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After a period of inter-clan conflicts, the people of Somaliland have attempted to resolved conflicts by using traditional peace-building methods. difficultly they are trying to rehabilitate and rebuild their country.

Opposition demands introduction of ceiling on nursery fees Government steering towards head-on collisionNo climb-down over tax exemption Enthusiasm for EU membership cooling Halvorsen more popular than Bondevik Call for fraud squad to investigate WIFStiffer sentences for repeat offenders More Labour activists join employers’ ranksToday’s comment from Dagbladet/Sunday

Socialist Left Party is Norway’s most popular partyEEA negotiators should have done a better job, says ArnstadNo price cap on nursery feesOrganizations queuing up to influence youngsters’ values Health check scheme for asylum seekers at breaking point Majority backing for police certificates for voluntary workersToday’s comment from Dagsavisen

“That is unfair since the international community have allowed our poor population to die and fly from our land, we are living a kind of hell.” Argued Ichi a refugee who fled to Uganda in 1999

American strategy in Iraq still wondering how to deal with the leaders of Iraq if and when they are caught. Will they be sent to America? Tried in Iraq? Submitted to an international tribunal like Slobodan Milosevic and other Balkan leaders? Since the legitimacy of that war is under question.

Tax cuts to rescue industry SAS takes last place in EuropeNorway lost 0-2 in EEA match Bondevik calls for rethink on tax exemption for nursery fees 217 local authorities for the chop Today’s comment from Vårt Land

Childbirth remains an untold risk throughout the developing world, bringing death and permanent disability to the world's poor. Two million women suffer from fistulae, a degrading condition which makes them outcasts in their own society - and which could be treated... In Nigeria the situation is particularly grim, with 1 in 25 dying of childbirth complications.

Final tussle over herring Pupils given time off to demonstrate against war – ended in street fight Storting takes its last drag NHO chief economist sees light at the end of the tunnel Parliamentary rematch over pre-school day-care fees Today’s comment from Dagens Næringsliv

the relatively low number of reported cases of harassment stems from the specific mentality of Polish women. Women in Poland underestimate improper behavior on the part of their coworkers and assume that it not worth the hassle.

Warning that racial discrimination and intolerance are still “extremely serious problems,” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the international community at large...