I have just heard a huge explosion at Russel Square and Kings Cross!!!! :eek: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html I'm in Euston! :eek:

^^wadanka ka-bax?

loool, ish happens at least gerrard is staying :cool:

:cool: More money for construction industry workers

London beats Paris to 2012 Games Photos: London celebrates The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London, the International Olympic Committee has announced. London won a two-way fight with Paris by 54 votes to 50 at the IOC meeting in Singapore, after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated. Paris had been favourites throughout the campaign but London's hopes were raised after an impressive presentation by Lord Coe, the bid chairman. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the win "a momentous day" for Britain. IOC president Jacques Rogge made the dramatic announcement at 1249 BST. It will be the first time the Olympics has been held in Britain since 1948. Coe said: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport." HOW VOTE UNFOLDED Round 1: Moscow out Round 2: New York out; Madrid lead in tight poll Round 3: Madrid out Round 4: London 54-50 Paris Full details: Round by round After the announcement, it emerged London was ahead in every round of voting except the second round when Madrid polled the most votes. News of London's victory delighted flag-waving supporters who had gathered in Trafalgar Square and Stratford in the East End of London, where the new Olympic park will be built. Shares of British construction companies soared, while mortgage lenders predicted house prices in the capital would rocket. But raindrops began falling on disappointed Parisians outside the Hotel de Ville in the French capital shortly after the result. Mr Blair had helped London's late momentum with a whistlestop 48-hour visit to Singapore, before flying back for the G8 summit in Scotland. Breaking off from the meeting of world leaders, he said of London: "Many reckon it is the greatest capital city in the world and the Olympics will help keep it that way." Rogge had correctly forecast a cliffhanger vote, and offered his congratulations to the winners. "We knew the two bids were very, very close. Well done, London. It will be a superb Games and will strengthen the Olympics," he said. An hour after the decision, London's bid leaders were greeted by warm applause as they signed the official contract to stage the Games. This is how the decision was made by the IOC in Singapore on Wednesday: All five bidding cities gave final 45-minute presentations to the IOC members before the vote began. The electronic ballot started at 1126 BST. Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated from the race in the first, second and third rounds of voting. The final round of voting finished at about 1145 BST, with the committee reconvening at 1230 BST for the official announcement. IOC president Jacques Rogge revealed the winner after a nerve-wracking wait at 1249 BST. Wednesday's decision brings to an end the 18-month race to win the host contract for the 2012 Games. And it was the most keenly-fought bidding contest in recent years. Paris was considered the front-runner for much of the campaign, and was highly rated in the initial evaluation and also by the inspectors after their visits earlier in the year. But it was widely recognised that bid leader Lord Coe, a high-profile personality within the IOC and other governing bodies, hauled London closer to the French capital as the vote approached. Everyone was all together and we never lost our confidence Bid leader Lord Coe on London's Olympic bid victory Games triumph hailed Madrid was seen as a consistent but not outstanding candidate, while New York's bid was dogged by problems over their proposed stadium, and Moscow was always seen as the rank outsider. Once attention moved to Singapore, the bidding cities called on political and sporting heavyweights to champion their causes. And the spotlight inevitably focused on Paris and London in the days leading up to the vote. The two cities had President Chirac and Prime Minister Blair respectively in their corners. Mr Chirac actually took part in the French capital's final presentation on Wednesday, while Mr Blair opted to lobby alongside the London bid team in Singapore before flying back to Britain to host the G8 summit. London also called on England captain David Beckham and a galaxy of Olympic and Paralympic medallists as ambassadors, while footballers Laurent Blanc and Zinedine Zidane were among those backing the Paris bid. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/4655555.stm

Link The panel will include British cabinet minister and former international development secretary Baroness Amos, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, South African political commentator Moeletski Mbeki, foreign minister of Somaliland Edna Ismail, and anti-poverty campaigner Bianca Jagger. BBC 1 and BBC World Thursday at 10.30pm-ish

^^true, awareness has been raised through Live8, but there is alot of misplaced optimism going around, when the G8 all say they will be providing more in Aid, alot of ppl will think that the jobs achieved :rolleyes: but into whos coffers will they be going into? and who supports these corrupt govnt? the G8! ps the Coldplay performance was impressive :cool:

Clothes, shoes and car accessories have been bought on ebay, cant be bothered walking the high streets myself :cool:

a load of BS! So we get a concert every 20 yrs to highlite Africa's perilous situation.I guess it's better than nothing,but I think this whole thing will be forgotten very soon and little or nothing worthwhile will be done to alleviate the suffering of the African population But hey we got a free concert on TV with many stars performing :rolleyes: NOTHING WILL CHANGE

We are all witnessing the media exposure of the Live8 events scheduled for the next few days or week or so. A noble attempt at highlighting Africa's problems no doubt, but can we really expect any improvements? There have been a number debates/column inches regarding Africa. Being the ever cinic, i cant help but see a future no different to what we have today. *Corrupt govnts *Mis-management of funds (swiss bank accounts and dipleated schools/hospitals) *shipments of arms to carry-on in resource rich places such the congo (diamond/tin/zinc) The attitude of Africa/Africans needs to change from reliance on Aid in order to live to reliance on steady/progressive governance. This may be hard to achieve in many places due to the huge amounts of debt and restrictions on free trade. But steps must be taken with the view of one day being self reliant and having no debts. The West will need to change its current import tariffs and farm subsidies (CAP quota) if it really wants to end poverty, or else my and your kids will also be raising their hopes in 25years time! End Poverty Now

Sharapova has been over confident all week and the british media's facination with her is over the top. I was hoping for Serena to win but Venus is my 2nd choice, they are both great athletes despite the talk of "they are not committed to tennis anymore". She blitz Sherapova away. Todays mens semis should be good, hope the weather holds for the nex few days. Bob, Tiger is the man, did you see that shot for the US PGA last month? :eek: The Lions will make it 1-1 in the rugby with the Welsh flair set to be leashed on the All Blacks. F1 was a farce in Indianapolis! :rolleyes: World Athletics Championships are coming up! Plus Liverpool vs Total Network Solutions in the CL 1st round

Link London's East End could be tranformed into a mega village/sports centre if London gets the Olympics in 2012, the decision is 1 week away, i still favour Paris but it would be good for London to win it.

Northerner who i am afraid defected to Cricket land ignorance of other sports i am not. I even watch Golf! :cool: The Aussies will wilt under pressure, the ashes are coming home. As for the tennis, it had been surprisingly entertaining. The serve and volley game seams to be giving ground to flair and rallys. Rodick to beat Federer in the final! The confeds cup was good entertainment, the Samba boys were on fire, but i dont think they will win next years World Cup, not strong enough at the back, minus Lucio and they will be struggling.

By: ALI MOHAMED NOUR June 21, 2005 -- So long as the Republic of Somaliland withdrew from the rest of Somalia and remained a peaceful and stable democratic State, it is shameful and regretful for the International Community to neglect the wishes of the people of Somaliland for self-determination and also expect to join willingly with their brothers in the south to reform a "Greater Somalia". Definitely, political analyst can't over look that the Union can be only endorsed by the will of the two populations as in the case of former two Yemenis and Germanys. It is clear that Somali Landers were the founders of the Union into which they had voluntarily entered as an independent and sovereign State on July 1, 1960, with the former Italian Somaliland. To day it is vise-verse, they are willingly neither for federalism nor re-Union. They also like to see a peaceful, stable, Somalia in order to act as a two brotherly States living side by side in a peaceful way. Then why the International Community neglects the people of Somaliland for Self-determination? Is it fair to do that? Does it deserve the International Bill of Rights? I don't think so. Article one of the International Bill of Rights refers to the right to Self-determination, as does the UN Charter in Article 1and 55. Interestingly enough, Somaliland's Self-determination is more conductive to regional peace and stability as Somaliland has strong capability of solving longstanding regional disputes with Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Djibouti due to its acceptance of the colonial boundaries. Somaliland has achieved what none in similar circumstance in Africa or probably the whole world had achieved before. They planted the seeds of better democracy in a war-town country and maintained peace and stability within its territory of the former British Protectorate. On May 31, 2001, Somali Landers were called to vote in order to endorse or reject a new constitution that was badly proclaimed the case for independence. The constitution defined a new political system for Somaliland, a democratic, multi-party system. The referendum, which was " fairly openly, honestly, as well as largely in accordance with internationally recognized election standard, resulted in the approval of the new constitution by 97% of the votes. The Brussels- based International Crisis Group ICG) indicated the voting as transparent. Similarly, on 15 December 2002, Somali Lander voted on their local elections, and on 14 April 2003, they elected their first democratic president since independence in 1960. In fact if the west considering the out breaks of lasting democracy in the Horn of Africa, Somaliland is a society found of rule of law, Justice, Free and Fair elections and actively is ready to co-operate with the International Community the peace initiatives in the Horn of Africa. Despite the un-rewarded democratic achievements, Somaliland has remained victim of different kinds of violence including the Challenge in the red sea in the last decade. Ethiopia had similar experience. This challenge is running between the Israel and its Arab State neighbors and deepened its root when, in 1967, the Suez Canal was closed during the Six-Day War. Equally significant is that when, in1984, Libya's Muammer Al-Gadhafi ordered the laying of floating ocean mines in the Red Sea. It could be argued that the Global Trading System damaged these two events significantly and measurably for that period. Since Somaliland declared as a viable, sovereign entity, intense diplomacy from the Arab -League particularly Egypt, Libya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and probably Djibouti have prevented recognition of the resumption of sovereignty of Somaliland, fearing that the Arab -Muslim -State (Somaliland) which occupies a strategic position in the Gulf of Aden especially the Mouth of the red sea at the straits of Bab-elmandab could enter into deals with Israel so that Israel could base Military units and warships there to dominate the Mouth of the Red Sea with the support of the close ties they have to day with their Neighbor of Ethiopia. In the case of Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya and their alliance attempts to deny Ethiopia access to the red sea fuelling of Ethio-Eritrean hostility at a time when Ethiopia has begun constructing a new infrastructure to move Ethiopian exports out of the Country via a road link to the Red See port of Berbera of Somaliland. The Arab countries, particularly Egypt, Saudi Arabia and probably Libya will not hesitate to capitalize the evil forces in the region to encourage hostilities against the Ethiopian people with whom we Somali Landers consider our savors. A clear picture of their misguided and illogical thinking can be seeing from their diplomatic measures when it comes to the Ethio-Eritrean relations. Eritrea it self, the challenge in the red see damaged measurably and significantly it's economic. Eritrean ports used by the Ethiopian trade goods are now virtually deserted and the Eritrean economy is in ruins. Even though Muslims are the leading population in the Horn of Africa (125Million) however those Arab countries have no slightest sympathy and humanitarian feeling for the suffering people in the region. They are not respecting the development and stability in the region. To be sure Egypt's occupation over the follow of the Nile waters, which Egypt regards as its own. It is an historic fact that Egypt was the mastermind of the 1977 disastrous war between the former regime of Somalia and Ethiopia, which caused huge, loses of human and material resources. I think it is time to discover for the International Community the potentially dangerous condition which Egyptian diplomatic adventures are creating in the Horn of Africa. Generally, Somaliland is by no means to ally itself with Israel. Just this depends on if Israel expressed us their sympathy of Somaliland's Statehood. Surprisingly, Somaliland is not the first Arab State that has established relation with Israel. Egypt has already done around 26- years ago, in Camp David Treaty and recently on 14/12/2004 singed a Trade Protocol with Israeli in Cairo. And now, Egypt is considering reopening its diplomatic office back again in Tel-Aviv which was closed after the beginning of the Palestinian intifada in 2002. Also it is important to know that Morocco, Mauritania, Jordan, Qatar are members of the Arab-League and in fact have some kind of relations with Israel to day. So why in Somaliland? It is our memory that at the independence year in 1960 thirty-five countries recognized Somaliland diplomatically and one of those countries was State of Israel. Why not now? What is the difference between now and then? The message is clear; we warmly urge Israelis diplomatic support same as Lord Balfour's declaration support To my view, I support if a good relation and Co-operation which Would benefit both sides in their sphere of Co-operation starts. At same time, promote development and sharing technological expertise of both States. In spite of its strategic position, Somaliland sitting on abundant natural resources decorated by a very amenable climate is at the bottom of every ranking. Alarmed by this situation, does Somaliland is ready to seize the opportune moment to make the 21st century the century of Somaliland by inviting the State of Israel to process its natural resources? * ALI MOHAMED NOUR, is from HARGIES/SOMALILAND . Email: toosane@lycos.com

100% more than 3% = 103% :confused:

:cool:

Go Pistons!!! ps does Isiah Thomas still play? :confused:

Saturday, June 18, 2005 Somaliland oo ka Qaybgelaysa Koobka Kubadda Cagta ee Khubrus 2006 Malinti Sabtidi waxa ka dhacay magaalada London shirweynihi labaad Ee ururka “NF Board†Shirka NF Boardka oo sanadkiba lagu qabto wadan, ayaa shirkii midkan ka horeeyey lagu qabtay 2003 Magaalada Brussels ee wadanka Belgium. Shirkan oo lagu qabtay 11kii bisha June Hotelka ku yaalla London dhexdeeda ee Royal National Hotel ayaa waxa ka soo qayb galay in ku dhaw 35 xubnood oo kala hoggaaminaya dalalka ku tartami doona Koobkaas, dhinaca Somaliland waxaa hoggaaminayey weftiga Madaala Mubaarik Yuusuf Cilmi (Bidhi). Oo ah Wakiilka Somaliland u qaabilsan Arrimaha Ciyaaraha Dhinaca Qaarada Europe iyo Amerika. Shirka waxaa furay “The President of NF Board Christian MICHELISâ€. Wuxuna halkaa mahadnaq balaadhan uga soo jeediyey dhamaan ergooyinkii shirka fadhiyay, ka dib waxa uu uga gudbay sida shirka loo daadihin doono iyo ajandaha shirka iyo qaabka uu soconayo oo ergay walba hortalay iyada oo qoraal ah. Shirkan ayaa isugu jiray Doorasho Guddidii hogaamin lahayd ururka sanadaha soo socda iyo warbixin wixii soo qabsoomay, waxa la qaban doono iyo qabanqaabada koobka kubadda cagta aduunka ee dalalka aan ka mid ahayn FIFA oo lagu qaban doono Khubrus . Waxa shirkan ka soo qayb galay 16 wadan oo ka qayb galaya ciyaaraha koobkan oo lagu qaban doono bisha Oktober 2006 wadanka Khubrus . Wadamada ka qayb gali doona oo ay ka mid yihiin; Teams Gibralter, Monaco, Sami, Chagos Jersey Kurdistan Khubrus Basse Saxe Sud Chechnya Sealand Somaliland Dalalkaas aan ku ku xusnay iyo qaar kale oo badan ayaa wuxuu noqon doonaa koobkii ugu horeeyey ee loo qabto si ay ugu tartamaan. Koobkan oo ay soo diyaarisay NF-board ayaa waxa loogu magac daray Nelson Mandella, kadib markii uu Mr Mandella aqbalay in uu magaciisa siiyo koobkan. Sharafta xambaarsan oo labadii sanoba mar la qaban doono Somaliland oo ka mid ah 16-ka wadan ee u tartamaya Koobkan ayaa waxaa hoggaaminayey weftigooda Wakiilka Arimaha Ciyaaraha Somaliland Ee Yurub Iyo Amerika, Mudane Mubaarik Yusuf (Bidhi) waxaana weheliyey laba xubnood oo kale oo sii kaxaystay Wakiilku, xubnahaas oo uu ka dalbaday inay kala qayb galan shirka . Waxa kale oo goobjoog ahaa shirkaas xubno madax bannaan oo ka kala socday dalalka : Switzerland Denmark Scottland, Spain. Sidoo kale waxa joogay saxaafado reer yurub oo ay ka mid yihiin, suxufiyiin ka kala socda Fransiiska sida jariidada ( L’equipe), Ingiriiska (BBC) iyo Norway oo ay la socdeen TV-ga NRK oo ah telefishanka dalka Norway. Dhinaca saxaafada Somaliland waxaa soo codsaday websiteka caanka ah Somalilandfuture.com iyo Togdheersport oo Inoogu deeqday Sawiardii shirkaas. Waxaase laga sii dayn doonaa dhamaan talefeeshinada dalalka ka soo qaybgalay intooda badan. Shirkan ayaa ahaa mid Somaliland u sinaya fursad in lagu ictiraafo, waxaana ah wax lagu farxo, ka dib markii calanka Somaliland ka dhex muqday goobtii iyo kurastii waxa kalo oo farxd ahayd marka wax loo codaynayo in Somaliland ay lahayd hal cod dhiibaynaysay codkeda. Mubaarik oo ka wakiil Somaliland ahaa ergeyga hogaaminayey weftiga Somaliland , ayaa marwalba danta Somaliland eegeyeyna hadba wax sumcada Somaliland ku jirto, kuna wargeliyay xubnaha shirka in ay Somailland ay ka qayb gali doonto ciyaaraha sanadkan ee lagu qabanayo dalka khubrus Waxa kale oo uu ballan qaaday in kooxda matalaysa Somaliland ay ku dhaqmi doonaan sharciga u yaalla Kubada cagta ee waafaqsan sharciga kubadda cagta ee adduunka iyo muujin saaxiibtinimo iyo caddaalad dhamaystiran. Waxa shirka ka muuqanyey in ay wadamada kale oo dhamaantood Somaliland isu lahayn aqoon ciyaareed aanay hubin siday tahay ama kaalinta ay ka ciyaari doonto koobkaas. Iyaga oo ka baqaya in ay ku noqoto koox si lama filaan ah koobkan ku qaada. Waxa mudadii shirka lagu jiray ay kooxaha kale maamulkoodu rabeen in ay ogaadaan xaaladda Somaliland iyo ciyaartoydooda uga ciyaara qaarada Yurub. Waxase ay wadan walba nasiib uu helen warbixin dhamaystiran oo ay soo diyaarsheen weftiga Somaliland metelaysay ee uu hoggaaminayey Mubarik Yuusuf Cilmi ( Bidhi) Oo ku dhan yahay macluumadka wadankeena, sida tirada dadka intu yahay casiimada inta degen, maabka dalka, halka Somaliland aduunka kaga nalo iyo baxaada dhuleed ee Somaliland ee aynu haysano inta uu legyahay . Waxa ku qornaa warbixintaas garoomada ay Somaliland leedahay iyo tirada dhalinyarada ku ciyaara garoonadaas, iyaga oo ka kala socda kooxaha dalka ee illaa heer gobol, degmo ama kooxa kale ee ah naadiyada ah ee madaxa banaan. Waxa xusid mudan in uu si xilkasnimo ah, oo ku dheehan tahay masuulinimo uga dhex muqday ergooyinkii halkaa isugu yimi, mudane Mubaarik oo ay maanta Somaliland kartidiisa gaarka ah iyo taageerada bulshada dibadu siisay halkaa hawsha keentay. Waxaa ay dhamaan saxaafada iyo wadamada halkaa joogay ee goobjoogayaasha ahaa sida; Switzerland, Denmark, Scottland, Spain, dhamaantood dalalka ka ah xubnaha urukan xiisanayeen qoraalka ka sheekaynaya labadi ciyaartoy ee dalka Spanishka tagay iyo Kooxdi gobolka Sanaag oo hanatay horyaalka ciyaaraha dalka Somaliland, sidii loo balaadhin lahaa horumarintooda ciyaareed ee dhinac kasta, haday noqon lahayd in loo diro tababarayaal iyo haddii dhalinta, qaarkood loo fidiyo schoolarships, hawshaas oo dhamaystirkeeda weli ku hawlan yahay masuulka Somaliland. Waxa halka la keenay koobkii oo wadan walba la tusayey iyo kubadi lagu ciyaari lahaa oo labadaba u calamada ururka ku qornayd. Ugu danbayntina waxa shirka xidhay isla madaxa ururka “President Christian MICHELIS†Dhamaan hawlihii ka socday shirka ee aan ahayn sida officailka ah iyo dhamaan dalalkii xiiseeyey hawsha uu u fatay mudane Mubaarik oo ka masuul ah Somaliland ayaa noqon doona kuwo aan idiin soo gudbin doono. Annaga oo goobtaas shirku ka dhacay horteeda ka qaadnay waraysi Mudane Mubaarik Yuuusf Cilmi, waxaadna ka heli doontaan waraysigaas wakhtiyada soo socda Somalilandfuture.com, ee ha moogaanina. Somalilandfuture. online summer 2006 will be a football summer

Announcement Presentation London(Somaliland Net) - We wish to let all somalilanders in London and the UK know and attend a presentation and discussion about somaliland's independence in 1960 from Great Britain. The presentation will have guest speakers and will be attended by many African newspapers. The presentation will be held on friday the 24th of june at 5:30pm - 8:30pm. The location is the: African center 38 Kings street London WC2 Nearest tube station is Covent Garden station. Independence is in our grasp therefore it is important for the people of Somaliland to show there support. This presentation is being organised by the Somali Community in the UK. For further information please contact Dr Omer Duhod.

This Africa season on the BBC is :cool: , even watched a Senagalese movie on BBC 4 last night straight after a documentary on the historical architecture of Africa >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/africalives/whatson/category_c2.shtml or http://www.bbc.co.uk/africalives/myafrica/ packs his bags to Hargaisa

^^not very good at maths

"eating out and being shown around" - that happens between people who know each other. Not absolute strangers. Believe me it did happen, even though they were strangers they took us out for a light meal and cup of cappucino in Chatelet :cool: But why are you taking my point out of its context? Completely turning it around. For what purpose? Try to be little bit more constructive, and less victious, bro. Or, is the general rule, observe and pass by! I would if i thought it reqd a constructive answer. I just think your taking it to over board. It happens, get over it. ps i hate the word maali when in reference to Somalis

Has it happened to you, nomads? Is this something you have spotted in local maalis in your travels? Its probably only the girl you asked for directions. From personal experience, when coming across fellow nomads on my travels, they have been the complete opposite. Invitations to eat out, to be shown around the full works. I think she just though you was tryin it with the oldest line in the world

its been a long week enjoy the weeknd!!!!1

the accused was a Somali! Does that not count for anything? Does it not lessen your disgust and anger somewhat? Blame the gaad saxib and our attitue towards it rather than our lack of support, look at 90% of asylum seekrs today, they are striving to work/find work/make some money to send home. What do we often do? look for income support and chew our lives away resulting in bad kids and these sort of incidents. We have no one but ourselves to blame!