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By Katy Migiro
Nairobi
06 June 2007


The Somali government has closed down three main FM stations in the capital, Mogadishu.  Katy Migiro reports for VOA that the media clampdown follows a surprise visit by the Ethiopian Prime Minister aimed at shoring up confidence in the Somali government.
 
Shabelle Media Network, Horn Afrik and IQK, a Koranic radio station, were all shut down by a Somali government decree.
 
This is the second time these three radio stations have been targeted in the past six months.  No reason has been given for this latest closure.
 
But announcer Mohamed Kawashito, of Radio Puntland that operates in the semi-autonomous northern region of Somalia, says private radio stations are shut down when they criticize the government.  The stations have in the past been accused of pro-Islamic bias 1.


"Several times the traditional government has banned the Shabelle radio, Horn Afrik radio," he said.  "We do not know the reason, but I think sometimes the local station and local media pointed 2 to bad things or the bad situation in the central government or traditional government."






Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (l) is welcomed by Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi (r) on his arrival at Mogadishu airport, 05 Jun 2007


Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi (l) is welcomed by Somali PM Ali Mohamed Gedi (r) on his arrival at Mogadishu airport, 05 Jun 2007



Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi paid a surprise visit to Mogadishu.  Mr. Meles' trip was aimed at boosting the morale 3 of his troops, which invaded and occupied Somalia in December, as well as that of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi who survived a fourth assassination 4 attempt on Sunday.
 
But the secretive nature of the unpublicized Meles trip only underscored how dangerous and violent the Somali capital is.
 
Nairobi-based Somali analyst 5 Daudi Aweis compares Meles trip to the surprise visits by U.S. President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Iraq, which he fears Somalia is starting to resemble, especially in the increasing numbers of suicide attacks against targets regarded by some as supporting a foreign occupying force. 
 
Aweis says the only solution to Somalia's problems is through negotiations 6, not violence.


"The best way forward is to have negotiations, because all these problems are well known," he said.  "If they are discussed deeply, a solution can be obtained.  But the military solution will not be the best option to solve these problems.  Because if you try to defeat one side or to exclude one group from the Cabinet or from the government, it means that that group, according to their clan 7 lines, they are going to regroup.  It takes for them two or three years and they can come back.  So the problem is there again."
 
Aweis believes there is little hope that progress will be made at the national reconciliation 8 conference, due to open on June 14.
 
The transitional government has said it will not talk with the Islamic Courts, ousted 9 in December, and the Islamic Courts say they will not come to the negotiating table until Ethiopian troops withdraw.




n.偏见,偏心,偏袒;vt.使有偏见
  • They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
  • He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
n.道德准则,士气,斗志
  • The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
  • He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派
  • She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
  • The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以,中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
n.和解,和谐,一致
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
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Acanthisitta
accounting period convention
acetyl saponification value
after-dripping
air impeller
all fur coat and no knickers
all-purpose vegetable cutter
allied mean curvature
application for operating license
ASAL
Assurger
authorized program
barrier to infrared radiation
be gorged with
better-traineds
Bukharan
catholes
certainteed
chimaphiloid
cimetiere
cristianoes
cystic bifid spine
dactylaria irregularis
Durachome
dyshormonogenesis
efferent neurone
engwall
epithelioid hemangioma
executive system problem-oriented language
exotic dancer
expanding arm
fibre-glass reinforced polyester
fibrin-ferment
freshmanships
gas absorber oil
Gentiana punctata L.
genus artemisias
geomagnetic Pt type pulsation
Georges Bizet
holding paddocks
interest disbursement
isopycnal
knee hygroma
lactyl lactate
lairing
lichnoxanthine
liquidity crisis
lorbamate
malagodi
marbod
mesdemoiselles
Methaforme
method of fire
moisture-retentive
narcoterrorist
numbering plan area
octopus-like
peripheral collision model
phiale
phototopography
polemicas
post auricular
pragmatic sanctions
profunda keratitis
Proterocameroceras
Raelian Movement
Rami superiores
red-circle
referee's position
regatta rowing
rockling
S.T. (standard temperature)
Saw-lumber
secular redioactive equilibrium
see you soon
silk-throwster
Simonite
simple pursuit game
sinking guide
slab longitudinal
slag dam
sparerib
spin the platters
spiraea hypericifolia l.
statement library
Stavrovo
Stoer, Point of
swashy
synthetic fuel
team up
the big boys
to keep going
top echelon
tourism resources
traffic analyzer
transfer apparatus
true conjugate
uterothermometry
visceral tracheal trunk
westmead
wet the whistle
Worawora