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With protests planned on Saturday both for and against Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, each side is now working to show that it has more popular support that the other. Hoda Abdel Hamid reports now from Cairo on how they both get people out on the streets.

The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, warning Tehran the issue may otherwise be referred to the U.N. Security Council. The comments by U.S. diplomat Robert Wood to the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington's growing frustration at a lack of progress in the IAEA's inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran's nuclear program. Iran - which was first reported to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program by the IAEA's 35-nation board in 2006 and then was hit by U.N. sanctions - rejects suspicions it is on a covert quest for atomic bomb capability. But its refusal to curb nuclear work with both civilian and military applications, and its lack of openness with the IAEA, have drawn tough Western punitive measures and a threat of pre-emptive military strikes by Israel. A year ago, the IAEA published a report with a trove of inte

An Islamist-led assembly was expected to finalize a new constitution on Friday aimed at transforming Egypt and paving the way for an end to a crisis which erupted when President Mohamed Mursi gave himself sweeping new powers last week. Mursi said his decree halting court challenges to his decisions, which provoked protests and violence from Egyptians fearing a new dictator was emerging less than two years after they ousted Hosni Mubarak, was "for an exceptional stage". "It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution," he told state television on Thursday night. "There is no place for dictatorship." The assembly was expected to finish approving the draft constitution on Friday, allowing a referendum to be held as soon as mid-December on a text the Islamists say reflects Egypt's new freedoms. Mursi's critics argue it is an attempt to rush through a draft they say has been hijacked by the Muslim Brotherhood, which backed Mursi for pre

Ciidamada ka socda dalka Itoobiya ee ku sugan Soomaaliya oo dhawanahan la hadal hayay inay isaga baxayaan Soomaaliya ayaa hadana hadalkaasi waxa gaashaanka u daruuray Ra’iisal wasaaraha dalka Itoobiya ee Hailemariam Desalegn waxa uuna sheegay in ka bixitaanka ciidamada itoobiya ay ku xiran tahay sharuudo dhowr ah. Ra’iisal wasaaraha dalka Itoobiya oo hadalkaan ka jeediyay kadib si wada jir ah kulan ay u wada qaateen Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud iyagoona ka wada hadlay arimaha Soomaaliya ay ka mid tahay ciidamada Itoobiyanka ee qeybta ka ah howlgalka loogu soo horjeedo Al-Shabaab iyo sidii meesha loogu saari lahaa. “Waxaan sugeynaa ciidamada nabad ilaalinta Midowga Africa ee Soomaaliya inay yimaadaan si ay inoo badalaan intaasi waxa ay ka danbeeyana waxaa sugeynaa ammaanka kadibna hadii ay yimaadaan waan isga baxeynaa Soomaaliya” Ayuu Yiri. Hailemariam Ra’iisal wasaaraha Itoobiya oo Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ay wada hadlayeen ayaa ilaa iyo haatan uusan bixin hadal rasm

Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta gobolka Jubbada hoose ayaa sheegaya in wafdigii ka socday urur goboleedka IGAD iyo AMISOM ee doraad tagay magaalada Kismaayo ay ku wargeliyeen hogaamiyeyaasha ururka Raaskambooni oo ay ciidamadiisu gacanta ku hayaan magaalada Kismaayo inay ciidamadooda ku biiriyaan kuwa dowladda Soomaaliya, isla markaasna aan la ogoleyn in urur gooni ah oo aan meelna ka tirsaneyn u ciidamo gaar ah ku yeesho gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Sida warku sheegayo kulan saacado badan qaatay oo dhexmaray xubno ka socday IGAD iyo hogaamiyeyaasha Raaskambooni ayaa lagu sheegay in ciidamada ku sugan Kismaayo ay qaataan hal magaca oo ah magaca ciidamada dowladda, ayna toos u hoostagaan dowladda Soomaaliya, sidaasi oo kalena dhammaan dhinacyada ciidamada gaarka ah ku leh ay iyana ku biiraan dowladda Soomaaliya. Warku wuxuu intaasi ku darayaa in hogaamiyeyaasha Raaskambooni ay weydiisteen wafdigii ka socday IGAD in ciidamo gaar ah oo uu yeesho maamulka dhawaan loo

Egypt's anti-government protesters have called for another mass rally on Friday, after staging scenes reminiscent of last year's revolution. It's estimated 200-thousand people packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square, chanting against President Mohamed Morsi and his new powers. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid has this report from Cairo.

The assembly writing Egypt's constitution said it could wrap up a final draft later on Wednesday, a move the Muslim Brotherhood sees as a way out of a crisis over a decree by President Mohamed Mursi that protesters say gives him dictatorial powers. But as Mursi's opponents staged a sixth day of protests in Tahrir Square, critics said the Islamist-dominated assembly's bid to finish the constitution quickly could make matters worse. Two people have been killed and hundreds injured in countrywide protest set off by Mursi's decree. The Brotherhood hopes to end the crisis by replacing Mursi's controversial decree with an entirely new constitution that would need to be approved in a popular referendum, a Brotherhood official told Reuters. It is a gamble based on the Islamists' belief that they can mobilize enough voters to win the referendum: they have won all elections held since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power. But the move seemed likely to deepen divis

Britain named Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney on Monday to head the Bank of England, springing the surprise choice of a foreigner to push reform of its troubled financial system. A former Goldman Sachs investment banker who at the Bank of Canada guided the Canadian economy through the global economic crisis, Carney will succeed Mervyn King who retires in July. Carney, who already plays a leading role in setting global banking rules, defended his departure from Canada and signaled that bigger problems awaited him in London. "I'm going to where the challenges are greatest," he told an Ottawa news conference, stressing the need to "rebalance" the economy which has relied heavily on a financial services sector hit by huge losses and scandals. "It's very important for the global economy that the UK does well, that it succeeds in this rebalancing of their economy, that the reform of the British financial system is completed," he said.

The decree to extend Mohamed Morsi's presidential powers has polarised opinion and caused violence to erupt in various parts of Egypt amid protests. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from the capital, Cario.

Cilmi baaris cusub oo ay sameeyeen xeel dheerayaal Khubaro ah ayaa natiijaddii ka soo baxday lagu sheegay in Xiriiradda Jacayl ee dhex mara Dumarka sida aadka ah u quruxdda badan iyo ragga in uu sida badan ku danbeeyo guul daro. Daraasaddan sahaminta ah oo ay dhawaan si wadajir ah u sameeyeen Saynisyahano ka kala socda Jaamacaddaha Sterling, Chester iyo Liverpool Universities, ayaa lagu bayaamiyay in inta badan Dumarka aadka u qurxooni aanay ku faro adaygin xiriiraddooda Jacaylka iyada oo ay is mahadinta iyo is qancinta quruxdoodu ay sahashato Jacaylka ay u qabaan Ragga, halka Ragga caadiga ah ee aan aadka u quruxdda badnayni ay intooda badani si dhab ah ugu daacad yihiin Jacayladda dhex mara dumarka aan aadka u qurxoonayn, taas oo keenta in uu Jacayl kaasi noqdo mid si fiican oo miro dhal ah muddo dheer u sii shaqeeya. Warkan oo lagu daabacay Wargeyska lagu magacaabo Telegraph, ayay Khubaradda daraasaddan samaysay ku sheegeen in ay baaritaano sahamin ah oo arrimahan la xiriira ay k

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Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa maanta la kulmay dhamaan Taliyayaasha ciidamada qalabka sida iyo saraakiisha sar-sare. Kulankaas ayaa waxaa ka soo qeybgalay Raisul Wasaaraha Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon (Saacid) , Wasiirka Gaashaandhiga Mudane C/Xakiim Fiqi, iyo Wasiirka Arimmaha Guddaha iyo Amniga Qaranka Mudane Cabdi Xakiim Xuseen Guleed. Ugu horeyntii Madaxwenyanaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa tacsi u diray dhamaan wiilashii iyo gabdhihii ka geeriyooday Ciidamada Qalabka sida una dhintay dalkooda iyo dadkooda. Sidoo kale wuxuu u mahad celiyay kuwa habeen iyo maalin u taagan in ay dalkooda iyo dadkooda difaacaan. Kadib markaas ayaa laga hadlay ujeeddada kulankaan oo aheyd in la saxo qaladaad dhaco taasna ay muhiim u tahay isbedelka cusub ee Dowladnimo.” Dowlanimo waa kalsooni, wanaag, iyo sharaf. Askariga dadka halaga illaaliyo hana lagu illaaliyo”.Waxeey taarikhdu xustay in qoladda ay s

 Police dogs attack a man found stealing from ethnic Somali homes during the second day of skirmishes in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Kenya's capital Nairobi, November 19, 2012. Police fired tear gas to disperse Kenyans who threw stones and broke into the homes and shops of ethnic Somalis in Nairobi's Somali-dominated Eastleigh neighborhood on Monday to protest against a bomb attack in the district on Sunday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country's deep divisions. The Judges' Club, a body representing judges across Egypt, called for a strike during a meeting interrupted with chants demanding the "downfall of the regime" - the rallying cry in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year. Mursi's political opponents and supporters, representing the divide between newly empowered Islamists and their critics, called for rival demonstrations on Tuesday over a decree that has triggered concern in the West. Issued late on Thursday, it marks an effort by Mursi to consolidate his influence after he successfully sidelined Mubarak-era generals in August. The decree defends from judicial review decisions taken by Mursi until a new parliament is elected in a vote expected early next year. It a