Over the past month, more than 200 people have been killed and more than 100,000 have fled Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. Riz Khan discusses the country’s worsening crisis with Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, the Somali foreign minister, and Sadia Ali Aden, a Somali-US activist. Riz Khan – Somalia: from bad to worse ...
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In the first of five exclusive reports, Al Jazeera comes face-to-face with Somali pirates who have helped make shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from Garowe, Somalia, where the lure of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a successful pirate raid seem irresistible...Continue reading »
Official returns show that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, won re-election by a landslide. The tally has the incumbent with nearly twice as many votes as his reformist challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi. Mousavi challenged the results, calling them a “charade,” and his supporters accused the government of shutting down cell-phone, text-messaging and...Continue reading »
CityNews.ca Staff — Toronto’s latest murder victim has been identified as 16-year-old Ayoob Adam. Police say Adam died following a confrontation at a Dixon and Kipling high rise early Sunday morning. Police initially received calls about gunshots going off in the area, so when they found the young victim bleeding heavily, they assumed he was shot. ...Continue reading »
Jon Stewart committed a lengthy opening segment to President Obama’s speech in the Middle East last night. He explored the expectations of our president at home and abroad, looked a the rhetoric he used both to further the tenuous relationship America has with even its closest allies in the region and the rhetoric he used to ensure that no one thought he was caving...Continue reading »
CAIRO (AP) — Quoting from the Quran for emphasis, President Barack Obama called for a “new beginning between the United States and Muslims” Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East. “This cycle of suspicion and discord must end,” Obama said...Continue reading »
President Barack Obama was greeted with cheers last week when he stopped by Capitol Hill burger joint Five Guys.The president was joined by NBC anchor Brian Williams and a crew that was filming a behind-the-scenes “Inside The White House” special.The NBC footage shows Obama and Williams en route to the eatery, Obama with his feet up on the opposite-facing limo...Continue reading »
Ururka Horn of Africa Community Development waxay ku howljiraan in ay dhisaan Rugta kaydka Bawaagta iyo Cilmibaarista oo laga furi doono Magaalada Galkacayo waxay qabteen xafladii ugu horaysay ee ay ku raadinayaan lacagtii lagu dhisilahaa Rugtaas cusub waxay u bahan tahay rugtaasi lacag gaaraysa $70,000. waxaa xafladaas nooga qayb galay Mahamed (wiilwaal) wuxuuna...Continue reading »
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama began his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world on Wednesday by seeking the counsel of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina. “The United States and Saudi Arabia have a long history of friendship. We have a strategic relationship,” Obama said...Continue reading »
