PYONGYANG Adidas Ultra Boost Australia , Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said here Thursday that Pyongyang has successfully pushed forward the establishment of its nuclear force despite difficulties, official media reported Friday.
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This is the third time within weeks for Kim to highlight achievements of the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs, amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The DPRK has detonated a hydrogen bomb and test-fired ballistic missiles this year, including three intercontinental ballistic missiles, which drew sanctions by the United Nations Security Council.
The "Hwasong 15" test-fired by the country last month was said to be able to hit the whole territory of the United States.
by Abdirrahman Hussein
MOGADISHU, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The power struggles which have characterized the formation of a new cabinet in Somalia in the past month has entrenched deep political suspicions.
This has dragged the country into another political circus at the expense of development and restoration of peace.
Such has been the intrigues bedeviling the nomination process despite the international community's calling on the president Adidas Tubular X Primeknit Australia , the prime minister and parliament to expedite the process of formation of an inclusive cabinet.
A joint statement by the United Nations and regional blocs like the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and European Union last week said further delays "would jeopardize the progress Somalia has made towards building peace and security, and critically, the country's efforts in holding general elections in 2016."
But the political machinations in naming a new cabinet has, this time around, been riddled with push and pull from the president's side, the prime minister and the parliament.
When parliament rejected the previous list of council of ministers presented by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke Adidas NMD Human Race Australia , Sharmarke took another 10 days to redraw his list, coming back with a 20-member cabinet devoid of deputies.
With this, parliament heaped more pressure demanding that the prime minister table a full cabinet and it is here that the story took a different turn.
Ali Haji Hirsi, a political analyst says the decision to drop the four former ministers, christened the president's men, who had been at the center of contention by parliament Adidas NMD Chukka Australia , was a ploy by the president to silence his critics, but still maintain them in an almost official capacity in the background.
"The recently nominated cabinet pays allegiance to the four men and the president. The deal