Sheik Sharif, 43, is used to carrying a compass, not a gun.

谢赫·谢里夫今年43岁，他一度是拿着指南针而不是拿枪的。

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"The problem with international aid is that it often comes late and is limited," Sheik Sharif sighed.

“国际援助的问题是，它经常来得迟，并且很有限，”谢赫·谢里夫感叹道。

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Sheik Sharif stepped into Somalia's messy politics in 2004, when he helped form a neighborhood court to try carjackers and kidnappers.

谢赫·谢里夫于2004年进入一盘散沙的索马里政界，他于那年帮助成立了一个社区法庭，以审判劫车者和诱拐者。

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But in June,the president of Somalia's transitional federal government, Sharif Sheik Ahmed, said hundreds had arrived in the country to support al-Shabab.

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Secretary Clinton is also scheduled to hold talks with Somali President Sharif Sheik Ahmed in Nairobi.

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But council members began distancing themselves from al-Shabab extremists after moderate Islamist cleric Sharif Sheik Ahmed was elected in January to lead a new unity government.

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In Somalia, President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed also said his government was bracing for possible reprisal attacks by al Qaeda-backed groups.

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