babies. Meanwhile Bogdan, an aspiring businessman in mirror shades, was having lunch below deck with his cousin, Sultan. The cousin gallantly peeled an orange for me and explained that he too had kidnapped his wife. "It's the law of our grandfathers," he said. "We have to respect our Chechen traditions." In a separate cabin, the grandfathers were sitting at a banquet table covered with plates of wild garlic and grilled meat. But the food went untouched as the oldest man began to speak. He wanted to talk about what happened 66 years ago when Stalin deported the entire Chechen people from the Caucasus to Central Asia. The old man was just 11 at the time, but tells me the date of 23 February, 1944 is forever etched in his memory. White desert It was Red Army Day and men from each village were invited to take part. "But when my father reached the main square there was no parade," he said. "Instead he was surrounded by soldiers with machine guns." Then the soldiers went from house to house to round up women, children and the elderly. "We had very little time to collect our things," he told me. "My mother was numb with shock but she managed to grab a chicken and some bread. I remember how she cried when we had to leave our cows behind." At the station the deportees were herded into cattle wagons. Many perished over the next three weeks as they rumbled eastwards into exile. "It was dark in there and the smell was terrible. When people died soldiers just threw the corpses out of the train. "When we finally arrived it was like a cold white desert. Nothing but snow and steppe all around. There was nothing to eat and our shelter was a barn." The old man's eyes were red rimmed and watery. He told me his younger siblings caught typhus and he had to watch them die. At least a third of the deportees died on the journey or soon after their forced resettlement, succumbing to hunger, cold and disease. Scars of war Although survivors were allowed to return to the Caucasus after Stalin's death, the deportation left deep scars which helped fuel Chechen separatism a generation later. Like many former exiles, the old man went back to Kazakhstan when the first Chechen war broke out. Even more people fled during the second Chechen war in 1999 launched by Russia's soon-to-be President, Vladimir Putin. But now that war is over and Chechnya has been rebuilt, would not he like to go home again? "No," he tells me. "We talk on the phone and it makes us worried. "One of my relatives was killed and no-one knows why or who did it. They just dumped his body in the cemetery. "That was last week. Things like that happen a lot there." I am about to ask who might be responsible when he cuts me off. "If someone goes and tries to investigate they'll be killed too. That's the kind of regime they've got there. You know what I mean." I did know what he meant. A year ago in Grozny, Natalia Estemirova, a leading human rights activist I had got to know, was abducted by masked men on her way to work. The same day her bullet-riddled body was found in a ditch. So far nobody has been brought to justice. Most Chechens believe the crime will never be properly investigated. Another man in a sheepskin hat shifted uncomfortably. "Let's not talk about politics," he pleaded. "Let's talk about our Kazakh friends, let's toast the newlyweds. This is a party after all." I wondered how Bogdan - the groom - felt about moving to Chechnya. His father told me of plans to get his son a quiet government posting in Grozny. But Bogdan did not seem keen. Going there to find - and steal - a wife was one thing. Living there full time quite another. "Everything is in the hands of God of course," he told me. "But perhaps I'll wait a bit." Lucy Ash's report on Stolen Brides can be seen on This World: Stolen Brides on Wednesday 11 August, 2010 at 1900 BST on BBC Two. Or catch-up afterwards on BBC iPlayer How to listen to: From our own Correspondent Radio 4: Saturdays, 1130. Second weekly edition on Thursdays, 1100 (some weeks only) World Service: See programme schedules Download the podcast Listen on iPlayer Story by story at the programme website

Lol@Juxa. Just realized; reading a lot/processing information renders me famished in no time.

Ibti- I see you’ve joined the world of acronyms. Juxa- lack of food perhaps. But how do you guarantee this organization actually deliver with minimum admin/no cost cut out of your donation? Alla madaax xanuun has come back.

ADT?

Explain that Juxa....

Ramadan Kareem/WCS Ibti- we've moved to Ramadan Affairs now.

Gotcha..That makes sense.