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1154:"Somaliland postpones election again, no new date"
1249:"Election officials back June poll in Somaliland"
1156:. Garowe Online. 6 September 2009. Archived from
1112:"Somaliland: Agreement Reached on Election date"
1091:"Somaliland: Elections Slated for December 2008"
1070:"Somaliland: Presidential Term Extended to 2009"
1026:"Opposition leader elected Somaliland president"
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1234:March 5, 2010, at the
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260:Politics of Somaliland
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112:Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo
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363:Legislative
187:Percentage
1521:Categories
1334:2010-08-21
1298:Progressio
1216:2009-10-22
1164:2009-09-27
1139:2009-09-05
1118:2009-09-05
1097:2009-09-05
1076:2009-09-05
1044:2010-07-01
1007:References
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776:Background
761:Somaliland
370:Parliament
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301:Government
999:Aftermath
977:1,069,914
858:Candidate
597:Essa Kayd
470:Elections
457:Districts
414:Judiciary
313:President
233:President
214:President
1311:Archived
1259:30 April
1232:Archived
985:Source:
691:Military
624:Passport
593:Minister
380:Chairman
231:Elected
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107:Nominee
966:538,246
951:538,246
917:178,881
892:266,906
844:Britain
838:Results
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807:Denmark
696:History
452:Regions
396:Speaker
243:Kulmiye
198:17.18%
195:33.23%
182:92,459
175:266,906
135:Kulmiye
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790:Guurti
782:Sanaag
676:Anthem
671:Emblem
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895:49.59
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