Zion Zadok is an Eritrean-born Israeli singer, songwriter, composer, and musician.
Biography
* Zadok was brought to Israel at the age of five by his parents.
* Zadok won numerous Israeli cultural awards such as Kinor David for best vocal performance of the hit song recording HaKotel (Hebrew for The Western Wall) with his Darom Duo partner Dany Golan.
* Their other hit Shir Ahava Yashan ("Old Love Song") or Anita ve Juan got the most radio rotation.
* The prestigious title "Band of the year" Zadok shared with his duo partner twice, two years in a row.
* More famous records of the duo include Casanova, Sisu Et Yerushalaim, Yom Alef BeShavua, BaIr HaZot Shalom.
Biography
* Zadok was brought to Israel at the age of five by his parents.
* Zadok won numerous Israeli cultural awards such as Kinor David for best vocal performance of the hit song recording HaKotel (Hebrew for The Western Wall) with his Darom Duo partner Dany Golan.
* Their other hit Shir Ahava Yashan ("Old Love Song") or Anita ve Juan got the most radio rotation.
* The prestigious title "Band of the year" Zadok shared with his duo partner twice, two years in a row.
* More famous records of the duo include Casanova, Sisu Et Yerushalaim, Yom Alef BeShavua, BaIr HaZot Shalom.
Since 2008, there have been several bombings in Mogadishu. Some of these have clearly been part of the Somali Civil War while the relationship between other bombings and the war remains unclear.
2008
The 2008 Mogadishu bombings occurred on 3 August 2008. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said. Mogadishu residents gathered around victims of the bomb attack along the city's Maka Al Mukarama Road. The bomb blast wounded another 46 people, most of them Somali women who had gathered to clean Maka Al Mukarama Road in southern Mogadishu's Kilometer 4 district, according to Medina Hospital director Dr. Dahir Dhere.
It is unclear who was behind the attack. Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, who was recently fired by the country's prime minister, blamed the Islamic Courts Union for waging the attack. But the head of the Islamist insurgent group, Abid Rahim Ise Adow, denied any involvement and blamed for orchestrating the attack. The victims were participating in a program that allows Somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food. The United Nations' World Food Program organized the program, which began last year and is administered by Mogadishu's regional authority.
2009
African Union base
Two large-scale attacks against AMISOM soldiers carried out by al-Shabaab suicide bombers in Mogadishu, Somalia occurred in 2009. One occurred in February while the other occurred in September.
On 22 February 2009, an attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab against the base of the African Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. The attack, carried out by a suicide bomber in a car and one on foot, left 11 Burundian soldiers dead and 15 others seriously hurt. The car bomber was a Somali contractor who had easy access to the base. The Burundian troops, part of the 3,400 strong AU force in Somalia, were unloading supplies when they were hit by the blast.
On 17 September 2009, twin suicide bombings ripped through the headquarters of AMISOM in Mogadishu, killing 17 soldiers in the deadliest such attack against the mission. The bombers were able to enter the base using two stolen white UN cars and struck a meeting between the peacekeepers and the transitional government. Brigadier General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza of Burundi, the deputy head of AMISOM, was killed in the blast, while the mission's Ugandan commander, General Nathan Mugisha, was wounded. Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan. Shelling by both insurgents and AMISOM after the bombings killed 19 Somali civilians. and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives.
The attack took place inside the meeting hall of the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu during a commencement ceremony for medical students of Benadir University and was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a woman, "complete with a veil and a female's shoes", according to Minister of Information Dahir Mohamud Gelle. According to witnesses, the bomber approached a speakers' panel, verbally greeted them with the phrase "peace", and detonated his explosives belt. Former Minister of Health Osman Dufle, who was speaking when the blast happened, reported that he had noticed an individual wearing black clothing moving through the audience immediately before the explosion. and five ministers of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). people and injured around 70 others.
The bombings occurred around local time (10:00 UTC). It is believed that Fuad Mohamed Qalaf, an upper-level official within al-Shabaab, was the intended target of the attacks. Qalaf was reported to have suffered only minor injuries to his hands.
The attack was the deadliest in Mogadishu since the Hotel Shambo bombing in December 2009. Information Minister Dahir Mohamud Gelle said it was the first such attack in a mosque in Somalia.
Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, representing the African Union, said "Indiscriminate attacks on public places like today's incident cannot be condoned. I, on behalf of the African Union, would like to call upon all warring parties in the Somali Conflict to stop such barbaric attacks on innocent civilian population."
2015
2008
The 2008 Mogadishu bombings occurred on 3 August 2008. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said. Mogadishu residents gathered around victims of the bomb attack along the city's Maka Al Mukarama Road. The bomb blast wounded another 46 people, most of them Somali women who had gathered to clean Maka Al Mukarama Road in southern Mogadishu's Kilometer 4 district, according to Medina Hospital director Dr. Dahir Dhere.
It is unclear who was behind the attack. Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, who was recently fired by the country's prime minister, blamed the Islamic Courts Union for waging the attack. But the head of the Islamist insurgent group, Abid Rahim Ise Adow, denied any involvement and blamed for orchestrating the attack. The victims were participating in a program that allows Somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food. The United Nations' World Food Program organized the program, which began last year and is administered by Mogadishu's regional authority.
2009
African Union base
Two large-scale attacks against AMISOM soldiers carried out by al-Shabaab suicide bombers in Mogadishu, Somalia occurred in 2009. One occurred in February while the other occurred in September.
On 22 February 2009, an attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab against the base of the African Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. The attack, carried out by a suicide bomber in a car and one on foot, left 11 Burundian soldiers dead and 15 others seriously hurt. The car bomber was a Somali contractor who had easy access to the base. The Burundian troops, part of the 3,400 strong AU force in Somalia, were unloading supplies when they were hit by the blast.
On 17 September 2009, twin suicide bombings ripped through the headquarters of AMISOM in Mogadishu, killing 17 soldiers in the deadliest such attack against the mission. The bombers were able to enter the base using two stolen white UN cars and struck a meeting between the peacekeepers and the transitional government. Brigadier General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza of Burundi, the deputy head of AMISOM, was killed in the blast, while the mission's Ugandan commander, General Nathan Mugisha, was wounded. Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan. Shelling by both insurgents and AMISOM after the bombings killed 19 Somali civilians. and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives.
The attack took place inside the meeting hall of the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu during a commencement ceremony for medical students of Benadir University and was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a woman, "complete with a veil and a female's shoes", according to Minister of Information Dahir Mohamud Gelle. According to witnesses, the bomber approached a speakers' panel, verbally greeted them with the phrase "peace", and detonated his explosives belt. Former Minister of Health Osman Dufle, who was speaking when the blast happened, reported that he had noticed an individual wearing black clothing moving through the audience immediately before the explosion. and five ministers of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). people and injured around 70 others.
The bombings occurred around local time (10:00 UTC). It is believed that Fuad Mohamed Qalaf, an upper-level official within al-Shabaab, was the intended target of the attacks. Qalaf was reported to have suffered only minor injuries to his hands.
The attack was the deadliest in Mogadishu since the Hotel Shambo bombing in December 2009. Information Minister Dahir Mohamud Gelle said it was the first such attack in a mosque in Somalia.
Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, representing the African Union, said "Indiscriminate attacks on public places like today's incident cannot be condoned. I, on behalf of the African Union, would like to call upon all warring parties in the Somali Conflict to stop such barbaric attacks on innocent civilian population."
2015
Climb Online is a digital marketing agency. It was founded in January 2015 as a 50-50 partnership between Alan Sugar and the winner of The Apprentice Series 10, Mark Wright. The company focuses on 3 key areas: Paid-Per-Click advertising (PPC), Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Social Media campaigns.
History
Climb Online’s inception can be traced back to 2012, when Mark Wright arrived in the UK. He had £190 in the bank, a backpack of essential clothes & little else. From his hostel in Victoria, he headed out & bought a suit from Marks & Spencer & spent the next 4 days visiting businesses along the high street.
Eventually, he got an interview with a top internet marketing agency. Mark said "To this day, I remember every question in the interview and I sold myself like never before. I remember the director of the company saying "where are you living" and I smiled and said oh I live in Victoria… he didn’t need to know the specifics. I was hired and started the following Monday".
Despite the fact that he was on the losing team five times, he reached the final and ultimately won the series and the £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar; Climb Online was born.
History
Climb Online’s inception can be traced back to 2012, when Mark Wright arrived in the UK. He had £190 in the bank, a backpack of essential clothes & little else. From his hostel in Victoria, he headed out & bought a suit from Marks & Spencer & spent the next 4 days visiting businesses along the high street.
Eventually, he got an interview with a top internet marketing agency. Mark said "To this day, I remember every question in the interview and I sold myself like never before. I remember the director of the company saying "where are you living" and I smiled and said oh I live in Victoria… he didn’t need to know the specifics. I was hired and started the following Monday".
Despite the fact that he was on the losing team five times, he reached the final and ultimately won the series and the £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar; Climb Online was born.
Alexina Calvert (née McWilliam) (13 August 1898 - 19 September 2008) was a British supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Scotland at the time of her death. She was born and raised in Scotland and married her husband Nicholas in 1921. Her husband, who was originally from Dumfriesshire, became a postmaster in Inverness, then the couple moved to take over the post office in Annan in 1946. Nicholas died in 1973. Calvert celebrated her 110th birthday in 2008; visitors left gifts of flowers and chocolate, and Calvert's 85-year-old daughter was also present. She died on 19 September 2008 just over a month after her 110th birthday.
With her death, Annie Turnbull (born 21 September 1898) became the new record holder for Scotland's oldest living person.
With her death, Annie Turnbull (born 21 September 1898) became the new record holder for Scotland's oldest living person.