Somalia on the world press. We collect here for you to see what is the world is saying about Somalia and we would like to make it clear to our readers not to get confused by the Transitional Federal Government this is the Exile government that the UN and others created and now they found out it is the most corrupt thing on the planed they will sell their body to get one dollar. They also call the Somalia people fighting against the Corrupt inapt exile TFG many names like Jihad est, or islamest or insurgents.
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Guns galore in Yemen
A man driving a tank stops at a military checkpoint in Yemen. “Do you have any weapons on you?” the soldier at the crossing asks him. “No,” the tank driver replies. “Okay,” the soldier says. “Go right ahead.”Nothing could illustrate the Yemeni weapons problem better than this post-civil war joke. Yemen is swarming with arms. An alarming figure recently published in the London-based A- Sharq Al-Awsat suggests there are around three weapons to every Yemeni citizen, amounting to some 60 million units. The proliferation of unlicensed weapons in Yemen has become one of the chief problems in a country currently engaged in conflicts on three fronts. Click here for more
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A wedding in transit Stranded in Dubai due to the closure of airspace across Europe, Sean Murtagh and Natalie Mead share an impromptu wedding ceremony with family and friends in the UK via a live internet broadcast.
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Navy looks for ways other than armed patrols to fight Somali pirates Washington The US Navy will be unable to continue long-term operations against pirates off the coast of Somalia, and it’s looking for other ways to solve the growing problem, according to a top admiral. As Somali pirates continue to find attacking cargo ships in the West Indian Ocean profitable, they have become more and more aggressive, forcing the international community to send naval ships from more than a dozen countries to help patrol the vast waters off Somalia. But the patrols are expensive and deprive the global fleet of precious resources, and they can’t continue such costly operations, says Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, the top naval commander in Europe and Africa. Click here for more
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Nuclear city to be set up; Kingdom to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the establishment of the King Abdullah Nuclear and Renewable Energy City in Riyadh and said it would use atomic energy for peaceful purposes, especially in industry, agriculture, mining, desalin ation and medical field.A royal decree issued by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah said development of atomic energy is essential to meet the Kingdom’s growing requirements for energy to generate electricity, produce desalinated water and reduce reliance on depleting hydrocarbon resources. Click here for more
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Eyjafjallajokull: Impending Catastrophe? The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, the outpouring of toxic ash went on (intermittently) for around two years. If after 3 days European airspace is closed down (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine have closed their airspace totally; Belarus, Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Serbia, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey have severe restrictions, some almost total), let us imagine what can happen if this goes on for a couple of months. Or if the wind changes and blows it south-west across Canada and the USA. click here for more
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Europe Flying Ban Is Extended The flying ban over most of northern and central Europe has been extended into Sunday, and the fallout from the Icelandic volcanic eruption showed little sign of easing as airlines rolled out some contingency plans to transport thousands of stranded travelers.
Some U.S. and Asian carriers have started to use airports in southern Europe as staging posts by flying in larger aircraft, though inbound passengers still have to find their own way via increasingly congested ground transport links. Click here for more
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Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse By JILL LAWLESS The Associated Press Saturday, April 17, 2010; 3:06 AM
LONDON -- Officials further extended no-fly restrictions over Europe Saturday as a vast, invisible plume of grit continued to billow out of an Icelandic volcano and drift across the continent.
The flight ban seemed likely to disrupt world leaders' plans to attend Sunday's state funeral for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria in the southern city of Krakow. Click here for more
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Israel iPad Ban Puzzles Many JERUSALEM—Israel this week has been blocking travelers from bringing Apple Inc.'s new iPad into the country saying the device's wireless technology threatens to create interference with other products, a move that has puzzled people both in Israel and Silicon Valley.
The Ministry of Communications said the ban was instituted earlier this week because the iPad's Wi-Fi wireless technology was built to the U.S. standard, which allows stronger signals than those allowed in Europe and Israel. Click here for more
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Somali, Ethiopian refugees in Fargo-Moorhead say killings in their home country are genocide Lisiten to the Audio click here Moorhead, Minn. — Refugees living in the Fargo-Moorhead area are trying to draw attention to what they say is genocide happening in their home country of Ethiopia. A documentary film about the war, called "Silent Cry," is showing Wednesday evening at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Violence is familiar to the people of Ogaden, a small area originally part of Somalia, but given to Ethiopia after World War II. The area has been caught in conflict between the two countries for 50 years. Click here more
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UAE airlines offer refunds as ash cloud wreaks havoc on travel Eugene Harnan April 17. 2010 12:27AM UAE / April 16. 2010 8:27PM GMT DUBAI // Thousands of planes were grounded across Europe for a second day after Wednesday’s volcanic eruption in Iceland. Tens of thousands of passengers attempting to pass through, depart from or return to the UAE have been affected by the disruption, which is having worldwide repercussions. A spokesman for Dubai International Airport said there were 50 flight cancellations yesterday and more could be on the way today. Click here for more
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Hillary Clinton tells Israel to stop 'settlement activity' and provoking Palestine Hillary Clinton has said Israel must stop 'settlement activity' and steer clear of comments that will provo ke Palestinians.The US Secretary of State urged "bold leadership" from all sides to resolve one of the world's most intractable disputes.Speaking at a dinner attended by the ambassadors of Israel and several Arab states, Mrs Clinton urged Israel to "refrain from unilateral statements and actions" that could undermine peace. Click here for more
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