SOMALIA: Militias on looting spree as Mogadishu death toll tops 50
NAIROBI, 4 MARCH 2003 (IRIN) - Hundreds of families are fleeing their homes in Mogadishu's southwestern Medina district after fierce clashes broke out in the Somali capital last week.
Ibrahim Abikar, a local businessman, told IRIN on Tuesday that the area "is almost empty today". Some families have remained to safeguard their homes from looters, but Medina - normally one of the most densely populated areas of Mogadishu - was described as a "ghost town".
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Press Release : Ministry of Information and National Guidance
HARGEISA, 4 MARCH 2003--In a recent interview with the East African Standard (Feb 17-23, 2003) Kenya’s special envoy to Somalia Ambassador Bethwel Kiplagat, stated that the “Council of Ministers of IGAD Front Line States have not recognized Somaliland”. Hence “You could say they are for territorial integrity and the unity of Somalia."
HARGEISA, 4 MARCH 2003--In a recent interview with the East African Standard (Feb 17-23, 2003) Kenya’s special envoy to Somalia Ambassador Bethwel Kiplagat, stated that the “Council of Ministers of IGAD Front Line States have not recognized Somaliland”. Hence “You could say they are for territorial integrity and the unity of Somalia."
Monday, March 03, 2003
Plan mooted to monitor ceasefire in Somalia
NAIROBI, 4 MAR 2003--The second phase of the Somali peace talks in Nairobi will lobby for the formation of a ceasefire monitoring committee. The committee would ensure there was progress in restoring peace in the strife-torn country, Kenya's special envoy to the peace talks, Mr Bethwel Kiplagat, said.
NAIROBI, 4 MAR 2003--The second phase of the Somali peace talks in Nairobi will lobby for the formation of a ceasefire monitoring committee. The committee would ensure there was progress in restoring peace in the strife-torn country, Kenya's special envoy to the peace talks, Mr Bethwel Kiplagat, said.
British House of Commons holds a five-hour session on Somaliland
LONDON, 3 MAR 2003--The House of Commons discussed the issue of Somaliland and ways of helping it to get international recongition on Friday. The meeting was the result of a tremendous effort made by Dr. Omar Elmi Dihood, Somaliland's Envoy
for International Recognition, and other members of the Somaliland community in the UK.
Among the notable speakers at the session was Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland's Minister of Family and Social Affairs, who is currently visiting the UK. The session lasted five hours. Dr. Dihood has written hundreds of letters to British MPs and other relevant personalities, explaining Somaliland's rightful need for international recognition.
LONDON, 3 MAR 2003--The House of Commons discussed the issue of Somaliland and ways of helping it to get international recongition on Friday. The meeting was the result of a tremendous effort made by Dr. Omar Elmi Dihood, Somaliland's Envoy
for International Recognition, and other members of the Somaliland community in the UK.
Among the notable speakers at the session was Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland's Minister of Family and Social Affairs, who is currently visiting the UK. The session lasted five hours. Dr. Dihood has written hundreds of letters to British MPs and other relevant personalities, explaining Somaliland's rightful need for international recognition.
SOMALIA: New committee to arbitrate on representation at peace conference
NAIROBI, 3 MAR 2003 (IRIN) - An arbitration committee to comprise representatives of Somali clans is being set up to resolve ongoing disputes over seats for delegates to the Somali peace conference, the Kenyan mediator, Bethwel Kiplagat, told a press conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday. Kiplagat also said that an international monitoring commission on the shaky Somali ceasefire may start sending fact-finding missions to Somalia shortly.
NAIROBI, 3 MAR 2003 (IRIN) - An arbitration committee to comprise representatives of Somali clans is being set up to resolve ongoing disputes over seats for delegates to the Somali peace conference, the Kenyan mediator, Bethwel Kiplagat, told a press conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday. Kiplagat also said that an international monitoring commission on the shaky Somali ceasefire may start sending fact-finding missions to Somalia shortly.
Sunday, March 02, 2003
Foreign Minister Kalonzo in Pledge Over Somali And Sudan Talks
NAIROBI, 3 MARCH 2003--Kenya is committed to resolving conflicts in Somalia and Sudan even if war breaks out in Iraq.
Foreign Affairs minister Kalonzo Musyoka gave the pledge yesterday, adding that peace initiatives in war-ravaged Somalia and Sudan were going on well.
"We don't want to get to that now because the war has not taken place. If and when it happens we will know what to do," Mr Musyoka said.
His statement came in the wake of concerns raised by French Ambassador to Kenya Pierre Jacquemont that an attack on Iraq would wreck Kenya's initiatives to bring peace to southern Sudan and Somalia.
NAIROBI, 3 MARCH 2003--Kenya is committed to resolving conflicts in Somalia and Sudan even if war breaks out in Iraq.
Foreign Affairs minister Kalonzo Musyoka gave the pledge yesterday, adding that peace initiatives in war-ravaged Somalia and Sudan were going on well.
"We don't want to get to that now because the war has not taken place. If and when it happens we will know what to do," Mr Musyoka said.
His statement came in the wake of concerns raised by French Ambassador to Kenya Pierre Jacquemont that an attack on Iraq would wreck Kenya's initiatives to bring peace to southern Sudan and Somalia.
World's favorite writing tool refuses to be erased
NUREMBERG, 2 MARCH 2003-- The world's oldest word-processing and graphics system has no memory and no spell checker. It needs constant maintenance and cannot be upgraded; it could not be more analog and less compatible.
And folks keep using it.
For over four centuries, the classic wooden pencil has defied obsolescence - a feat that generations of laptops and palm devices cannot match. Even in the aftermath of the great technology bust, worldwide output of basic black-lead pencils has continued to grow and now reaches an estimated 15 billion a year.
"Twenty years ago, I really worried about what will happen with the wood-cased pencil," said Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, the chief executive of Faber-Castell, the world's biggest and oldest maker of pencils.
NUREMBERG, 2 MARCH 2003-- The world's oldest word-processing and graphics system has no memory and no spell checker. It needs constant maintenance and cannot be upgraded; it could not be more analog and less compatible.
And folks keep using it.
For over four centuries, the classic wooden pencil has defied obsolescence - a feat that generations of laptops and palm devices cannot match. Even in the aftermath of the great technology bust, worldwide output of basic black-lead pencils has continued to grow and now reaches an estimated 15 billion a year.
"Twenty years ago, I really worried about what will happen with the wood-cased pencil," said Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, the chief executive of Faber-Castell, the world's biggest and oldest maker of pencils.
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