This guy knows his intended route.

^ASC saxib. Why do you need suits? Is it for your trip back home?

Saxib, I wouldn't be surprised hadaad la shaaheesay eskimo's in Alaska and had a kick around on the Copacaba

^where are you these days saxib?

Afternoon beebal

Productive day. Busy week. Off to Dubay on the weekend. Hope to get to my cafe in time for the Arsenal vs Liverpool game Good night beebal (Ngonge accent).

Rodgers is trying too hard. Such games are all about the result and not how we played or how the youth players performed. That was a proper old school game of football. He should have anticipated that and gone out with a stronger line up.

Afternoon all.

^Its a beautiful city. Not quite like West London though

Haatu;911919 wrote: I have this fascination with high speed rail and urban transport. Its one of the reasons I'm interested in this field. Imagine catching a bullet train from Xamar to Hargeysa? Sounds nice right Ciyaal baad tahay Transportation Eng, Energy, Electrical Eng, Mechanical Eng. Go for it.

Grey UK

Thats a great pic. Says a lot.

Xaaji Xunjuf;912632 wrote: Around 12 million dollars Are you sure Xaaji? Not 13? Its like you calculated a couple of things

Dee it depends. I also didn't like Dubay before moving there. Now, I consider it to be one of the best cities in the world (and no city is perfect). Maybe Burco will get close to it one day (without the debt)

^What about the other part? 1. International companies are fined and their executives locked up whenever cases of abuse occur (check local news articles). 2. The expats broke the laws you're refering to in point 1. Just don't believe what you read. The UAE has the strongest labour laws in the region and these laws are enforced by the labour ministry. The place isn't perfect but nowhere is. Alpha, whenever I fly back into Heathrow from Dubai its like I stepped back into the 80s

Again, the labourers are not 'slaves'. They went there on their own accord. Work and get paid. They're provided with accomodation, transport and lunch breaks. The money they make supports their families. They work for british/european/indian/chinese construction companies who set their wages. Some are treated better than others but its the companies who are dodging the labour laws where some are mistreated. Not the locals or the ruler. This isn't a superficial defense but from experience in living in DXB and working there (in the construction field). The author could perhaps talk of the brits who have bought cars and homes on credit only to do a runner. Or maybe the highest number of expat arrests being Brits.

Did you ask what we're on about?

MashaAllah. Great voice. Though there are many (there is an old thread), for me its Abdullah Matrood. Slower and allows one to comprehend and contemplate. Softens your heart.

Somali government arrests 3 over scholarship fraud MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three officials have been arrested for mismanaging a scholarship scheme that sends Somali students to Turkey, Somalia's education minister said Saturday, a sign that the fledgling government is committed to fighting the corruption that contributes to the country's failed-state status. Minister Maryan Qasim Arif said the officials were arrested for offering the scholarships to undeserving students. The officials include the ministry's former director general, who faced widespread accusations that he took bribes, Arif said. "We are aware of the arrest of the ministry's former director general and two other persons after public complaints about fraud," Arif said. A probe into the scam is under way, she said. Ranked as the world's most corrupt country by Transparency International, Somalia is now recovering from decades of war and strife. Somalia held elections last year following the success of Somali and African forces in ousting Islamist extremists from the capital, Mogadishu, a city that is now coming to life for the first time in 20 years. The city government has repaired potholed streets and installed streetlights, and Western-style restaurants are opening, including near Mogadishu's beach front, where men and women swim together without fear of punishment from militants. In a sign of the country's progress, the United States last week officially recognized Somalia's government for the first time in two decades. The U.S. hadn't recognized a Somali government since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. At his inauguration in September Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed to fight official corruption and to create "an effective justice system" that serves all Somalis. "I promise (that) my government will deliver a new democratic beginning," Mohamud said at the time. The arrest of the education officials suggests that Mohamud's government will at least try to combat the kind of graft that, along with prolonged war, contributed to Somalia's reputation as a dysfunctional state. In a similar case of suspected corruption, Somalia's chief justice has suspended three appellate court judges for unlawfully releasing a defendant charged with the killing of two foreigners who worked for the aid group Doctors Without Borders. "They were demoted and suspended because they have released a criminal without due process," Chief Justice Aideed Ilko Hanaf said in an interview with The Associated Press. The suspect, Ahmed Salad Hassan, was charged with the murder of Belgian Philippe Havet and Indonesian Andrias Karel Keiluhu inside the aid group's compound in Mogadishu in December 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/somali-government-arrests-3-over-scholarship-fraud-124955960.html

Political Storm in Somaliland or on SOL?

Its been awhile so what is 'the plan' for Somalia?

Dubai is a remarkable story and a great modern city. These guys are not slaves. They came over to work for the money they earn. They're paid what is on their contract. The probelm with the west is that it is difficult for them to understand how an Arab city could be more developed than their cities. The real problem in Dubai is greed. There is no control on what major coorporations (banks etc) or utility companies charge. The article is just rehashing old articles.

So what did we learn from this article? Absolutely nothing. Everyone is an expert on Somalia all of a sudden. Xiin, saxib intaad maqnaatid then you post this. Waa ku sidee?

lol Wyre. Ngonge baaba mutawa noqday maanta

!diots The adjacent Muslim owned restraunts serve alcohol a plenty.