“At least 138 people died and 344 others were injured in the last two weeks’ fighting in central Somalia,” Ali Yasin Gedi, the vice chairman of the Elman human rights group, told Reuters.
“The recent fighting between Ahlu Sunna, and al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam on one side has also displaced 63,000 people from Galgadud and Hiiraan regions.”
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After a lot of discussions and brainstorming sessions in between the Qarxis team we have agreed that Qarxis.com should go a slightly different direction, a more positive and productive one, where we will create a lot of the content ourselves and by this I mean Qarxis members (like you and me). A place where everyone who is able to contribute interesting articles, researches, reports, statistics, videos, images etc. all concerning the Somali people everywhere in the world.
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As most of you know or to some degree heard about, the drawer behind the Muhammad (pbuh) cartoons, Kurt Westergaard, was on the first of January attacked by a 28-year-old Somali Muslim. Equipped with an axe, he managed to break in to the house of the 74-year-old Dane. The Dane managed to get himself inside a safe room where he alerted the authorities. He was with his grandchild at the time, but only managed to get himself in the room and this is what he had to say about leaving the child:
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The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It is being held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and will conclude on 31 January.
In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who successfully advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15, meaning Angola were joined by only 14 teams. A total of 29 games will be played.
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“Amazing to look at. And the storytelling is never less than expert, but the yarn itself… Well, let’s start there, since Titanic director James Cameron and his team have been remarkably successful at keeping it under wraps.
The movie is set almost entirely on the planet Pandora in the year 2154. A marine, Jake Sully (Sam Worthingon) is tasked with controlling an organic (but lab-grown) avatar in the physical form of the native population, the Na’vi, a jungle tribe of tall blue bipeds with simian tails and human features. When Jake is hooked up to his avatar it’s as if he becomes him. When the avatar sleeps, Jake returns to his own body and his own people.”
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“Fierce fighting has broken out in two towns in southern and central Somalia among three Islamist groups vying for power in the country. With the U.N.-backed transitional government unable to exert any influence in most areas of the country, various Islamist groups and factions are trying to fill the power vacuum.
After two days of clashes, a military commander for the Sufi militia, Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamaa, says his forces have seized the town of Beledweyne in the Hiran region from Hizbul Islam rebels.”
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MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — People here have one thing to thank Somali pirates for: Better fishing.
In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia’s coast and scooped up the ocean’s contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates.
“There is a lot of fish now, there is plenty of fish. There is more fish than people can actually use because the international fishermen have been scared away by the pirates,” said Athman Seif, the director of the Malindi Marine Association.
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The reason why we decided to integrate Qarxis and Facebook is to mainly tear down formalities and allow almost instant signup, profile creation, access to comment fields etc. while at the same time allowing users to write blog posts, participate in discussions, invite their friends and much more.
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The editorial team of Qarxis are proud to announce the arrival of the new and the much anticipated Qarxis.com. After a lot of brainstorming and sleepless nights, we can finally present you the new beta version. The website has gone through a lot of design and functionality changes, so much that we decided to start all over again.
Qarxis.com now present new exciting functionalities, users are able to login with their Facebook accounts by clicking on the blue connect button on the right hand-side without having to register. This is a safe login as the security is provided by Facebook, the new Qarxis is basically a Facebook application. All members are able to write blog posts which can be featured on the website if approved by the moderators.
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