Faarax-Brawn;792753 wrote: I see, you are responding to the narrowness- I Do see where your are coming from tho...It is natural to be defensive... Gof la maamulo ma dad ismaamulu wax u tari kara? When things are nice and rosy maybe. In the meantime its a case of Somalia sorting itself out.

Abwaan;792755 wrote: Norf ma waxaad leedahay 50 countries oo iyaguba interest ka lahaan kara Soomaaliya inay daawanayaan shir Soomaaliya gumeysi lagu gelinayo? Sheekadan gumeysiga anigu xogtaan hayo rag Soomaali ah baa meelaha soo geliyey oo buunbuuniyey ee waxba kama jiraan! Ok saxib. Bal waynu eegi. 7. We agreed that in August the functions of government should pass to a caretaker authority until the constitutional discussions are concluded

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Faarax-Brawn;792733 wrote: Quite narrowish there Horn. ...We are all one nation. One country is lawless and another Country "stateless"- we are missing out on both ends, arent we? But in any case, The sooner SL realizes that it is in their interest for a unified Somalia, the better. I dont understand the need and or the urge to be independent. You can be sovereign with a unified federal country after all,No?. Of course, Hargeisa can be the capital city and the president be from SL/. It is time, SL sacrficed for every somali and make this happen. Lets be 1. Not narrow Faarax but real. People on here seem to be more concerned with Somaliland not receiving recognition as if its the be all and end all of everything when Somalia itself isn't independent. Somalia is being run by it's neighbours. It's affairs are in the hands of the UN and IGAD but its all ok as long as Somaliland isn't recognised. I was just making that point.

Duke and Cheh, I would understand your excitement if Somalia wasn't so entrenched in being run by others.

Did you guys read the leaked communique?

^If you say so.

Any english sources? The agenda for the conference was always about fighting piracy, terror and the road map etc etc. Having said that the UK Foriegn Minister meets the President of SL and calls him a president in his post meeting comments. Not sure what difference this 'news' makes but Somaliland is attending a meeting where Somalia will be told it must do a, b and c and put into UN/IGAD trusteeship again losing the little soverignty that remains. Who is the independent one here? Is putting things into perspective too much? Talk about not seeing the woods for the trees.

Some great pics.

^ Ngonge tells us we have a decent 35m pound striker on the one hand with decent midfielders and wingers but then tells us the ball wont go in!

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/grand-mufti-calls-for-dialogue-about-the-internet

Carry the tricolor flag and you should be fine. Caawaa SLTV iyo HCTV lagaa arki

too many eyes on London. Nothing new will come out of the conference. Wonder if Ngonge is going?

too many eyes on London. Nothing new will come out of the conference. Wonder if Ngonge is going?

Well, Juventus are back. PSG are not. Al Wahda are struggling and I'm not sure about Al Attihad's form in Jiddah

What role for the diaspora in Somalia's future? http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/feb/20/what-role-somalia-diaspora-rebuilding

I expect a heap of complaint threads next week. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/feb/20/somali-diaspora-concerns-london-conference?fb=native

NGONGE;789987 wrote: ^^ It's not wose than anything. Arsenal can and could beat Milan. That they lost this game by four goals means nothing, saaxib. It happens. As for us finishing fourth. Dee why not? We are only four points behind. Bahasha baro. You were adament we would win the PL. Now you're settling for 4th. I don't know how you thought Arsenal could beat Milan with that team and with their current form when Milan have so many top players and are in very good form. Baro banooniga.

samjamaa;791835 wrote: I was having a lively discussion with one of my friends which is If a person was raised and lives under a different culture among people of different ethnicity, no contact with his culture or people, how would he react when he see his people for the first time? Will he feel identified or no? Before I went to Somaliland last summer, I always defined myself as being “Somali”. Whenever someone asked me where I was from? I always responded with “I’m Somali”. I was very proud to be Somali and that for sure gave me something to hold onto as an identity in the Arab culture. but my major shock was that I didn't understand the people there and there were times I felt I related more to Arabs than the Somalis there After this experience I’ve come to realize that even though I’m racially Somali, I’m not culturally a real Somali because you can be a certain race, but not identify with it culturally which means in my opinion that culture is stronger than race. What did you not identify with the most?

recovered from the 3rd page! Afternoon all.

^Insurance? Ma Somaalaa insurance qaadata when they don't have to?

ElPunto;790110 wrote: Partition? The country was already divided up into Shabaab areas and non-Shabaab areas. And the UK and the international community supported the non-Shabaab areas and now will continue to do so. It wil be a drab 'money to made under UN/security/piracy/anti terro' talkshop. But hey, anything to get Somalis all excited at yet another conference in a foreign country.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/emergencies/one-sailor-injured-as-cargo-boats-catch-fire-on-dubai-creek-1.982879 US$3m worth of goods on board apparently.

The irony continues (its on the other foot now)

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