NAIROBI (Reuters) – Sixty corpses of would-be refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said on Monday.

Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) …

By Wim van Hemert and Chris Turner, IAAF

Nijmegen, The Netherlands – Kenenisa Bekele, already the master of the three competition surfaces of indoor and outdoor track and cross country, will make what he describes as his ‘first serious step’ …

INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE
PRESS RELEASE

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the 31 October 2008 attack on Amare Aregawi, editor-in-chief of the Ethiopian bi-weekly newspaper …

By Laura Meckler and Jonathan Weisman

Sen. Barack Obama enters Election Day with a solid, though narrowing, lead over Sen. John McCain as both men sprint to the finish line of their long presidential race.

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC …

Anticipation that Barack Obama may become the next president has sent a steady stream of visitors to the colonial-era Jakarta house he lived in as a child, from potential buyers and journalists to an entrepreneur who wants to turn it …

OBAMA, JAPAN (Reuters) – Dancing, singing and playing the guitar, residents in the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama are readying to party for Barack Obama before Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election.

Around 50 men, women and children wearing “I Love …

By Quin Hillyer
American Spectator

TIPP, the most accurate pollster in 2004, shows serious movement in McCain’s favor, with the overall margin at 2.1 points. To me it looks like the poll may be weighted just a tiny bit …

By Fergus Shanahan

For Chicago, home town to Barack Obama, the wait is almost over. Not a single person I have spoken to in this seething, edgy metropolis on the shores of Lake Michigan believes their man will not be …

By Magdalena Rahn, SofiaEcho

The United States embassy in Sofia gave Bulgarians the opportunity to “vote” in mock presidential elections in the city of Karlovo and in the village of Banya on November 2 2008. Bulgarian National Television reported on …

By Ashish Prashar
New Statesman

Obama may be looking like a shoe in but Democrats have had too many disappointments in recent years to relax just yet

A few hours out from Election Day, both candidates have made their closing …

By Michelle Cottle, Christopher Orr, Jason Zengerle
The New Republic

Barack Obama’s position has become somewhat stronger since our update on Sunday. We now have him with a 5.8 point lead in the national popular vote, and winning the election …

By RENATA GOLDIROVA, EU Observer

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Some 130 million American voters will elect on Tuesday (4 November) the new man to take over the White House. Be it Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, the winner …

Obama Family Moments: Barack and Michelle Obama with daughers Malia Ann and Sasha.

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Obama fever grips Kenya: Minibuses festooned with Obama’s image ply Kenya’s roads (Fox News)

NAIROBI, KENYA – Senator Barrack Obama’s relatives have congregated at Nyangoma Kogelo village and will remain together until after Tuesday’s US presidential elections.

They have set …

Obama fever grips Kenya: Minibuses festooned with Obama’s image ply Kenya’s roads (Fox News)

NAIROBI, KENYA – Senator Barrack Obama’s relatives have congregated at Nyangoma Kogelo village and will remain together until after Tuesday’s US presidential elections.

They have set …

By JOHN HARWOOD
The New York Times

If Tuesday’s election were confined to white America, polls show, Senator Barack Obama would lose.

And yet Mr. Obama’s strength across racial lines lies at the heart of his lead in the polls …

PRINCETON, NJ — Voters’ presidential preferences remain favorable to a Barack Obama win on Tuesday, with 51% of traditional likely voters supporting the Democratic nominee for president, and 43% backing John McCain. An additional 1% say they support some other …

By NEDRA PICKLER and LIZ SIDOTI

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a …

By Andrew Rawnsley
The Observer, London, UK

People do lie to pollsters. Pollsters can screw up their measures of voting intention. Voting intentions can change in the frenetic last furlong before election day. The man himself constantly cautions the …

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND – Montgomery County police say a Gaithersburg man was killed after being hit by a car in Rockville.

Police say 27-year-old Bereket L. Mamo, an immigrant from Ethiopia, was walking on East Gude Drive when he was hit …

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – A last-minute visa hitch has forced a Melbourne Ethiopian refugee to wait one more day to be reunited with four of his children he hasn’t seen in a decade.

Jemal Ambo fled Ethiopia in 1998, leaving behind …

MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Islamist insurgents have peacefully taken over the coastal town of Marka in the south of Somalia and announced the formation of an Islamic administration, local residents and reports from the southern town said Sunday.

“There were no …

By Yilma Bekele

The November 2005 massacre of 193 Ethiopians by government forces is one of the darkest days in our ancient history. It was the final deathblow to any hope and reconciliation wished by all war and conflict weary …

SHILABO, ETHIOPIA (a href=”http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8674amp;tirsan=3″Mareeg/a) – Heavy fighting was taking place in the Somali town of Shilabo in Ogaden, eastern Ethiopia, between forces belonging to rebel group Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Woyanne regime troops later on Saturday.

Residents in …

CAIRO, EGYPT — A group that abducted a female Japanese doctor and a male Dutch nurse serving as aid workers in Ethiopia is demanding $3 million in ransom, a man claiming to be leader of the group told Kyodo News …

By Guershon Nduwa

The press of current events caused me to postpone recounting a rare happening that I watched on Guysen cable TV, the Israeli French-language channel broadcasting from Jerusalem. Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian origin were demonstrating in front …

Sudanese armed forces have found a Chinese survivor of a group of nine colleagues kidnapped from an oil field nearly two weeks ago.

China’s government says four were killed after a botched rescue attempt earlier this week and three escaped …

By William Hershey

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Joe’s familiar to most Americans by now. He’s Republican John McCain’s best friend and campaign sidekick.

Joe — actually Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — met up with Democrat Barack Obama in suburban Toledo last month …

By John Powers, Boston Globe

NEW YORK – This is where unfulfilled Olympians come for redemption and a Gotham-sized consolation prize, as Bill Rodgers first did in 1976. Paula Radcliffe came up lame in Beijing and placed a career-worst 23d. …

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to …

By Stan Dyer, Denver Dining Examiner

There have always been many Italian, Chinese and Mexican variant restaurants to choose from in Denver, but, recently, a number of new cuisines are adding their mix to the lot. One of these is …

Former chief of staff President Ronald Reagan, Ken Duberstein, told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.

Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official – Colin Powell – in …

How do racists, anti-Semites and all-purpose hate-mongers view the possibility of America’s first black president? Not necessarily the way you think they would.

By David Peisner, ESQUIRE

If recent polls are to be believed, white voters favor John McCain over

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By Antony Sguazzin and Nicky Smith, Bloomberg

Dissident members of South Africa’s African National Congress decided to form a new party and fight next year’s elections after they were angered by the ruling party’s ouster of Thabo Mbeki as national …

By BETH FOUHY and DAVID ESPO

SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA (AP) — Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House, the Republican digging for an upset …

PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday by an identical 52% to 42% margin among both traditional likely voters and expanded likely voters. Obama leads by a similar …

WASHINGTON DC – An Ethiopian runner is expected to finish a marathon among the top athletes but at last Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC, Jiitu Abraham of Ethiopia finished the 42 kilometers run in 6 hours 13 minutes.…

Obama tells supporters to expect more attacks to come.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama held onto his solid lead in the polls and appeared confident of capturing the US presidency in the historic race, but steeled his supporters for …

(KGMB9) – Hawaii’s top health official is trying to stop a rumor about Barack Obama that says he was born in Kenya and therefore isn’t allowed to run for President.

That claim has been spreading online but Hawaii officials say …

By Mike Krueger and Carol Stream

Guilt by association is risky strategy. Republicans decry Obama’s connection to Ayers and Wright. Republicans also say they want to look forward but they continually look back. Go figure.

Using Republicans standards, how about …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press …

By KELLY MCGILLIS, Peterborough Examiner

PETERBOROUGH, CANADA – Two local lawyers, Kathy Church of Sustainable Solutions and Sarah Armstrong of GE are holding a Coffee House fundraiser for Ethiopia that includes a silent auction and concert at the Gordon Best …

Ethiopian Wolves, one of Ethiopia’s most endemic mammals, are currently dying because of a rabies outburst in the Bale Mountains National Park.

The main habitat for the Ethiopian Wolf are areas 3200 ms above sea level, namely Abune Josseph Mountain, …

John Podhoretz, Commentary Magazine

This is why it might happen. Not saying it will.

1) One poll has undecided voters at 14 percent on the last weekend, which means most of them probably really aren’t undecided, that they are either …

PRINCETON, NJ — The political landscape could be improving for Barack Obama in the waning days of the campaign. Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 28-30 shows him with an eight percentage point lead over John McCain among traditional likely …

By Philip Emeagwali

According to history books, gun-wielding European slave traders kidnapped one in five Africans and transported them across the oceans to the Americas. A less visible, but no means less drastic technological tool of suppression, is the compass, …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – An Indian cultural music group has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a two-week cultural tour in the country, APA learnt here on Friday.

The Indian embassy in Ethiopia said that the team …

The popular U.S. news web site, Drudge Report, has linked a report that is published on Ethiopian Review today. A few house later, Ethiopian Review’s powerful server was overloaded and crashed several times. The site was accessed over 18,000 …

Chairman of the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF), Arbegna Meazaw Getu, has announced that the executive committee has decided to relieve Dr Mussie Tegegn from his responsibility as head of external relations. The letter signed by Arbegna Meazaw states that …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Editor-in-Chief of The Reporter, Ato Amare Aregawi, was beaten up today in Addis Ababa by at least three unknown individuals. Sources told Ethiopian Review that Amare was shot, not just beaten up. He is critically wounded …

By Tizita Kebede
The Daily Monitor

The Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) announced on Wednesday its plans to start off operation of installed high-tech multi-inclusive equipments, and thus entertain about 6.5 million more customers during the current fiscal year.

While conferring …

By Julie Montanaro, WCTV.tv

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A candidate for Leon County Judge is under fire as sources tell Eyewitness News, she has a felony arrest on her record.

Nina Ashenafi Richardson, a native of Ethiopia, was the top vote …

By Brady Gervais, TwinCities.com

Negussie Bussa and Leyouwerk Tsegaye must decide: Leave their two youngest daughters behind to an uncertain future when they are deported, or take them to the couple’s native Ethiopia where they fear possible death.

The Roseville …

By ERIC OLOO

The Kenya family of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has halted all media engagements until after the US presidential election on November 4 .

The move has been taken to give Obama’s paternal grandmother, Mama Sarah …

PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters based on current …

Derartu Tulu and Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia are among them.

By Brett Larner

On Oct. 28 the Tokyo International Women’s Marathon announced the elite field for the event’s 30th and final running, to take place Nov. 16. Top domestic runners …

Tuskegee, Alabama – Tuskegee University’s Nursing Program in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health was recently awarded a $1,279,302, three-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Obama campaign and supporters better not be complacent. Every body should be running scared in these last few days.

BY JIM ASH, FLORIDA TODAY

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist is taking heat from fellow Republicans for a last-minute …

By Michael Duffy, TIME

With less than a week of campaigning left, Democrat Barack Obama is holding stable or growing leads over Republican John McCain in Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio, according to a new set of TIME/CNN battleground-state polls …

By Helen Massy-Beresford

PARIS (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines is setting a new target of sales of “at least” $1.5 billion by 2015 after coming close to its achieving its 2010 aim of $1 billion sales this year, chief executive Girma …

By Anthony Anamelechi, Tallahassee.com

QUNICY, FLORIDA – A tip from the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office helped Quincy police arrest two suspects in the Oct. 8 shooting of a local businessman.

Lewlis Telsusca, 35, and Tamika Reese, 21, were arrested Tuesday …

By Hallygan Agade, KBC

Kenyan teams continued with their winning streak in the second day of the Africa Zone Five basketball championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

National men’s champions KCB Lions narrowly trounced Ethiopia’s Marine 71-69 after a 34-27 lead …

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MareegOnline

NAIROBI, KENYA – Somali Prime Minister Nur Hasan Hussein (Nur Adde) has told some Somali MPs that the Ethiopian government Woyanne was causing trouble for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG)

The prime minister issued this remarks following …

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ሴናተር ባራክ ኦባማ የመጀመሪያው ጥቁር የአሜሪካ ፕሬዝዳንት ሆነው ቢመረጡ ታላቅ ታሪካዊ ሁኔታ እንደሚሆን አይጠረጠርም። አሜሪካ ውስጥ ለዘመናት በጥቁሮች ዘር ላይ ከባርነት አንስቶ ከፍተኛ ጭቆና፣አድልዎና ንቀት እንዲሁም በርካታ ኢሰብአዊና …

By Josh Novikoff, DCist.com

In a DCist interview several weeks ago, Tyler Cowen declared that Zenebech Injera at 6th and T Streets NW was serving up the best Ethiopian food in town. We put the advice of the economics professor/ethnic …

By Barry Malone

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) – Developed countries are planning to cut aid to Africa due to the global financial crisis, a senior African Union (AU) commissioner said on Wednesday.

While Africa is relatively protected from the global …

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey recognizes Department employees and others for their service at Annual Awards Ceremony. Tsedey C. Berhanu, a native of Ethiopia, is one of those who were recognized for outstanding service.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Attorney General …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Why doesn’t the fat pig talk about the children in Ethiopia who are dying of starvation while he stuffs his face 20 times a day? Here, according to WIC, a Woyanne propaganda outlet, the fake president talks about …

After the Holocaust the world said ‘never again to genocide’ yet our will to prevent the murder and distruction of particular people was not sufficient to stop further genocide in this world to present day.

To day in Ogaden a …

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Suicide attacks rocked government and United Nations offices in two regions of northern Somalia on Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of people and shattering a sense of relative calm there, according …

Leaders of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) will travel to Europe starting Nov 7 next week. The delegation is headed by UDJ chairperson Wzt. Birtukan Mideksa. The countries they plan to visit include Germany, U.K., Sweden, Belgium and …

By Eboni Farmer, The Hilltop

The power of the vote means so much to Mike Endale that he co-founded the D.C. chapter of Ethiopians for Obama — and he isn’t even eligible to vote during this election.

Endale, who immigrated …

PRINCETON, NJ — The gap between Barack Obama and John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Saturday through Monday has narrowed slightly, and Obama is now at 49% of the vote to 47% for McCain among likely voters using …