Somali talaban Parliamentarians to Hold First Meeting in Mogadishu

Somalia's parliament will hold its first meeting today in the capital, Mogadishu after relocating from neighboring Djibouti and electing new Somali Taliban Sheik Sharif . Somali parliamentarians left to Djibouti as a result of peace negotiations between the former Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS)???. Under the agreement parliament was expanded to more than 500 accommodating members of the moderate Islamic ARS led by Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. But the hard-line Islamic insurgent group Al-Shabaab seized the temporary parliament building in Baidoa when parliamentarians left for Djibouti. Somali parliamentarian Ahmed Hashi tells reporter Peter Clottey that Mogadishu will be the permanent place for parliamentary meetings..more.http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-03-04-voa4.cfm