why did you care why Somalis use X and C? this is very trivial! When reading/writing Somali,dont bother abt other languages!

Chinese gamble on finding oil in hostile Somalia By Barney Jopson, Financial Times Published: July 27, 2007, 23:42 Nairobi: CNOOC's willingness to strike an oil deal with the fragile government of Somalia, which has been a failed state for more than a decade, has provided stark evidence of China's willingness to brave terrain that western oil majors deem too treacherous. The state-owned Chinese oil giant has signed a production-sharing deal with the transitional federal government in the east African country, which ranks as a high-risk frontier even in an industry well accustomed to dangerous environments. In doing so, CNOOC and its smaller partner, China International Oil and Gas, are gambling on three points. First, that the interim government has the authority to make such deals and will stay in power. Second, that violence stemming from perennial inter-clan conflicts and more recently Islamist extremism will not derail its work. Third - and most fundamentally - that the country has some oil worth extracting. Several western oil majors held exploration concessions in Somalia in the 1980s but fled in 1991 when the overthrow of dictator Mohammad Siad Barre ushered in 16 years of chaos. Sharing production Ali Mohammad Gedi, Somalia's interim prime minister, said last week that ConocoPhillips, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Eni would be invited to return and change their concessions into production-sharing agreements under an oil law due to be published in the next two months. But that looks like a distant prospect. BP, Shell and Eni say they still consider the concession deals to be subject to force majeure - code for unexpected and disruptive events that prevent contractual obligations from being met. Chevron and ConocoPhillips have declined to comment. Thomas O'Connor, chairman of Benchmark Oil and Gas and a former World Bank oil engineer who studied Somalia, said: "Many of the companies there in the 1980s have been subsumed into others and the bigger they get the more conservative they become. The super majors will likely talk about it internally, but my guess is the legal counsels will say 'No, let's wait until the dust settles'." Chris Brown, a sub-Saharan Africa analyst at Wood Mackenzie, a consultancy, says: "The big issue at the moment is there are three different governments issuing exploration contracts, hence the legitimacy of these licences may be thrown in doubt if there were to be any change in the political landscape." The government of Somaliland, a northern province that considers itself independent, struck a production-sharing agreement with Ophir Energy in 2003. The government of the semi-autonomous Puntland province has given Range Resources of Australia and Canmex Minerals of Canada joint exploration rights in part of the region. Political challenges CNOOC's deal - details of which emerged last week - covers another part of Puntland and was endorsed by President Abdul Lahi Yousuf Ahmad, who hails from the province, even though the transitional government's authority there is tenuous. The prime minister himself has questioned the validity of the Chinese agreement because it was signed before the new oil law is in place. O'Connor says: "Big oil companies are loath to go into dodgy areas where they don't have good contractual relationships. But the Chinese are taking the view, 'Let's just do it and deal with the consequences later.' It's buccaneering." CNOOC has acquired a reputation for risk-taking - a reflection of the fact it is ultimately serving China's strategic need for oil rather than purely commercial objectives. Insecurity in Somalia was underlined last Thursday when the reopening of a conference intended to promote reconciliation between the country's clans, warlords and political factions was marred by bomb attacks that killed at least five children near the Mogadishu venue. Range Resources estimates that Puntland has the potential to yield five billion to 10 billion barrels of oil. The US Energy Information Administration, however, says the country has no proved oil reserves. Gulf News

Val, Mabruuk!

Nin ayaa wuxuu arkay koox dhallinyaro ah oo raashin meel ku wadaagaya (isla cunaya). Intuu ku soo leexday ayuu dhankiisa ka galay. Nimankii kale way is fiir-fiiriyeen iyagoo la yaaban ninkaan aysan aqoon oo cuntada cuniddeeda dhankiisa ka qabsaday. Waxay ku yiraahdeen "Saaxiib ma qof baad naga garanaysaa?". "Maya" ayuu yiri "laakiin tan ayaan is naqaan" intuu cuntadii la cunayey farta ku fiiqay!

Jac and Hunguri, why would one associate food with wife/husband? Somali is a rich language, and one can apprieciate and enjoy its beauty once you master it. Soomaalidu waxa ay ku maahmaahdaa Geel indhakuul maxuu ka yaqaan! Markaa luuqada ha saluugin inta aadan baran. Some pple use [/i]Gabadheyda[/i] as my wife!

Ilaahey Ha u Naxariisto.

Bal waxaas baa reer dhan u talin jiray, oo ciddi wax ka dhegeysan jirtay! Walle Soomaali magaceed be'!

looooool, @ CC, Waa inaa ilaahi raajicuun.

lol. Wax baa qabsadey!

lol. Wax baa qabsadey!

Ninkii jiray waxa uu yiri! Quruxda iyo dadnima dumarka waxaa la ogaan karaa marka ay guursato! Ameer riiray caano iyo ilma lagu ogaadaaye, Aragiisi maan maleh intuu adhaxda taagaayo. Gabadh oogadeed iyo guraa lagu ogaadaaye Arageedu maan ma leh intay tima agliilayso.

Jimcaale, Waad keentay saaxb, laakin maah maahda aad qortey iyo taan qoray waa kala duwan yihiin, waxaaba la oran karaa waa iska soo hor jeedaan,(opposite) tan hore oo ah inta aad gabadh gaari ah, oo wanaagsan doonayso, baa maskiinada caruur teedu ciidamiyaan,oo waqti baa kaa luma, halka dan danbe ay tahay, in aad caruurtaada u raadiso hooyo fiican! In english, it wouldnt make sense! lol bal ku noqo adigu? ogowna waxa la istic maalayo maaha in ay noqdaan tusaalaha dumarka,iyodoo laga eegayo dhaqanka Soomaalida.

Thanks Khalid, Ramadan is coming up! time for a change!

In most of the Muslim countries, the speaches of the Imams are controlled,and is prepared by ministry of religous affairs, And I guest the US, and west are trying to do the same.( Many muslims have more freedom in the west,and some honetly abuse it). Then if the Imams cant deliver what they want to say, and they are told on what to say, Is it necessary to go to mosques anymore? what is the purpose?

Inta aad gaari doonayso, baa goonbaar wiilkeed Cidamiyaa! Bal fasira!

^looool, one of those moments,

Dubai building reaches 1,680 feet 12.10, Sun Jul 22 2007 A tower being built in the United Arab Emirates has become the tallest building in the world. Developers of the Burj Dubai building say it has reached 1,680 feet, overtaking the Taipei 101 building in Taipei by 12 feet. Emaar Properties announced: "Burj Dubai has now reached 141 storeys, more storeys than any other building in the world." Burj Dubai is set to be the world's tallest building according to all four criteria listed by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which measures buildings to the structural top, the highest occupied floor, the top of the roof and the tip of the spire or flag pole. The tower will be the centrepiece of a £10 billion development that will include residential, commercial and retail property. Dubai has built a series of huge projects in recent years, including three palm-shaped islands off and a cluster of man-made islands shaped like a map of the world. ITV

An unfinished skyscraper in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, its developers say. Emaar Properties said the 512m (1,680ft) Burj Dubai is now taller than Taiwan's 508m (1,667ft) Taipei 101. It is thought Burj Dubai will eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall. Height records are contentious, with dispute over what defines a "building" and what is being measured - height to the top floor or the tower's antenna. When finished the building is expected to meet the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's four criteria - the height of the structural top, highest occupied floor, the roof's top, and the spire's highest point - to become the world's tallest structure. "Burj Dubai has now reached 141 storeys, more storeys than any other building in the world," the company said in a statement. There is speculation that, spire included, the final height could be more than 800m, but Emaar is keeping structural details secret. Source--BBC

8. If you come across a black cat on the road, it is considered as unlucky, this one is world myth.

lol

And what have you been looking for when you found this article? lol

Good news,I hope they became good muslims, Muslims are everywhere today, and yet have no quality.

^Saxb hadalka iska dhaafoo , Cimaamadii booodhka ka jaf, oo Laas Caanood ka war doon. Ps, markaad xoogaga inoo soo qaadid, ha i ilaawin.

Xanthus, Welcome back, Hal gooboo shaah ah na ku dhofo.

Masha Allah, good work!