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Aidid's real name is Hassan. Following a common custom, his mother chose a nickname for him that she thought expressed his uncommon determination: Aidid means "one with no weaknesses." He fancies himself a poet in a country nourished on oral tradition and lives the spartan life of a nomad. In the 1950s he served in the Italian colonial police force and as a general in Siad Barre's army in the war with Ethiopia. But as a tribal rival of Siad Barre's Darod clan family, he was never fully trusted and was imprisoned without trial for six years...
...Tannery, Coach handbags and leather jackets consist of 70 percent of their current sales, said Tannery manager Tarek Hassan...
...Lebanese, including civilians on both sides. Hizballah managed to fire a Katyusha rocket into northern Israel, killing a teenage boy, while Israeli air, sea and artillery attacks likewise claimed a handful of innocent lives. At week's end Israeli tanks were poised along the Lebanese border, and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah was calling for a general mobilization of his 3,500 fighters...
...invite everyone to actually stop by a council meeting (every Sunday, Sever 113, 7 p.m.) and watch us at work. I think that you'll like what you see, because you're right, "it is time for a change"--and we're well on the way to making it. Hassan A. Sayeed...
Even though he had a 40-sec. head start, Moroccan El Hassan Mahta was "lapped" in the men's giant slalom by Lebanon's Raymond Kayrouz, who careered past the slower Mahta. Both skiers missed gates and were disqualified...