By MOHAMMAD BEN HUSSEIN; The Media Line AMMAN - Jordan is facing a severe drought this year, the likes of which it has not witnessed in decades. The government is scrambling to find means of coping by reducing supplies to households and spearheading a nationwide campaign to encourage rationing.

Text of report in English by Somali newspaper The Somaliland Times website on 23 March The Somaliland minister of Water and Minerals Qasim Shaykh Yusuf has been accused of receiving at least hundreds of thousands of US dollars in kick-backs from foreign companies and middlemen seeking concessions for exploration of oil resources and minerals in Somaliland.

Text of unattributed report in Dari, "Rehabilitati