Monthly Archives: December 2008

Woyanne mercenaries 'packing up in Somalia'

(BBC) – Ethiopian Woyanne troops have started to prepare to leave Somalia on the day they were supposed to complete their withdrawal, witnesses say.

The troops were packing mattresses, personal belongings and loading trucks with military supplies, they said.

But …

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Names of 36 civilians recently shot to death released

The following are some of the names of those civilians massacred by the Ethiopian regime [Woyanne] troops in Mooyaha village, Ogaden on December 17th 2008. Forty eighty civilians were gunned down in the village center. The area was closed of …

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Classified document: Neutralizing the Diaspora

If one reads this classified document by the Woyanne Department of Diaspora Affairs, it will not be difficult to understand the drama surrounding UDJ and the activities of many of its supporters in the Diaspora, as well as the coordinated …

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Prof. Mesfin declares “politics has ended in Ethiopia”

Wzr. Birtukan Mideksa’s mentor, Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, told the Reporter that “politics has ended in Ethiopia.” Read here.

It’s to be remembered that a few months ago, he said in Washington DC: “The peaceful struggle has not started yet!” …

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An Ethiopian training airplane crashed

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) An Ethiopian training airplane crashed late on Tuesday in Butajira, located some 160 km South of Addis Ababa killing its sole occupant, the trainer pilot, sources confirmed here Wednesday.

Ethiopian air lines made the …

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U.S. gives lip service over the arrest of opposition official

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — The US embassy in Addis Ababa on Wednesday voiced concern over the fate of an opposition leader who was jailed after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked.

Birtukan Midekssa, head of the Unity for …

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Remembering Teddy Afro on the eve of another New Year

By Fekade Shewakena

NOTE: Many of you who regularly read my articles online may remember a commentary I wrote on a memorable experience of Teddy’s concert on the New Year eve of 2005 which was also my first encounter

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UDJ supporters hold a peace rally

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Obama receives stern warning

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Ethiopian Review continues to rank #1

By Teddy Abebe

Using two of the best website ranking systems, Alexa and Quantcast, below are the Top 10 Ethiopian News websites.

Some Ethiopian websites under perform when the “repeated” visits are devalued from the ranking and “Unique users” are …

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Video: TPDM fighters in action

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AIT explores collaboration with GTZ in Ethiopia

(AIT) – On 30 December 2008, Dr. Josef Most, Manager, Engineering Capacity Building Program (ECBP)/ German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Technical and Vocational Education and Training Network (TVET) Reform Programme, Ethiopia, visited AIT to explore possible collaboration between AIT, …

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Ferensay Legacion people shrug off their neighbor’s arrest

In November 2005, when the Federal Police and Agazi special forces (Meles Zenawi’s death squads) went to Birtukan Mideksa’s home to arrest her, the Ferensay Legacion neighborhood of Addis Ababa rose up to protect her. In that confrontation between unarmed …

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Berhanu Nega talks about Birtukan’s arrest on BBC

(BBC) – One of Ethiopia’s main opposition leaders has been sent back to prison to serve a life sentence, after a pardon granted to her last year was revoked.

Birtukan Medeksa was among more than 100 people jailed …

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Yohannes Gebregeorgis speaks at a New Jersey library

Those of us who were born in Ethiopia and grew up in America can attest to the sense of wonder that books provide. But what about the children in Ethiopia where the literacy rate is among the worst? Where only …

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Ethiopian Review’s Person of the Year in 2008

Ethiopian Review’s 2008 Person of the Year will be announced on January 1, 2009. The decision has been made after taking readers’ suggestions into careful considerations. Stay tuned.

In keeping with its annual tradition, Ethiopian Review will soon announce The …

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10,000 buses to bring travelers to Obama inauguration in DC

WASHINGTON, DC – As January 20th nears, people from around the world are preparing to travel to Washington, DC to witness the 56th Presidential Inauguration. Many will be making the journey by bus from around the country, and it is …

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The Ethiopian dictator is worst than Robert Mugabe

By Joe Michael

Can someone prove me wrong if I say the Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi is the worst dictator comparing to Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe? I’ll bet no one can.

There is no question that Robert Mugabe is a …

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Ethiopian filmmakers address the development challenge

(UNESCO) – Addis Ababa hosted the 3rd Ethiopian International Film Festival (3EIFF) from 24 to 30 November 2008 under the theme ‘Value Each Other’. The event attracted widespread interest with over 20,000 visitors coming to see 50 films …

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Somali’s puppet president resigns

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | The New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia’s president who has been widely blamed for his country’s deepening crisis, resigned on Monday, casting Somalia into a deeper political abyss, but, at the same …

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Woyanne arrests Birtukan to divert attention from Somalia

Once again, the Woyanne regime is trying to use the loyal opposition inside the country to deflect attention from its other problems. This week the Woyanne invading forces are withdrawing in defeat from Somalia. Woyanne death squads are engaged in …

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Birtukan’s pitiful response did not satisfay Woyanne

UPDATE

The Woyanne dictatorial regime today has arrested UDJ chairperson Birtukan Mideksa and attacked Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, according to sources in Addis Ababa.

The attack on UDJ leaders came after the Federal Police gave Wzt. Birtukan 3 days to retract …

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Groundhog Year in Ethiopia

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Groundhog Year in Prison Nation

2008 in Ethiopia was Groundhog Year! It was a repetition of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004… Everyday millions of Ethiopians woke up only to find themselves trapped in a time loop where …

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Problems of raising funds in DC for the needy in Ethiopia

The following article by Reta Asrat discusses problems surrounding fund raising efforts by Ethiopians in the Washington DC area for the needy back home.

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ለረሃብተኞችና ችግረኞች እርዳታ በማሰባሰብ ጉዳይ ላይ በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ አካባቢ በተደጋጋሚ የተከሰተው ችግር

ከረታ …

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Yodit Mesfin of Michigan Women Marketplace to speak at WERC

The Women’s Economic Resource Center (WERC) will host Yodit Mesfin at their first luncheon of the new year Thursday January 17th at the Tuscan Grille in Manistee beginning at 11:45.

Yodit Mesfin is currently the Program Manager for the Michigan …

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A Somali official says the puppet president to quit Monday

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president will resign Monday to try to end government infighting before the country’s Ethiopian Woyanne allies leave, a senior ally said Sunday in the latest in a series of conflicting statements …

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2 Ethiopians in Maryland arrested in bank robbery plot

MARYLAND (AP) – Two men have been arrested in connection with a thwarted bank robbery plot that included the kidnapping of a Prince George’s County family.

Maryland state police say Yohannes Surafel of Washington DC held the family at gunpoint …

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Ethiopians in the American Melting Pot

By Abiye Solomon

One of the truisms of American life is that anyone from any country can come to America and assimilate into the society. The idea is that America is a land of immigrants naturally hospitable to new immigrants. …

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Ethiopia: Clampdown on civil society

DAKAR, (IRIN) – Is a proposed law to regulate charities in Ethiopia an attempt to regulate a sprawling sector and block foreign political interference or a clampdown on civil society?

A draft proclamation published and revised several times this year …

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Slow starvation of brain triggers Alzheimer's disease

By LiveScience Staff

A slow starvation of the brain over time is one of the major triggers of the biochemistry that causes some forms of Alzheimer’s, according to a new study that is helping to crack the mystery of the …

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Science says it's possible to regenerate your brain

Contrary to popular belief, recent studies have found that there are probably ways to regenerate brain matter.

Animal studies conducted at the National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for example, have …

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Ethiopia’s fields of plenty – photo

By Gentil Garçon (flickr)

Ethiopia, what a strange country! Fields seem in capacity to feed the people of Ethiopia, but at the same time we are faced with one of the worst famine in 20 years. The regime of Ethiopia …

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ER video collection

Ethiopia Mama Adina – by Henny Beny, ft. Mahy
Ney Mata Mata (Ethiopian music)
UDJ meeting in Ethiopia, Dec 6, 2008
The Driver: Ethiopian comedy
Endless Famine of Ethiopia
More stuff is thrown at President Bush
Mike Tyson’s Top Ten
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1700 Somalis detained in Addis Ababa in past 2 days

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Garowe Online) – At least 1,700 Somalis have been rounded up in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa over the past 48 hours, Radio Garowe reports.

Sources in Addis Ababa said all the detainees were Somali men, …

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German navy thwarts pirate attack off Somalia

KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) — A German warship on Thursday foiled an attempt by pirates to seize an Egyptian bulk carrier off the troubled Somali coast, the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has said.

One of the crew was injured …

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Video: Ethiopia Mama Adina

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Ethiopian corn to hit South America markets

EDITOR’S NOTE: Woyanne exports corn while Ethiopians are starving.

BANGALORE, INDIA: Floriculture company Karuturi Global, which is in the process of diversifying into agricultural crops, expects to begin sales of corn from its Ethiopian operations in the first quarter of …

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Menelik Wosenachew dies at 69

Menelik Wosenachew

One of the most legendary Ethiopian singers, Menelik Wosenachew, has passed away yesterday at the age of 69, ETV reported.

Menelik had started working at Addis Ababa’s National Theater in 1965. But he spent most of his career …

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China to open vocational school in Ethiopia

BEIJING (Xinhua) — China and Ethiopia will join together in early 2009 to establish a vocational school for Ethiopians, the two ministries of education said Wednesday.

Zhang Xinsheng, China’s vice minister of education, said the school would enroll 330 students …

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Ethiopian Community in Washington honors Teddy Afro

PRESS RELEASE

Ethiopians in Washington, DC metro area honored popular Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro) at the Washington Marriot on Sunday December 21, 2008. Nearly 500 Ethiopians attended the event

Teddy Afro is currently languishing in prison after the …

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The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008

By LEE DYE

The year 2008 closes with two enormous scientific and technological challenges unresolved: How to create renewable and benign sources of energy and how to lessen the damage we’re doing to the global climate system.

Those twin …

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to spend Christmas in Ethiopia

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are set to spend Christmas in Ethiopia, according to a new report.

The Hollywood super-couple will fly out to the country’s capital, Addis Ababa – which is the birthplace of their adoptive daughter Zahara, reports …

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The billionaire and the lapdog

By Yilma Bekele

It was gratifying to see the disclosure regarding the contributors to the former president Clinton’s foundation. It is the price he paid to have his wife nominated to be Secretary of State. As a private citizen the …

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Woyanne troops gun down 48 civilians in Ogaden

ONLF Statement on Massacre in Mooyaha Village, Ogaden

The Woyanne army in Ethiopia has carried out a wanton massacre in the village of Mooyaha near the town of Ararso 50 Km north west of Dagahbur, Ogaden on the 17th of …

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Woyanne says Somalia troop withdrawal to go ahead

By Tsegaye Tadesse

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 22 (Reuters) – The African Union called on the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia on Monday to delay a move to withdraw its forces from Somalia to allow for reinforcements, but Ethiopia Woyanne said the …

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Video: UDJ honors Negasso, Beyene, and Siye

Editor’s note is unnecessary here. The video speaks for itself.

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South Dakota: Ethiopian woman raped, attacker caught

By Matthew Gruchow and Josh Verges | ArgusLeader.com

Imprisoned for almost his entire adult life, a Sioux Falls man was released on parole only three months before he was arrested again Friday for the brutal rape of a 22-year-old woman …

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Ethiopian Web site of the Year 2008

Ethiopian Review is blowing the field off.

Society of Ethiopian Web Developers (SEWD) annual election of the Best Ethiopian Web site of the year is here. This year we have seven different categories:

1. Best Design and Look
2. Originally …

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Worldwide teleconference with EPPF officials

Chairman of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front’s (EPPF) International Committee, Ato Leul Qeskis, and head of political affairs, Ato Assefa Hailu, will hold a meeting with Ethiopians around the world via a teleconference on Sunday, December 28, 2008, starting at 1:00 …

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The “bleeping” business of corruption

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

The Audacity of Corruption: Illinois Style

Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere! It seems the worldwide business of corruption is recession-proof. Last week, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on charges that he peddled the Senate …

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Ethiopian artists in Washington DC honor Teddy Afro

Several Ethiopians artists came together on Sunday afternoon to organize a special show honoring Teddy Afro who is currently languishing in jail after being convicted of trumped up charges by the dictatorial regime in Ethiopia.

Hundreds of Ethiopians who reside …

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Mahmoud Ahmed and Jossy in Los Angeles – Dec 31, 2008

Legendary signer Mahmoud Ahmed, the new Ethiopian pop music sensation Jossy, and the talented Elu will perform in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008 at THE PROUD BIRD, 11022 Aviation Blvd.

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Israel: Ethiopians protest disqualifying of candidate

By Amnon Meranda | ynetnews.com

Several dozen Ethiopian protesters rallies outside the Likud party’s Tel Aviv headquarters on Sunday, in protest of the party Election Committee’s decision to disqualify the Ethiopian candidate’s win of one of the slots reserved for …

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Kenya parliament disbands poll commission

Nairobi (BBC) – Kenya’s electoral commission has been dissolved by the parliament – a key recommendation of an inquiry into poll fraud that led to deadly protests nearly a year ago.

Last week, some 600 electoral staff went on hunger …

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Meet the Bill Gates of Ghana

By Max Chafkin | Inc. Magazine

It’s just past midnight, and Herman Chinery-Hesse can’t sleep. The 43-year-old entrepreneur is lying on his back, eyes closed, mind cranking.

He’s working through the details of a pitch to American and European investors …

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Japan launches first solar cargo ship

TOKYO (AFP) – The world’s first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers export their products.

Auriga Leader, a freighter developed by …

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Berhane Adere to defend title at the Dubai Marathon

One year after the biggest payday of her athletics career, Ethiopia’s Berhane Adere will return to Dubai to defend her title in the 2009 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 16.

Last year, the 35 year-old set a new Dubai …

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EPPF official talks about organizing the Diaspora

Ato Sileshi Tilahun, organizational affairs head of the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) International Committee, talks about the resistance group’s effort to organize Ethiopians around the world, in an interview with Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle and EPPF Int’l Committee’s …

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The Guns of Anarchy in Somalia

By Mark Bowden | The Washington Post

In 1999, when I was touring the United States to promote my book “Black Hawk Down,” the story of an ill-fated U.S raid against a rebel warlord in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, …

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GTH Bible Study Association organizes fund raising event

The GTH Bible Study Association Wegen Nefis Aden Committee invites you to sow the seed together to save the lives of hungry people in Ethiopia. As the Bible teaches us in times of difficulty, trust in the Lord and go …

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The celebration of Teddy Afro’s ideals and vision

The celebration of Teddy Afros noble ideals and vision will be held on December 21, 2008 at Washington Marriott from 4:00 pm to 10:00pm as scheduled regardless of the sham’s court decisions on Teddy’s appeal.

We look forward to seeing …

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Ethiopian regime inflated vaccine numbers to scam money

By MARIA CHENG

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of developing countries exaggerated figures on how many children were vaccinated against deadly diseases, which allowed them to get more money from U.N.-sponsored programs, a new study said Friday.

Research in the medical …

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Teddy Afro could be released soon

Ethiopian Review’s Intelligence Unit has learned that Teddy Afro could be released soon as Ethiopians around the world get organized to fight for his freedom. According to ER sources, the Woyanne regime has sensed a gathering storm and is deciding …

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Newsweek special report on U.S. elections 2008 (must read)

This is PART I of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of NEWSWEEK reporters who were granted year-long access on

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World Bank calls this “progress” in Ethiopia

The regime in Ethiopia [with money borrowed from World Bank and others] is building highways everywhere, even in the south, to connect with Kenya. But while brand new roads are open, people still walk bare feet, or on horses, like …

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Breaking News: Ethiopians use new bulbs – BBC

EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s been a while since BBC has stopped reporting any serious news about Ethiopia. Its correspondent in Addis Ababa reports about such news as energy-saving light bulbs while ignoring all serious political developments around her for fear of …

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Former prime minister of Ethiopia Tamrat Layne freed

ETV reported today that the Woyanne dictatorship in Ethiopia has freed former prime minister and defense minister Tamrat Layne from jail after 12 years of incarceration.

Tamrat was thrown in jail by his friend Meles Zenawi accusing him of corruption. …

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Man who threw shoes at Bush appears before judge

BAGHDAD (Reuters/IHT) – The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference appeared before a judge Tuesday and admitted “aggression against a president,” a judicial spokesman said.

The television reporter, Muntader al-Zaidi, …

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Mad men in charge!

By Yilma Bekele

Here in the US, the Governor of the State of Illinois is in hot water. Law enforcement agencies tapped his phone with court order of course and have evidence showing the Governor trying to sell the Senate …

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Dejazmatch Zewde GebreSelassie passed away

By Addis Journal

Prominent nobleman, historian and former deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia Dejazmatch Zewde GebreSelassie has died at the age of 80.

Born to a royal family, Dejazmatch Zewde has a had a varied and distinctive career as governor …

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Ethiopia's Coffee Crop May Fall 60% in Two Main Areas

By Jason McLure | Bloomberg

Coffee output in the two main export-growing areas of Ethiopia, Africa’s largest producer of the beans, may decline 60 percent because of drought, the United Nations said.

The lower harvest may aggravate malnutrition in southern …

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World Bank grants $50 mln loan to Ethiopia for education

EDITOR’S NOTE: World Bank knows that most of the money will go into the pockets of Meles Zenawi and gang. The rest will be used to buy weapons for terrorizing the people of Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) …

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10 things science says will make you happy

By Jen Angel | Yes Magazine

In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert …

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Mahmoud Ahmed and Jossy in Seattle, Saturday, Dec 27

Legendary signer Mahmoud Ahmed and Ethiopian pop music sensation Jossy will perform in Seattle on Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 at the Lake Union Naval Reserve, 860 Terry Ave. N, Seattle. More info: 206 419 2765…

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Video: Ethiopia suffers

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Interview with EPPF Int’l Comittee chairman Leul Qeskis

Interview with the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) International Committee’s chairman Ato Leul Qeskis with Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle and EPPF’s head of press office Demis Belete. Click below to listen[podcast]http://www.ethiopianreview.info/audio/leul_qeskis_11162008.mp3[/podcast]
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VP Cheney lauds Obama's choice of national security team

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney is calling President-elect Barack Obama’s national security lineup “a pretty good team.”

In a wide-ranging interview with ABC News with 35 days left in the Bush administration, Cheney also again vehemently defended going …

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France jails Tunisian diplomat for torture

EDITOR’S NOTE: The same fate awaits most the ruling Woyanne officials of Ethiopia.

STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — A Tunisian ex-diplomat, accused of torturing the wife of an opposition member in the 1990s when he was a police chief in Tunisia, …

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Dartmouth students share the story of orphaned Ethiopians

Two Dartmouth students turned a trip to Ethiopia into an opportunity to help shine a light into the lives of young Africans thousands of miles away.

In 2007, Ben Beisswenger, a member of the class of ’09 and classmate Zoe …

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China to make the entire city of Beijing a free Wi-Fi hotspot

By Mike Elgan | ComputerWorld

I’ve been predicting for years that Wi-Fi would get freer and freer until almost nobody could muster the gall to charge for it. Now, with the economy down and competition for scarce customers up, the …

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IRC conducts eye surgeries in Ethiopia

In November 2008, International Rescue Committee health teams undertook a week-long campaign to conduct vital eye surgeries for 89 people in Sherkole camp, a safe haven for southern Sudanese refugees in western Ethiopia. Doctors targeted people suffering from cataracts, a …

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Fairfax Virginia police kill an Ethiopian diplomat's son

By Ken Moore and David Schultz | The Connection

The call to Fairfax police about a bank robbery in progress at a McLean bank came at 11:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Ten minutes later, just across the Arlington line, …

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Ethiopians in DC demand the release of Teddy Afro

Ethiopians in Washington DC demand the release of Teddy Afro

Hundreds of Ethiopians residing in the Washington DC area held a protest rally in front of the Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian embassy to demand the immediate release of Teddy Afro. Several Ethiopian …

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The Horn of Fear

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Donkeys, Liars and War Criminals

What a difference two years make! In December 2006, Zenawi invaded Somalia to save it from the “terrorist axis of evil” — Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab and the Islamic Courts Union. …

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Robbery suspect killed by police is son of Ethiopian diplomat

MCLEAN, Virginia (WUSA) — The suspect in a bank robbery who was shot to death by police during a chase Wednesday morning has been identified as Brook Hailu, 19, of McLean. He is the son of one of Ethiopia’s former …

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Free Teddy Afro rally today in Washington DC

Ethiopians in the Washington DC area are holding a protest rally in front of the Woyanne occupied Ethiopian embassy today, Monday, starting at 10 AM, to demand the release of Teddy Afro.

3506 International Dr NW
Washington, DC 20008

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Video: A reporter in Iraq throws shoes at President Bush

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Meles Zenawi stiffs OLF and mediators

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi denied reports saying that Ethiopian government Woyanne has agreed to hold peace talks with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) without preconditions

“There are no started, ongoing or planned talks with …

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Ethiopia's Solomon Haile wins Foot Locker National Title

By Carl Little | The Washington Post

SAN DIEGO – From the moment Solomon Haile’s plane began its descent into this city, he knew it would agree with him. His eyes widened as he looked down on California for the …

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Woyanne troops gun down 12 civilians in southern Somalia

Mogadishu, Somalia (APA) – Ethiopian Woyanne troops have killed 12 civilians late on Friday in southern Somalia, following an ambush on their convoy by Islamist insurgents, residents said here.

Islamist fighters, opposed to the presence of the Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers …

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100,000 children live in the streets of Addis Ababa – video

This is what Ethiopia looks like after 17 years of rule by the World Bank-financed brutal dictatorship of Meles Zenawi’s Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne). Children living on the rough streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, describe their days and …

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Uganda says it will follow Woyanne forces out of Somalia

Nairobi, Kampala – A Ugandan government official on Friday confirmed that the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia will pull out should the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia stick to its promise of withdrawing its troops before the end of the …

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Obama asks to move into Blair House early

CHICAGO (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has asked if his family can move into Blair House near the White House a little early, but the Bush administration has said, “Sorry.”

The Obamas had asked White House officials to move into …

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UN fails to gather troops for Somalia stabilization

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has been unable to put together a multinational military force to stabilize Somalia, which diplomats said means the lawless Horn of Africa country might be left to fend for itself.…

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Woyanne revives 2005 treason trial against journalists

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – It is now a little over a year since Ethiopia’s EPRDF Woyanne-led government triumphantly announced to the world that the post 2005 election crises has finally been overcome in the spirit of the new millennium’s rallying …

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Barack Obama and his foreign Policy to wards Africa

Discuss the role of future US foreign policy to wards Africa: Expectation, Constraints and opportunities for better governance on the Continent.

TIME: Saturday. December 13, 2008 from 7:00PM-10: 00PM

HOST: Jim Tufa

LOCATION: The Oromo Center (Washington DC)
811 Upshur …

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Ethiopians in Norway demand the release of Teddy Afro

(EMF) – Ethiopians residing in Oslo, Norway, held a rally on Dec. 10, 2008, demanding the release of the popular artist Teddy Afro. The demonstration was held in front of a city hall where the 2008 Noble peace …

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Kenya govt blocks Obama family from talking to the media

Nairobi — The government has blocked Kenyan members of President-elect Barrack Obama’s extended family from talking to the media.

Family members will have to ask permission from government before issuing making any statement concerning Obama.

The government will also vet …

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80 percent of Somali govt soldiers and police desert

(BBC) – More than 80% of Somalia’s soldiers and police – about 15,000 members – have deserted, some taking weapons, uniforms and vehicles, the UN says.

The head of the UN monitoring group on Somalia, Dumisani Kumalo, said …

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Ginbot 7 launches worldwide fund raising drive

Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy has launched a worldwide fund raising campaign today. In a statement released to the media, Ginbot 7 said that the fund will be used to carry out an all inclusive strategy that …

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