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End of the day? You lucky sod. **suffering from yawn attack today

Morning

ATT- nope, I have a question though but SOL seems deserted. Where the aqwaans?

ahem ahem**

Lily am shocked shade a tear for the sister, what happened to the YaYa sisterhood bond? Its too painful let her rampage against the Somali man…***passing a machete over to the lady above you. Down down down Somali men.

U.S. citizen was among Georgian commandos - Russian Military /A U.S. passport was found in a building in South Ossetia occupied by Georgian troops, a Russian military spokesperson revealed on Thursday. After Russian peacekeepers cleared the heavily defended building, a passport belonging to a Texan named Michael Lee White was discovered inside./ Deputy Chief of Russia's General Staff Anatoly Nagovitsyn showed photocopies of the passport to media in a press briefing on Thursday. /“There is a building in Zemonekozi - a settlement to the south of Tskhinval that was fiercely defended by a Georgian special operations squad. Upon clearing the building, Russian peacekeepers recovered, among other documents, an American passport in the name of Michael Lee White of Texas,"/ said Nagovitsyn. Neither the owner of the passport nor his remains were found at the scene, despite a thorough search. /"I do not know why he was there, but it is a fact that he was in the building, among Georgian special forces troops,”/ Nagovitsyn said. The briefing was delivered on the same day Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told CNN <../../../.. /news/news/ 29626>, /"We have serious reasons to believe that American citizens were right at the heart of the military action"/. Putin said the conflict in South Ossetian may have been planned to benefit one of the U.S. presidential candidates. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29636 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29636> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++++== U.S. may have staged Georgian conflict - Putin /In an interview with CNN Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict may have been staged to secure a victory for one of the presidential candidates in the U.S. He says preliminary reports show that U.S. citizens may have been present in the combat zone./ /“We have serious reasons to believe that American citizens were right at the heart of the military action. This would have implications for American domestic policy. If this is confirmed, we will have grounds to suspect that somebody in the U.S. has created this conflict to aggravate the situation and create a competitive advantage for one of the presidential candidates”./ Russia’s Prime Minister also commented on the media coverage of the recent events. /“As far as the perception of these events by the general public goes, it depends not only on politicians, but also on how artful they are in controlling the mass media. And our American colleagues do this much better than we do and there's a lot we can learn from them”./ Putin stressed that Russia did not attack and cannot be portrayed as an aggressor. /“We didn’t attack anyone, we were attacked and therefore we need guarantees that we won’t be attacked again, and that our citizens won't be killed. They are trying to present us as aggressors”./ The Prime Minister has given a detailed chronology of the events between August 7 and 10. /“On 7 August, at 14:42, the Georgian peacekeepers left the headquarters of the peacekeeping forces under the pretext that they'd received orders from their commanders to leave their posts, and they never returned. One hour later, heavy artillery shelling began. At 22:35 a massive bombardment of Tsklhinval started. At 22:50 the transfer of Georgian ground troops started to the combat area. At the same time Georgian field hospitals were set up. And at 23:30 the Brigadeer General commanding the Georgian peacekeeping forces announced that Georgia has declared a war against South Ossetia. They announced this publicly, looking straight into the TV cameras. At that point we tried to contact the Georgian leadership, but everyone refused to talk to us. At 12:45 AM on the 8th of August the Georgian commander repeated his statement. So who attacked whom?”/ The former Russian president reiterated that the country has ‘no intention of attacking anyone, or of fighting a war with anyone’. /“For eight years while I was President I often heard one and the same question – what place does Russia think it should occupy in the world? We are a peace-loving state and want to co-operate with all our neighbours and other states. But if someone thinks they can just come in and kill us, and that our place is in the cemetery, these people should think of the consequences of such policies”./ http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29626 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29626> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ + What change does Obama offer in reality? /One of Barack Obama's key messages during the presidential campaign is the need for change. And many Americans share the judgment. However, it seems this need is not reflected in the U.S. presidential hopeful's approach to Russia./ While almost every person living in America would admit that a number of domestic problems need to be dealt with as soon as possible, many also have serious concerns when it comes to the foreign policy of the United States. And with one more day to go before Democrats wrap up their Convention, a man with decades of foreign policy experience - the one Barack Obama has chosen as his Vice President - had a chance to woe the American public. The bar for him was very high, and Biden needed to play big. /”For the last seven years, the administration has failed to face the biggest forces shaping this century: the emergence of Russia, China and India as great powers,”/ said Biden. Calling Bush’s foreign policies a ‘catastrophe’, Biden was quick to echo the Bush administration’s criticism of Russia. /”We will hold Russia accountable for its actions!”/ Biden pledged. But this rhetoric seems to be blowing far from the winds of change that the Democrats have been calling for. Meanwhile ordinary people believe America needs to reconsider its foreign policy. /“The U.S. foreign policy today is too imperialistic,” /says one. Another says America interferes too much in the business of other countries. /“I definitely think we need to change some of our foreign policies,”/ says one woman on the streets. And there are even those who say the US current stance on the situation in Caucasus is not more than a sign of weakness. /“The US is probably afraid,”/ a man on the street says. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29624 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29624> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++++++++ Karadzic refuses to enter plea for war crimes /The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has refused to enter pleas to 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, as he appeared at his second court hearing in The Hague. Following the refusal, the tribunal judge submitted not guilty pleas on Karadzic's behalf. / Karadzic was Europe's most wanted man for more than a decade before his capture last month, but many Serbs still regard him as a defender of their nation and don't believe he will be given a fair trial. A rally has been gathering in the centre of Belgrade every day since Karadzic’s arrest became known to the public. They have branded as traitors the Serb authorities who allowed the extradition. / “We are protesting against the current regime that extradited Radovan Karadzic to The Hague,” /says Vladimir Djukanovic, a journalist and protester. /“Many people support us but their views are ignored - so you don’t see them here. But if you ask, around 70 per cent would tell you they are opposed to this shameful extradition. The Hague Tribunal was created to punish only the Serbs.” / Karadzic was extradited to The Hague after being arrested in July, having spent 13 years on the run. He'd lived in Belgrade, disguised with a beard and long hair and working as an alternative healer. He is charged with crimes against humanity and masterminding the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. His brother, Luka, says he could be found not guilty if people listened to the truth. He believes Karadzic shouldn’t be tried at all. RT caught up with Luka a day before his brother was due to appear in front of the Tribunal for the second time. /“I fear for his life,” /he said. /“He said himself he might die there. I want to remind you of the secret Karadzic-Holbrooke deal, the agreement with the man representing the U.S. in the Balkans at the time. Radovan was offered immunity if he disappeared after the war and he fulfilled his part - from 1998 he became totally anonymous. The Americans didn’t keep their promise. And the Americans often resolve their embarrassments by getting rid of problem people such as my brother.” / It's the tribunal's second highest profile case since former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was prosecuted. He died of a heart attack in his prison cell in March 2006, before his trial finished. And just like Milosevic, Karadzic has decided to represent himself in court. General Bozidar Delic, now the Serbian National Assembly’s Deputy Speaker, spent 96 days in The Hague as a witness for Milosevic’s defence. He shared with RT his first-hand experience of the tribunal. /“It wasn’t just Milosevic who died in The Hague - his case is just the most obvious one,”/ he said. / “I was there and my conclusion is that it's a political court which does not judge a person, but a whole nation. It is the only system in the world where the rules are constantly changing depending on who the defendant is.” / Vladimir Krshljanin, a former foreign relations advisor to Milosevic, agrees. He said: /“This is a killing machine - about a dozen Serbs have already died at The Tribunal, including President Milosevic himself. He was murdered - he was denied medical treatment when he needed urgent medical assistance. So anyone who is a Serb and gets there must be afraid for his life. And especially in Karadzic's case, with the whole controversy over the Holbrooke deal and the U.S. Administration. It is disgusting talking about that Tribunal and its behaviour. It should be cut, abolished as soon as possible - it’s a shame for the whole world.” / The extradition of Radovan Karadzic was one of the conditions for Serbia to get closer to EU membership. But many in Serbia still think that their country has nothing to gain from the move and that this trial is about to become yet another humiliation for their nation. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29678 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29678> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++++ U.S. tells Russia: Give us back our Humvees! /The U.S. military wants Russia to return five Humvees that were confiscated while being shipped to the Georgian military. The vehicles were seized earlier this month, with the U.S. claiming the vehicles were taken at a Georgian port awaiting shipment inland./ But the Russian side has suggested the Humvees, which it says were detained near the Georgian port of Poti during a peace-making operation, were carrying “interesting” military equipment. Now the U.S. wants the vehicles to be returned or at least get compensation. On Wednesday, General James Conway, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, was asked at a Pentagon news conference what he intended to do about the Russian capture, worth $540,000. / "I think we're going to send the Russians a bill and tell them, you know, 'Either pay up or give us back our vehicles, guys,'"/ he replied. But Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, said he is not eager to return the five Humvees. He said the Russian military had closely examined them and found “a lot of interesting stuff”. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29654 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29654> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++++ Obama: I'll cope with Russian aggression /Barack Obama has fired a stern warning to Russia as he accepted the Democratic Presidential nomination and officially launched his campaign for the White House./ In his speech at the end of the party convention in Denver, Obama promised tough diplomacy to end what he called "Russian aggression". The presidential nominee told delegates he would reverse George Bush's failed policies - and be ready to face military conflicts. /“I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression.”/ http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29646 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29646> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ + Russia: UN hypocritical over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence /The UN Security Council has double standards over Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s independence, according to Russia’s Ambassador to the UN. Vitaly Churkin said members of the Council don’t understand the essence of the conflicts in the Caucasus./ The comments were made when the UN Security Council convened on Thursday to discuss Russia’s recognition of statehood for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The meeting, called at the request of Georgia, saw a barrage of criticism over Moscow's actions. / “Russia violated the security zone patrolled by UN peacekeeping forces deployed by the UN Security Council,”/ said Alejandro Daniel Wolff, U.S. Representative to the UN. /“In Abkhazia, Russia is violating not only the territorial integrity of Georgia, but also the integrity of this Council." / Russia's support for the independence of the two republics was officially put on record at the UN as Vitaly Churkin read out President Medvedev's decrees. He also said the discussions could not be complete without listening to representatives of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In response, Georgia’s Ambassador, Irakli Alasania, called for action. / "We believe the Russian side should be delivered a very strong message,”/ he said./ “Otherwise it would mean that the foreign-sponsored groups around the world can use violence and ethnic cleansing and be rewarded with independence. "/ But Churkin said the international community had failed to act when Georgia launched an invasion into South Ossetia, even accusing some members of fueling the conflict. / “The U.S. and some European states promised Mr Saakashvili NATO's protection and have started supplying him with new weapons. It obviously invites fresh provocations,”/ Churkin said. He also said that Moscow had called for a ceasefire in the early hours of the conflict but got no support. When the U.S. argued that Russian troops should never have entered a sovereign state, Moscow’s Ambassador referred back to the Iraq war, attacking America’s precarious position on the moral high ground. /“I would like to ask the distinguished representative of the United States....Weapons of Mass Destruction. Have you found them in Iraq yet or are you still looking for them?”/ Churkin said. So, the meeting ended with the Security Council no closer to finding a way forward in the dispute. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29648 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29648> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++ Russia tests intercontinental missile in Kamchatka /Russia// has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. The country's Defence Ministry has reported that it hit the target on the testing ground in the far eastern region of Kamchatka./ The Ministry claims the weapon is capable of bypassing the most advanced missile defence systems. Although it has been on stand-by for 21 years, the Ministry said the weapon has shown it can effectively hit high-security facilities. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29622 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29622> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++ Death toll in South Ossetia still not known - European watchdog /A leading European watchdog says the death toll from the conflict in South Ossetia is probably more than estimates suggest./ On a visit to Moscow, Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner, said: /“The figures given by such organisations as America’s Human Rights Watch are based on the number of identified bodies. Now the exact death toll is not known.” / He said that the Russian side estimates the human losses at about 2,000 people while the Georgian side claims the figure is much lower. /“But the whereabouts of many people is currently not known and it’s not clear whether they are dead or not. Many may be still hiding,”/ he said. /“Moreover, not all burial places have been detected.”/ He added he didn’t want to politicise the issue. The Commissioner said the international community must take part in collecting evidence of the cases of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Georgia-Ossetia conflict zone. /“I believe it is necessary to guarantee depoliticisation and the maximum objectiveness of the process,” /he said. Hammarberg also said it is very important to have an unofficial Georgian-Ossetian mechanism for exchanging information about missing and captive people on both sides. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29662 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29662> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ South Ossetia to host Russian military bases /South Ossetia has announced it’s to strike a deal with Moscow agreeing to host Russia’s military bases. According to Tskhinval, it could take place as early as September./ South Ossetian acting parliament chairman, Tarzan Kokoity, said: "We will sign with Russia a treaty on interstate cooperation and the placement of Russian military bases on the territory of South Ossetia. It will happen on September 2." Meanwhile, it’s been reported that two Russian military bases may be deployed on the sites of the former Soviet army bases in Abkhazia. http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29656 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29656> ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ Georgian parliament declares Russian peacekeepers ‘occupiers’ /All Russian troops in the conflict zone are “occupiers”, according to a resolution in the Georgian parliament. It said that all military units, except those allowed by the Georgian constitution, are illegal. Thursday’s sitting of parliament has also instructed the country’s government to sever diplomatic relations with Russia./ Earlier this week, Tbilisi recalled most of its embassy staff from Moscow. The parliament has also called on the government to cancel all agreements which allow Russian peacekeepers to remain in the disputed republics. These include the UN-backed ceasefire deals of the 1990s. The Georgian military launched *an attack against South Ossetia* <../../../.. /news/news/ 29460> on August 8, 2008. Shortly afterwards, Russia called an emergency session of the UN Security Council in an attempt to end the Georgian aggression, but it didn’t bring any results. Taking into consideration that many in South Ossetia had Russian passports, President Dmitry Medvedev ordered elements of Russia’s 58th Army to enter the conflict zone – the move Georgia called an invasion. On Tuesday Russia recognised the independence of the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Moscow says the decision to break off ties will not have a negative impact on Russia. Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, said: /“Of course it will be a regrettable step. Even though we may have different views on the conflict, Russia and Georgia are still neighbours. I’m sure both are equally interested in developing partnership and co-operation. Our relationship is not built around this conflict only. I’m deeply convinced that even now the relationship between the two nations still remains normal.”/ http://www.russiato day.com/news/ news/29632 <../../../.. /news/news/ 29632>

She loool playing detective? Old man, you live in London so much to do and see and you choose to sit outside a café smoke shisha…London is wasted on you. Go and catch the Hadrian exhibition at the British Museum or catch the China landscape. If that isn’t enough go and listen to live African music or jazz at the national theatre and catch one or to showings inside…how could you sit somewhere when so much is happening around you?

Campaigning against the existence of Somali men? There is something inherently wrong with that statement mhh….

Speak for yourself old man. According to the weather channel sunny Saturday is upon us and I intent to make the most of it….. 20min to go…

What a long day!

Malika- mpenda safi tu, hali yako? mwanai vipi naye ajambo? p.s this Study, carried out last year, revealed that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email. This means that people who check their email every five minutes waste a whole working day - or 8.5 hours a week - figuring out what they were doing moments before. More...

What’s the purpose of these studies?

Afro, come hide behind me. I'll sheild you from all the leering wolves, macaanto. Old man doing his thanG Afro it’s the time of the year, the clinic is buzzing with enthusiastic young boys eager to make extra cash. Nuune- you eating Ugali now?

Afro- its that diraac of urs, now go and change

Morning dadaji kise ho aaj? p.s your so corny

Morning. Old man you have truly out done yourself this time. Next time please give us a warning I for one don’t want to watch a man meeting his maker over and over again..

Old man- sorry but your age negates you. p.s I have an impeccable taste in music mere dadaji. By the by the album is simply divine you should listen. Malika stand down from Unknown..slap him or her

^^^Fat chance, I intend to outlive you old man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw-J8kC5DHo&feature=user

Aahhh good news for The Sun, Daily Mail and The Mirror.

just got my confirmation am going to see the Script.speechless(tears in my eyes)

Lily- yes you can.

Thanx mere jevan sathi

hello people old man be a dear and get me a cuppa.