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As such, the so-called agreement that would allow Nairobi to collect taxes for Mogadishu is a far-fetched dream that brings into question Kenya's questionable role in Somali internal affairs.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.
  2. adjective Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic: the internal contradictions of the theory.
  3. adjective Located, acting, or effective within the body.
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  • He was never satisfied with the explanations which the Italian amateurs attempted to give him of what they called the internal light of that master's productions. —  The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.
  • Vali Nasr, of Tufts, called the internal displacement of communities in Iraq a form of "ethnic cleansing." —  DaddyBlogger.com
  • Some are internal, and those WILL work on a modern desktop. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • These tensions have contributed to the decline of dynasties in centuries past, opening the space for foreign interference in Chinese internal politics. —  WORLDMag.com
  • As long as the internal organisations of the public sector are top-down, fragmented and semi-oblivious to the real potential of their staff, all the participatory democracy in the world can be soaked up and defused or blocked by hierarchical structures and bureaucratic procedure. —  Red Pepper
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  1. Middle English internall, from Old French internel, from Medieval Latin internālis, from Latin internus, from inter, within; see en in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French internel; as intern + -al.
 

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