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2-Debate on Somalia Amb Arman & Prof Samatar

Guurtida iyo Kordhinta Wakhtiga Doorashadda Somaliland

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Kerry's Visit to Mugadisho and Promises would not help Somalia but will fuel new wars.

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<i>a society that puts equality before freedom ends up with neither and society that puts freedom before equality would end up with great measure of both.Milton Friedman</i><br />
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It was 20 years before by the time the US army was deployed back to their homeland from Somalia,since that time the South of Somalia has experienced a different and unprecedented conflicts which severely damaged the social cohesion and deeply saw  a mistrust between the Somalis.How Kerry visited Somalia is showing how despair and naive  the international community are for the case Somalia which any attempt  of peacebuilding made by the international community  evolves the Somalia problems  into a new face which is difficult and more complex then the one before it.<br />
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In his speech Kerry mentioned that the Somalia government is making new regional administrations to enhance stability and saw the seed of prosperity in every part of Somalia,which is far from the reality on the ground and  what the Somalia government is engaging and doing among administrations.Its is sawing the seed of the tribalism,corruption,bad governance and injustices which nurtures the terrorist groups.it does not make the new regional admintration but works how to disentegrate and destroy  any working adiminstaration in Somalia by using the little money which the international donners aimed to build the government institutions by initiating an inclusive politics.<br />
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More water has flown under the bridge, ''<i>a society that puts equality before freedom ends up with neither and society that puts freedom before equality would end up with great measure of both. M</i><i>ilton Friedman''</i> and here is Somaliland which has reclaimed its independence in 1990s, everything was destroyed and they started their governance from the ashes by returning back their tradition they succeeded to build a custom made government with the absence of the international community.Its government structure is very similar to that of the  US,Executive,legislative (Bi-camera) and judiciary.There are three political parties,civil societies , an independent press and written constitution.several election were held which the last one is due to be held ,Somaliland become the  good example not only for the rest of region but also Africa in general.<br />
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According to the  ''declaratory '' theory of recognition which is supported by the international practice,the act of recognition signifies no more than the acceptance of an already-existing factual situation, i.e.,conformity with the criteria of statehood.The  ''constitutive''  theory,in contrast,contends that the act of recognition itself actually creates the state.Somaliland left no stone unturned to achieve its international recognition by conforming all the international standards of statehood recognition and still it lacks it,which is unfair and inhumane for Somaliland women and children which their only hope they have is to be one day a recognized nation so as to avoid social despair which would eventually might encourage terrorism.its unfair to invest ones who are the bone of conflicts and turn blind eye to a whole nation who are not asking for no more than a recognition in order to achieve liberty and pursue their happiness within their dream.<br />
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All in all, Politics is the art of possibility this approach of building the Somalia army and investing the corrupted Mogadishu government is like fueling the fire instead of watering it and  will start a new wars to the rest stable regions.what we are recommending to US and the international community is to change their old policies  and think beyond the box to start a new  pluralistic  policy, specially for the Obama administration Somalia needs not to be looked with dewy-eyes but needs the change that  you were breaching  be practiced into Somalia for the taste of your justice.<br />
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 <b>Barkhad Omar Ali</b><br />
<b>Lawyer and Development Consultant</b><br />
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Kerry's Visit to Mugadisho and Promises would not help Somalia but will fuel new wars.

a society that puts equality before freedom ends up with neither and society that puts freedom before equality would end up with great meas...

Guurtida iyo Doorashadda

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Guuritidu waa mid ka midda sadexda dhadhaar ee dawladnimadda inkastoo imika lagu soo doro mid afaraad oo ah Saxaafadda ,haddana waxa aynu dhaqan ahaan imika naqanaa saddexdan dhadhaar oo ka uugu culus nidaamkeenu yahay Golaha Guurtida,Maanta waxa ay u fadhiisteen inay ka arimiyaan arimaha doorashadda fooda inagu soo haysa,taas oo culaysyo badan oo dibad iyo gudaba lahi ay isa soo tarayaan kuwaas oo ku sahabsan siddii loo qaban lahaa doorashadda wakhtigeeda.<br />
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Haddabaa inagoo aan wali haynin waxii ka soo baxay haddana sidda dhaqanka noqotay dhawaanahan oo ah in xukuumad wal oo markaas joogtaa guurtidda u isticmaasho danaheeda gaar ahaneed ee ku aadan fidinta mudo xileedka iyagoo riixaaya doorashadda waxay soo saraan kordhin,korodhkan oo aad moodo in uu noqday mid lala qabsaday oo dadka intooda badaniba ay saddalinayeen in uu dhici doono korodh siddii horeba u dhici jirtay.<br />
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lakiin anigu shakhsi ahaan waxaan dareemayaa in dib u dhac lagu sameeyo doorashadu keeni karin wax dhibaato ah wakhtigan xaadirka ah se ay noqon doonto uun jid ama sune la sii adkeeyey oo kuwan kuwa ka danbeyaana ay ku dhiiran donaan inay mudo korodhsi u baajiyaan hawlo ay ahayd in hore loo qabto.inbadan waxa madaxayga ku soo dhacda sida ay u dhici doonta doorasho mustaqbalka la qabto wakhtigeeda si loo muujiyo socod barasho dumuqradiyeed oo ina tusaaya inaynu korayno oo dawladnimadeenu aanay ahayn mid hagaas ah (not growing).<br />
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Markaad eegto xisbayadeena waxa ka muuqda aragti la'aan,qorshe xume,siyaasad xumo oo kugu ridaayaba inaad ididilaadaba mugdi galiyaan,halkan waxa kuu soo taagan laba xisbi oo mucaaardi ah oo kuwaas oo aan hal aragti ah oo ay kaga duwan yihiin kuwan imika haya so ban dhigin.waayo Somaliland guud ahaan waxa donaysaa dad leh qorshahoodi wax ay kaga iibin lahayeen dhulkooda hodonka ah dibad iyo gudaba. </div>

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Arimihu way kala horeyaan

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Arimuhu way kala horeyaane maanay ka haboonayn cuntadda iyo wax yaabaha kale ee la ismariyo markay soo degayaan in loo sameeyo meel lagu hubiyo tayadeeda ama komishankii tayadda uun la dardar galiyo.xanuuno badan oo laga helo dunida horumartay ayaa imika inagu soo badanaaya inagoon warshadana aan lahayn,dhamaanteen waa la ina waydiin wajibaadkeena inaga saaran dadka nafaheenaba.Marka korniinka qofka laga hadlaayo waxa maamula dhecaano ogolaada in si isleeg xubnaha qofku u kor</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">aan oo aanay dhicin kala korniin,wali maad aragtay qof gacani dheertay midna aad u gaabantay,hadday dhacdana waa arin ku timid khalkhal hideed ama mid dhecaan.mararka qaarkood waxa dhacda in institution ama qayb maamuleed uu ka fir fir conaado qaybaha kale ee maamulka dawladnimo sababtana wax wal oo horu mar ah oo u isku dayo inuu noqdo mid aan wakhtigisii la joogin,arimahana waa arimo ka dhaca dhamaan waddamadda so koraaya lakiin xalka qudhaate ee lo hayaa waxa weeye awood siinta qaybta qorshaynta ee dawladnimo inay noqoto qaybta hagta dhamaan wixii horumarin ah ee dawladu ama ururo kaleba fulinayaan,tani waxay sahli kartaa in adeegyadeenu fulaan wakhtiyadii ay ku habonayaan,haddii se loo ogolaado waaxyaha dawladu inay mar wadda cararaan siddii maratoonka waxa imanaysa in kala kor ku yimaado waaxyihii dawladda.Si fududna waxba kama jiraan loogu tilmaami karo horumarin waaxi ay ku samaysay adeegi ay dadka u qaban jirtay.</span></div>

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What I argue how our political should be regarded

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Nowadays and also what happiness when the election wind is near to approach  is to see all people engaging a very hot quarrel some notes and speeches which each party  talks as an agents of one party who are doing and pursuing their dreams as if they are paid or individually will be elevated,some times you could encounter in the middle of sunny day someone who is even couldn't able  meet the least responsibility which is to be able fed his self but  illogically involving obscure and  uncertain issues which he has no the capacity,information or position to waste his very limited energy.<div>
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<b>Intentions  of the Presidential elections:</b><br /><div>
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The intention  or objectives which we elect a government is to serve to administrate justice,protect the sovereignty and  distribute wealth to the larger society so as to keep haves and have not gap and properly maintain social justice which is conditional to any national security.our population is 3.85 mil (2009) with annual population growth rate of 3.14.This means that we very small in number and could easily be governed and many political  scholars and philosophers believe the same which i also consider it as true if  it follows the traditional  political rules that any political generation could sustain it's ideas.</div>
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Xaaladda Sharciqaanka!!!!

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2000 kun, Ilaa manta oo lagu qiyaaso sharciyaqaanadda ka soo qalin jabiyey jaamacaddaha dalka iyo dibadaba inay kor u dhafeen 700 boqol,oo sharciyaqaan,maxaa la taaban karaa ee ay ku soo kordhiyeen horumarinta sharciga iyo sharciyaqaanka noloshiisaba ha ahaato mid dhaqaale iyo  mid  dhaqanba?<br />
in badan oo bahda aqoonyahanka ay bulshadu u taqaano iyo bulshada inteeda kaleba waxay ku soo dhaweyeen sharciyaqaanka ku soo biiraaya bahda sharciga ha ahaato Maxkamado,Xeer Illlaalin iyo garyaaqaano madax banaanba,gacmo furan iyagoo rajaynaayey in hab socod cadaladeedka  ay wax ka badali donaan siddo kale kaalin fir-fircoon ka qaadan donaan illaalinta xuquuqaha asaasiga ah ee shakhsi iyo mid shuraakaba,illaalin donaana xoriyada lahaansha gar ahaaneed iyo midka wada lahaanshaba,muujin donaanana karti iyo hufnaan lagu oogo dacwada cabashadoodu daarantay wax ka qabad maxkamedeed,xalin donaan khilaafadka si fojignaan iyo xilkasnimo ku jirto,korna u qaadin donaan haybadda sharciyaqaanka iyo saraynta sharcigaba<br />
inagoo ka eegayna xaalka sharciyaqaanka  maanta uu ku sugan yahay,qimaynaynana sharciyqaanka cusub inta uu leeyey awood sharciyeed (legal authority) oo uu amarkiisa wax ku fulin karo isku soo wadda duuduubo waxaad modaa inay ku soo ururtay "Bisin Xijaab",lakiin suaashu waxay tahay ma lagaaga tagayaa?intee se aan Bisin Xijaabka ku sii Jiri karnaa?<br />  </div>

Xaaladda Sharciqaanka!!!!

2000 kun, Ilaa manta oo lagu qiyaaso sharciyaqaanadda ka soo qalin jabiyey jaamacaddaha dalka iyo dibadaba inay kor u dhafeen 700 boqol,oo ...

The Home Office has said it has no intention of licensing shops that sell so-called "legal highs" after a minister appeared to float the idea.

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lib Dem Norman Baker was quoted <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4018681.ece"><b><span style="color: #1f4f82; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">by the Times</span></b></a> as
suggesting such outlets could be treated like sex shops with their windows
blacked out and under-18s barred to show they weren't "harmless".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Home Office sources said his comments had been taken out of
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr Baker told BBC News he would not comment further on the
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The latest official UK figures show 68 deaths were linked to
legal highs in 2012, up from 10 in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The government has imposed bans on more than 250 substances,
officially known as "new psychoactive substances", which are marketed
at young people and presented in bright packaging.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Substances that
produce similar effects to illegal drugs (such as cocaine and ecstasy) but are
not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is not enough research about them to base a decision on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They cannot be sold
for human consumption, but are often sold as bath salts or plant food to get
round the law<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most fall into one of
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Thursday - had suggested that licensing was one way of controlling the
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The outlets, of which there are hundreds in the UK, sell
"legal highs" as well as New Age herbs, "party powders" and
smoking-related paraphernalia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Rather than giving the impression that they are harmless,
we need to consider whether or not there are messages and ways of dealing with
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We should maybe look at licensing them like sex shops with
blacked-out windows and not allowing under-18s in."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"no intention of regulating or licensing 'legal highs'"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"On the contrary, we are working to consider how current
legislation can be toughened to combat this dangerous trade and ensure those
involved in breaking the law are brought to justice," said a spokesman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deadly."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When asked about the Times report by BBC News on Friday, Mr
Baker said he had no further comment to make and referred to the Home Office
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Home Office guidance issued to councils in December stated that
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acceptable" that such substances were readily available, even reportedly
being sold from ice cream vans outside schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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them, he added, making them particularly dangerous, but there was "no
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that they are legal and safe. But sometimes they are not legal and they are
certainly not safe."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Home Office has said it has no intention of licensing shops that sell so-called "legal highs" after a minister appeared to float the idea.

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Egypt court acquits protesters

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[JURIST] A misdemeanor court in Egypt on Sunday acquitted 155 protesters who were arrested in connection with the violent clashes with police in October. The court <a href="http://www.ahram.org.eg/News/1027/25/246632/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A9-%E2%80%8F-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%85%E2%80%8F-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85.aspx" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dismissed the charges</a> [Al-Ahram report, Arabic] of assaulting a police officer and vandalism. This group was specifically tied to violence on October 6 that killed almost 50 people. Thousands remain in jail awaiting trial, including former president <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18371427" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mohamed Morsi</a> [BBC backgrounder; JURIST<a href="http://jurist.org/jurist_search.php?q=Mohamed+Morsi" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news archive</a>], following the police crackdown on protesters supporting the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12313405" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Muslim Brotherhood</a> [BBC backgrounder; JURIST <a href="http://jurist.org/jurist_search.php?q=muslim+brotherhood" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news archive</a>]. In addition, a court in Alexandria <a href="http://www.ahram.org.eg/News/1027/25/246630/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%85.aspx" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">released</a> [Al-Ahram report, Arabic] a group of 21 female protesters, including seven teenagers, previously sentenced to 11 years in prison.Egypt has faced political unrest since its <a href="http://jurist.org/feature/featured/egyptian-revolution/" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">revolution</a> [JURIST backgrounder], which began more than two years ago. Last week Egypt's draft constitution was <a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/egypt-assembly-finalizes-draft-constitution-raises-election-concerns.php" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finalized</a> [JURIST report] by a 50-member assembly, creating uncertainty about the country's election procedures. The draft dictates that elections are to take place within the first six months of the constitution's ratification. However, the draft does not determine whether a presidential election should be held before or after parliamentary elections. Also last week, Egyptian blogger and activist <a href="https://twitter.com/alaa" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Alaa Abd El Fattah</a> [Twitter feed] was <a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/11/egypt-blogger-arrested-for-inciting-protests-in-violation-of-new-law.php" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">arrested</a> [JURIST report] on charges of inciting a demonstration in violation of the country's <a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/11/interim-egyptian-president-adly-mansour.php" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">controversial new law</a> [JURIST report] restricting rights to protest. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has <a href="http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/01/un-rights-chief-voices-concern-over-increasing-violence-in-egypt.php" style="color: #6277bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">voiced concern</a> [JURIST report] over the growing violence and rising death toll in Egypt stemming from ongoing protests throughout the country.</span></div>
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Egypt court acquits protesters

Matthew Pomy at 9:47 AM ET [JURIST] A misdemeanor court in Egypt on Sunday acquitted 155 protesters who were arrested in connection ...

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This quote was taken from the speech of late Steve Jobs to Harvard students, it's one of my favorite quotes of all time.

The Lawyer Management Awards 2013: Book of the night

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On Tuesday 24th September over 400 operational professionals came together at The Brewery to celebrate excellence in operational and strategic management within law firms at The Lawyer’s inaugural Management Awards in association with Thomson Reuters. The packed awards ceremony was a chance for the legal industry’s business support staff to shine, with a shortlist of teams showing admirable innovation in grueling economic times.      <br />
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Julia Hayhoe, Law Firm Management Individual of the Year</div>
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Mishcon de Reya, Best Business Development (BD) Team</div>
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Clifford Chance were named <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/events-and-awards/law-firm-management-team-of-the-year/3009114.article"><strong>Law Firm Management Team of the Year</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/events-and-awards/law-firm-management-individual-of-the-year/3009113.article"><strong>Law Firm Management Individual of the Year</strong></a> went to Julia Hayhoe, the London client and business development (BD) director for Baker & McKenzie. Mishcon de Reya took home the <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/events-and-awards/best-business-development-team/3009107.article"><strong>Best Business Development (BD) Team</strong></a> trophy and <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/events-and-awards/best-knowledge-management-strategy/3009109.article"><strong>Best Knowledge Management Strategy</strong></a> was awarded to A&L Goodbody. <br />
Details of all the results can be found on the relevant category pages and pictures of the event can be viewed by clicking <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/events-and-awards/lawyer-management-awards-2013-image-gallery/3009101.article"><strong>here</strong></a>. </div>

The Lawyer Management Awards 2013: Book of the night

On Tuesday 24th September over 400 operational professionals came together at The Brewery to celebrate excellence in operational and strate...

Waxaan halkan hambalyo iyo Bogaadin uuga dirayaa arooskii Boqorka Eng Mukhtaar Omar iyo Boqoradda iyo Boqoradda Sucaad Sh.Nuux oo xafladooda ka dhacday Crown Hotel malintii Axadda ee 15 September 2013

Waxaan halkan hambalyo iyo Bogaadin uuga dirayaa arooskii Boqorka Eng Mukhtaar Omar iyo Boqoradda iyo Boqoradda Sucaad Sh.Nuux oo xafladooda ka dhacday Crown Hotel malintii Axadda ee 15 September 2013