Somalia: Table tennis cup 2006 concluded in Mogadishu

Life goes on for most Somalis despite heinous, headline-grabbing crimes and the associated negative publicity.

Speaking of which, Al-Jazeera quotes Sheikh Ahmed on Monday's bomb blasts in Baidoa.

“It seems that there were many conspiracies plotted against this country (Somalia)”, he said. He urged all officials to be on alert to confront such plots and bear their responsibilities. “I accuse foreign countries particularly Ethiopia of planning for such an act as it seeks to get its troops into Soamlia and to justify its position before the UN”, he told Aljazeera. He criticized the Somali foreign and interior ministers for the “unaccountable statements” they made about the incident.