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		<title>By: BRUCE JOHANNESBURG</title>
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		<dc:creator>BRUCE JOHANNESBURG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>don&#039;t worry afro friends , do what you always do . invite investment into your country and then after your guests have made a succes where you were too lazey or stupid to succeed  steal it back.(only problem is the chinese will kick your butts) if you think this is nonense check out south african and ex rhodesian farmers who went to mozambique, zambia nigeria etc.when the locals see the sucess they invent excuses to end leases or make the farmers lives unbearable.africans don&#039;t honour contracts!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>don&#8217;t worry afro friends , do what you always do . invite investment into your country and then after your guests have made a succes where you were too lazey or stupid to succeed  steal it back.(only problem is the chinese will kick your butts) if you think this is nonense check out south african and ex rhodesian farmers who went to mozambique, zambia nigeria etc.when the locals see the sucess they invent excuses to end leases or make the farmers lives unbearable.africans don&#8217;t honour contracts!</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Mathis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Mathis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That rallying point should be a catalyst to concert the people into solidifying, strengthening, and maintaining that spirit of independence. Ethiopia is beautiful, rich culture and blessed by God. Famine or not, I see no reason to forfeit futures for immediate investment monies. Education and the people of Ethiopia seem to me to be a solution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That rallying point should be a catalyst to concert the people into solidifying, strengthening, and maintaining that spirit of independence. Ethiopia is beautiful, rich culture and blessed by God. Famine or not, I see no reason to forfeit futures for immediate investment monies. Education and the people of Ethiopia seem to me to be a solution.</p>
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		<title>By: Assta B. Gettu</title>
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		<dc:creator>Assta B. Gettu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meles Seitanawi (Zenawi): untruthful steward 

Ethiopia’s faith in its leaders has been eroding since Mengistu Haile Mariam to the present Woyanne regime.

First of all one cannot completely believe when one sees the total destruction of one’s own country by worthless ruffians – the Woyanne people. 

The indomitable spirit of the Ethiopian people is not any more there to protect the country from being given away to the adulterous Arabs who regularly prostitute the Ethiopia’s property for their own advantages.

The looters – the Woyanne people – are calling other looters from China, Saudi Arabia, and other countries to help them loot the few remaining Ethiopian commodities: the gold, the flowers, the trees, the books, the paintings, the golden crowns. In fact, they are desecrating the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches by confiscating the Churches’ important articles – the tabots with their Arks upon which the Ten Commandments are engraved with an especial ink by special artists.

The Woyanne government welcomes such looters with open arms and allows them to go to all Ethiopian historical places and loot any thing valuable to them and to Meles the looter. The Church leaders may try to stop them from taking the Churches’ properties but when they see a document or a letter from the Woyanne government that orders the Church officials to accept these foreign looters, there is nothing they can do but to let them take with them anything that interests them with a little fee to the priest or no fee at all.

To protect the Ethiopians’ interests all over the regions, we must document all the stolen items and documents and file grievances against the head of the looters – Meles Seitanawi. By any means, the looting must stop, and to achieve this goal, we have to work together with our right-hand man, Issayas Afeworki who knows the rich history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the secular history of the Ethiopian people.

It is true we cannot do the job by ourselves because we are prisoners of the Woyanne regime. We cannot even vote; even if we vote, our votes are not properly counted, but we must be very thankful to the Almighty God who has opened the eyes of Issayas Afeworki and allowed him to see, not only the pillage which is going on in Ethiopia in a daily bases but also the injustices being carried out by Meles Seitanawi against the Amharas and the Oromos excluding his own people, the Tigreans.

However, this man of God, Issayas Afeworki, will not rest until he sees Ethiopia standing up on its own feet and walking proudly with Eritrea, hand in hand, and ambling together on the lush grassy lands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The time of isolation and government hands off (laissez-faire) are over for Issayas Afeworki; we need his involvement in the Ethiopians’ politics, and he must teach us the art of politics so that we could quickly remove our adversary – Meles Seitanawi – and reclaim our land neglected and abused for a long time by the Meles gang squads. 
The robbery, the injustices, and the persecution will stop as soon as we invite President Issayas Afeworki to become deeply involved in our country’s leadership problems.

Neighboring countries are quietly watching the new role Essayas Afeworki is going to play in the Ethiopian messy politics; if he succeeds in removing Meles Seitanawi from power and replacing him by another bright-minded Ethiopian politician who cares for both Ethiopia and Eritrea, he will be remembered for a long, long time in the history of Africa.

Knowing that Issayas Afeworki has never been for their interests in Africa especially in the Horn of Africa, the western nations may sabotage Issayas’ efforts to bring regime change in Ethiopia. Therefore, President Issayas and all the political oppositions must work gingerly without angering the west, especially the European Union and the United States of America.

We should not concern ourselves about the African Union because it is a dormant Union, and it has nothing to do with Issayas’ move to help Ethiopia to get rid of Meles Seitanawi, the pawn of the west and the idol of the African Union.

The Arabs who have been benefiting from the Ethiopian farmlands may raise their voices against the removal of their friend Meles Seitanawi from power; however, once they see the determination of the Ethiopian people encouraged by the iron man, Issayas Afeworki, they will swallow their angers and minimize the level of their frustrations. 

Another beneficiary from the Ethiopian fertile land has been the Sudanese government; Al Bashir may have a clandestine agreement with Meles Seitanawi to help Meles in times of political changes and may try to bully Issayas Afeworki for helping Ethiopia to topple down Meles Seitanawi, yet Sudan has to think twice before it attempts to intimidate Eritrea because Eritrea and Ethiopia are now very close allies, and together they can hit hard on Sudan and liberate Darfuri.

Djibouti will never be involved in the Ethiopian politics because it has its own border problems with Eritrea, and Ethiopia has been using its ports and paying Djibouti millions of dollars; for the economic reasons, Djibouti wants the flow of this money to continue and fill its coffers.

On the other hand, Somalia will be a great help for Ethiopia to oust Meles Seitanawi, but since Issayas Afeworki’s choice is not the present government of Somalia, Ethiopia may not need the help of Somalia in order to please Issayas Afeworki.

By any means, Ethiopia needs the help of all her neighbors if possible to get rid of Meles Seitanawi who has refused to give up power to someone else voluntarily. It is, therefore, my hope to see the bright star from the north shining over the Ethiopian sky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meles Seitanawi (Zenawi): untruthful steward </p>
<p>Ethiopia’s faith in its leaders has been eroding since Mengistu Haile Mariam to the present Woyanne regime.</p>
<p>First of all one cannot completely believe when one sees the total destruction of one’s own country by worthless ruffians – the Woyanne people. </p>
<p>The indomitable spirit of the Ethiopian people is not any more there to protect the country from being given away to the adulterous Arabs who regularly prostitute the Ethiopia’s property for their own advantages.</p>
<p>The looters – the Woyanne people – are calling other looters from China, Saudi Arabia, and other countries to help them loot the few remaining Ethiopian commodities: the gold, the flowers, the trees, the books, the paintings, the golden crowns. In fact, they are desecrating the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches by confiscating the Churches’ important articles – the tabots with their Arks upon which the Ten Commandments are engraved with an especial ink by special artists.</p>
<p>The Woyanne government welcomes such looters with open arms and allows them to go to all Ethiopian historical places and loot any thing valuable to them and to Meles the looter. The Church leaders may try to stop them from taking the Churches’ properties but when they see a document or a letter from the Woyanne government that orders the Church officials to accept these foreign looters, there is nothing they can do but to let them take with them anything that interests them with a little fee to the priest or no fee at all.</p>
<p>To protect the Ethiopians’ interests all over the regions, we must document all the stolen items and documents and file grievances against the head of the looters – Meles Seitanawi. By any means, the looting must stop, and to achieve this goal, we have to work together with our right-hand man, Issayas Afeworki who knows the rich history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the secular history of the Ethiopian people.</p>
<p>It is true we cannot do the job by ourselves because we are prisoners of the Woyanne regime. We cannot even vote; even if we vote, our votes are not properly counted, but we must be very thankful to the Almighty God who has opened the eyes of Issayas Afeworki and allowed him to see, not only the pillage which is going on in Ethiopia in a daily bases but also the injustices being carried out by Meles Seitanawi against the Amharas and the Oromos excluding his own people, the Tigreans.</p>
<p>However, this man of God, Issayas Afeworki, will not rest until he sees Ethiopia standing up on its own feet and walking proudly with Eritrea, hand in hand, and ambling together on the lush grassy lands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.</p>
<p>The time of isolation and government hands off (laissez-faire) are over for Issayas Afeworki; we need his involvement in the Ethiopians’ politics, and he must teach us the art of politics so that we could quickly remove our adversary – Meles Seitanawi – and reclaim our land neglected and abused for a long time by the Meles gang squads.<br />
The robbery, the injustices, and the persecution will stop as soon as we invite President Issayas Afeworki to become deeply involved in our country’s leadership problems.</p>
<p>Neighboring countries are quietly watching the new role Essayas Afeworki is going to play in the Ethiopian messy politics; if he succeeds in removing Meles Seitanawi from power and replacing him by another bright-minded Ethiopian politician who cares for both Ethiopia and Eritrea, he will be remembered for a long, long time in the history of Africa.</p>
<p>Knowing that Issayas Afeworki has never been for their interests in Africa especially in the Horn of Africa, the western nations may sabotage Issayas’ efforts to bring regime change in Ethiopia. Therefore, President Issayas and all the political oppositions must work gingerly without angering the west, especially the European Union and the United States of America.</p>
<p>We should not concern ourselves about the African Union because it is a dormant Union, and it has nothing to do with Issayas’ move to help Ethiopia to get rid of Meles Seitanawi, the pawn of the west and the idol of the African Union.</p>
<p>The Arabs who have been benefiting from the Ethiopian farmlands may raise their voices against the removal of their friend Meles Seitanawi from power; however, once they see the determination of the Ethiopian people encouraged by the iron man, Issayas Afeworki, they will swallow their angers and minimize the level of their frustrations. </p>
<p>Another beneficiary from the Ethiopian fertile land has been the Sudanese government; Al Bashir may have a clandestine agreement with Meles Seitanawi to help Meles in times of political changes and may try to bully Issayas Afeworki for helping Ethiopia to topple down Meles Seitanawi, yet Sudan has to think twice before it attempts to intimidate Eritrea because Eritrea and Ethiopia are now very close allies, and together they can hit hard on Sudan and liberate Darfuri.</p>
<p>Djibouti will never be involved in the Ethiopian politics because it has its own border problems with Eritrea, and Ethiopia has been using its ports and paying Djibouti millions of dollars; for the economic reasons, Djibouti wants the flow of this money to continue and fill its coffers.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Somalia will be a great help for Ethiopia to oust Meles Seitanawi, but since Issayas Afeworki’s choice is not the present government of Somalia, Ethiopia may not need the help of Somalia in order to please Issayas Afeworki.</p>
<p>By any means, Ethiopia needs the help of all her neighbors if possible to get rid of Meles Seitanawi who has refused to give up power to someone else voluntarily. It is, therefore, my hope to see the bright star from the north shining over the Ethiopian sky.</p>
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		<title>By: balayat</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65517</link>
		<dc:creator>balayat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This action is degrading the value of being an Ethiopian.    When Arabs sale lands to Ethiopians they demand to change their citizenship from Ethiopian to Arab just to make sure tycoons don&#039;t plan to run away with the money because the oil land is going to dry up and no more oil can be marketed sooner or later.The oil land needs to be cultivated and turned into farm land when the oil dries up.The only possible way to do that is start taking water from Abbay and dump it in the Arab desert by irrigation which seems to be a long shot but is possible if Ethiopians support the idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This action is degrading the value of being an Ethiopian.    When Arabs sale lands to Ethiopians they demand to change their citizenship from Ethiopian to Arab just to make sure tycoons don&#8217;t plan to run away with the money because the oil land is going to dry up and no more oil can be marketed sooner or later.The oil land needs to be cultivated and turned into farm land when the oil dries up.The only possible way to do that is start taking water from Abbay and dump it in the Arab desert by irrigation which seems to be a long shot but is possible if Ethiopians support the idea.</p>
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		<title>By: Met ter</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65511</link>
		<dc:creator>Met ter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#7 Yo-as you could be a better human if you start to learn how people think with thier BRAIN not with your stomch hodame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#7 Yo-as you could be a better human if you start to learn how people think with thier BRAIN not with your stomch hodame.</p>
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		<title>By: yonas</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65360</link>
		<dc:creator>yonas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t panic to oppose the government. Can some one tell me the difference b/n selling Ethiopian land and foreign investment please? The government was doing every thing to attract foreign investors so that unemployment will be reduced, foreign currency will be higher.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t panic to oppose the government. Can some one tell me the difference b/n selling Ethiopian land and foreign investment please? The government was doing every thing to attract foreign investors so that unemployment will be reduced, foreign currency will be higher.</p>
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		<title>By: Eritrawi 007</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65347</link>
		<dc:creator>Eritrawi 007</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is time for our Ethiopian friends to stop crying for Assab and rescue the whole Ethiopia from being sold piece by piece.The weyane has come to his last breath , they can not and will not abel to control the angry , betrayed Ethiopians any more , however they can do more harm to Ethiopia before they leave office. The sooner you kick these bastrards the better you save Ethiopia. Abay Maderia yelcew Ginb yezo yezoeal alu abew siteritu. SAVE  ETHIOPIA FROM THESE LIARS,  JEALOUS ,SICK AND HOPELESS WEYANE.

I wish you all the best</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is time for our Ethiopian friends to stop crying for Assab and rescue the whole Ethiopia from being sold piece by piece.The weyane has come to his last breath , they can not and will not abel to control the angry , betrayed Ethiopians any more , however they can do more harm to Ethiopia before they leave office. The sooner you kick these bastrards the better you save Ethiopia. Abay Maderia yelcew Ginb yezo yezoeal alu abew siteritu. SAVE  ETHIOPIA FROM THESE LIARS,  JEALOUS ,SICK AND HOPELESS WEYANE.</p>
<p>I wish you all the best</p>
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		<title>By: sosena</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65346</link>
		<dc:creator>sosena</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God be with Ethiopia.</description>
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		<title>By: EPPF</title>
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		<dc:creator>EPPF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anything woyane is doing right now is illegal Period!! And The Ethiopian Freedom Fighters Should let this Asama Chiness and Arabs &quot;Our Land is not for sale&quot; Eventually Ethiopia will be FREE Soon When that happened Your so called farm will become the property of &quot;Ethiopians&quot; 
The Sad thing is that these two nations had a lot of poor people living in their country,they buy these Land not just in Ethiopia but also other parts of Africa as we all know. They do these to make a profit for themselves not for the poor people to get foods. Other ways with these amount of money they could have helped their poor people to live a better life. But unfortunately these two country Do not represent their people either they got power by force, They are a hard core Dictores who is sucking their poor people bloods for century and they knew it very well where and how to deal business with as long as they find blood sucker dictores juse like Meles they will do anything not just only land</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anything woyane is doing right now is illegal Period!! And The Ethiopian Freedom Fighters Should let this Asama Chiness and Arabs &#8220;Our Land is not for sale&#8221; Eventually Ethiopia will be FREE Soon When that happened Your so called farm will become the property of &#8220;Ethiopians&#8221;<br />
The Sad thing is that these two nations had a lot of poor people living in their country,they buy these Land not just in Ethiopia but also other parts of Africa as we all know. They do these to make a profit for themselves not for the poor people to get foods. Other ways with these amount of money they could have helped their poor people to live a better life. But unfortunately these two country Do not represent their people either they got power by force, They are a hard core Dictores who is sucking their poor people bloods for century and they knew it very well where and how to deal business with as long as they find blood sucker dictores juse like Meles they will do anything not just only land</p>
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		<title>By: Disturbed</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65333</link>
		<dc:creator>Disturbed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is next? are they going to put us in reservations? There is something seriously wrong with this logic. The land is our identity, the source our livelihood, everything that has to do with our socio economic and political culture. It’s not the most abundant resource we have to share it freely; most poor people in Ethiopia are landless. How can they give it in such huge slice to foreigners!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is next? are they going to put us in reservations? There is something seriously wrong with this logic. The land is our identity, the source our livelihood, everything that has to do with our socio economic and political culture. It’s not the most abundant resource we have to share it freely; most poor people in Ethiopia are landless. How can they give it in such huge slice to foreigners!</p>
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		<title>By: Medesksa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Medesksa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those who think Ethiopian land is for sale they better think twice!!! There is no other issue of more prominent concern for us than the selling of our lands to Arabs. No government in Ethiopia, in its history, ever sold land to foreigners. It is un-Ethiopian to sell land. It is a new development never heard of.It should be used as a rallying point. These governments and companies whio are buying our lands need to be contacted immediately. What they cannot get with guns they want to win with DOLLARs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those who think Ethiopian land is for sale they better think twice!!! There is no other issue of more prominent concern for us than the selling of our lands to Arabs. No government in Ethiopia, in its history, ever sold land to foreigners. It is un-Ethiopian to sell land. It is a new development never heard of.It should be used as a rallying point. These governments and companies whio are buying our lands need to be contacted immediately. What they cannot get with guns they want to win with DOLLARs.</p>
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		<title>By: Ethiopiaw</title>
		<link>http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9937/comment-page-1#comment-65312</link>
		<dc:creator>Ethiopiaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ethiopians what are we waiting for while woyane is selling our land? Stand up for your mother land. She is not for sale. Join hands and stop this crazy criminals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ethiopians what are we waiting for while woyane is selling our land? Stand up for your mother land. She is not for sale. Join hands and stop this crazy criminals.</p>
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