SOMALIA: OLYMPICS BRINGS HOPE TO GROUP OF ATHLETES FROM SOMALIA WHO HAVE CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT SPORTS CAN FOR A COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY CIVIL WAR

Record ID: 977318

  • Title: SOMALIA: OLYMPICS BRINGS HOPE TO GROUP OF ATHLETES FROM SOMALIA WHO HAVE CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT SPORTS CAN FOR A COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY CIVIL WAR
  • Date: 2nd September 2000
  • Summary: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (FILE,RECENT, 2000) (REUTERS) FILE 1. VARIOUS OF MOGADISHU BUILDINGS DESTROYED 2. CLOSE SHOT FORMER MARXIST DICTATOR SIAD BARRE 3. VARIOUS OF GANGS OF MILITIA MEN FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF STREETS 4. VARIOUS OF STARVING POPULATION LEFT BY WAR 5. VARIOUS OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM UNITED NATIONS MISSION TRYING TO KEEP PEACE 6. MILITIA MEN FIGHTING AMERICANS SOLDIERS 7. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID BEING LOADED RECENT 8. SOMALIS PLAYING BASKETBALL 9. ATHLETICS TRAINING 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOHAMED TURABI FROM SOMALI OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS: "We use sports to reduce violence and to provide the community with tolerance and to respect each another." 11. GROUP OF OLYMPIC ATHLETES ON STRETCHING EXERCISES 12. CLOSE SHOT ABUKAR MOHAMED 13. VARIOUS OF MOHAMED RUNNING 14. ABUKAR MOHAMMED WALKING INTO HIS HOUSE 15. ABUKAR MOHAMMED GOING INTO BUILDING RAVAGED BY GUN SHOTS 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARATHON RUNNER ABUKAR MOHAMMED SAYS: "Everybody will ask himself what is somalia - there is no government for ten years and they are participating in the olympic games - that will be a surprise." 17. CLOSE SHOT MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER SAFIYA HUSSEIN 18. HUSSEIN TALKING WITH MANAGER 19. HUSSEIN RUNNING 20. (SOUNDBITE) (Somali) MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER SAFIYA HUSSEIN SAYS "One day in the stadium some old men told me its demeaning for a woman to run in the streets, why dont you stay at home and do the cooking and sweeping instead." 21. VARIOUS OF ABDISAMMAD JAMALE PLAYING TENNIS 22. JAMALE IN THE GYM 23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ABDISAMMAD JAMALE SAYS "My uncle always told me to put all my efforts into tennis. Thats why Im going to the olympic games in the name of Somalia and the name of my uncle." 24. WIDE OF JAMALE AND OTHER ATHLETE IN GYM 25. SPECTATORS WITH SOMALIA'S FLAG IN OUTDOOR SPORTS ARENA 26. ATHLETES ON EXERCISE ROUTINE 27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ABUKAR MOHAMMED SAYS: "In the future I think we will the best one in the world, I hope." 28. ATHLETE RUNNING PAST DESTROYED WAR TANK Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th September 2000 13:00
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  • Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • Country: Somalia
  • Reuters ID: LVA5DKMOW14GUN7LBPZ78L51F22T
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