In 2007, herarchaeologicalpursuitsresulted in the discovery of 5, 000-year-old rock art in Somaliland, a breakaway state in thenorthwest corner ofSomalia.
Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.
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Western chiefs at first threatened to set up a breakawaystate, but have since proposed their own man as president.
The breakawaystate of Somaliland held its first multi-party general election since it seceded from anarchic Somalia, of which it is still legally a part, more than a decade ago.