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The  the possibility of water wars

Especially high on the River Jordan (Israel and on the Nile rever...

Abebe Bikila among the 10 Top list

(Ethiopia): Arrived in Rome in 1960 barefoot and shocked the world with his marathon victory, an achievement he repeated four years later in ...

High prices intensify Ethiopian hunger crisis
Financial Times, UK 
By Barney Jopson in Addis Ababa Ethiopia has emerged as one of the...
 
Kenenisa and Sileshi won Gold and Silver

 

Kenenisa Bekele has won Men's 10000m, followed by Sileshi Shine and Micha Kogo of Kenya.

Haile Gebre Selassie finished 6th after Masai of Kenya and Zersenay Taddesse of 'Eritrea'.

So far The Dream Ethiopia team rank 21st.

Somalia's president accuses Ethiopia general of taking bribes

  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Aug 17 (Garowe Online) - Interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has accused the Ethiopian army's top commander deployed in Somalia of "taking bribes" from local business groups, inside sources tell Garowe Online. ...Read full story

Tirunesh Dibaba wins Gold, set a new World record

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, won the Gold,and set a new World record in Women's 10000m
Beijing 2008, China; August 15th 2008


Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia has won gold and set a new Olympic record in the Women's 10000m at the Beijing 2008 Olympic.

 

Dibaba's time of 29:54.66 was enough to break the old record of 30:17.49 set by fellow Ethiopian Derartu Tulu and hold off silver medalist Elvan Abey legess of Turkey who ran a time of 29:56.34. Bronze went to Shalane Flanagan of the United States in a time of 30:22:22. The world record of 29:31.78 seconds in this event is held by China's Wang Junxia China, set in 1993.

Dibaba, won the Gold,and set a new World record in Women's 10000m

Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia has won gold an

Investigators of Alleged ETC Shady Deal Granted Custody Extension 

Judges at the Federal High Court last week granted an appeal from investigators of the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) to keep a suspect under custody .... Read full story

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Ethiopian oddity, The Green hunger, LA Times

"No famine on our watch"

Meles Zenawi

"People lineup for food aid"

LA Times

"... investors take their information and make their assessments on the basis of the 24-hour news cycle..."

"No famine on our watch"

"...About 10 million people need emergency aid to survive until September.

"The green famine is rosy for Zenawi"

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Is Africa a Cold War Battleground?
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand 
Algeria, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda are fighting self-destruct wars, ...

... Thanks to the dwindling primary natural resources, oil and gas, the West is hounding Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Sudan's al-Bashir, and heaping blame on Russia and China for protecting them; thus setting the stage for a new Cold War to be fought in Africa.

 
 Ethiopian politician on the stump in Minnesota
August 05, 2008

That’s because opposition rallies are banned in Ethiopia, and the press is government- .... Read full story

World Economy and Great Power Rivalry: The Challenge to US Global ...
Center for Research on Globalization, Canada - 1 hour ago
... effects of drought and lower crop yields, US backed-invasion.... ...

Del.ico.us , August 4, 2008

At his final economic summit, President Bush highlighted his commitment to Africa, where he has increased assistance and programs to reduce HIV/AIDS. But a more enduring legacy may be a change in U.S. military structure that gives the Pentagon a bigger role in U.S. policies toward Africa. Read More

Malnutrition in Ethiopia series: Sheleme - Conclusion
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Belgium - July 31st 2008
Subo is bustling about this morning. In a few minutes time Julie, the MSF nurse, will finish her rounds of the beds in the large "phase 2" tents. ...

Meles The next Al-Bashir?

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