BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Guns given to Somali quiz winners

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8312447.stm

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The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists have been given weapons and ammunition as prizes.......The quiz ran during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in the port city of Kismayo, and included questions about the Koran and Somali geography.
The winning team, from the city's Farjano district, reportedly won a rifle, two grenades, a landmine and office supplies worth $1,000 (£613). But the runners-up did not go home empty-handed, taking away an AK-47 and bullets.

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Created by DrPot on 18 October 2009

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absurd and does nothing more than perpetuate violence and the cascade of weapons...

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