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TDA Seatle chapter laid corner stones for the construction of two primary schools(tdaint.org)

Oracle provides 160 million USD worth software programs 

Addis Ababa, February 7, 2007 (Addis Ababa) - The U.S.-based Oracle Software Company, has given software programs free of charge to students in Ethiopia

Turkey pledges support to development projects in Ethiopia

U.S. calls for lifting of arms embargo for regional force

The United States circulated a draft resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's weak U.N.-backed transitional government and threaten Security Council action against those who block peace efforts and attempt to overthrow it.

See Also:United Nation webcast on resolution

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Ethiopia says seeks no permission to defend itself

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Saturday it did not need the blessing of major ally, the United States, or any country to defend itself from any threat from neighbouring Somalia where Islamists have launched a holy war. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi pledged to explore all means to peacefully resolve the bitter standoff between his country, which backs the interim government in Somalia, and the Islamists, who control much of southern Somalia. The Islamists have declared jihad against Ethiopia, accusing it of sending troops into Somalia to prop up the government. .."It is our country that is being attacked. Naturally, we do not seek any light, green, red or yellow from anyone to protect ourselves," Meles told a news conference.

Why disseminate false information?

By  Dagmawi: (11/21/06) The Ethiopian Review has a headline on its website "Fifty Meles regime soldiers surrender to ONLF in Babili" Accompanying the headline is a picture captioned: "ID card of surrendered soldiers". In fact the card is not an ID card of a soldier who surrendered at Babile recently, but a medal certificate of a deserter (according to Ogaden Online). The deserter was in the port town of Bosasso, sometime in 2002 or 2003, trying to emigrate to Yemen or elsewhere overseas.

Ethiopia’s first organized commodities market:
(Fortune):-the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECEX) will have fully automated operation, putting a large electronic billboard indexing prices on a daily basis...

Mr.Zenawe, Rising Statesman of Africa

Away from the Script and from the heart on Wisdom and Courage
Speech on ADF-5  Video Source Walta

Commission to demarcate Ethiopia-Eritrea border:
NAIROBI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - An independent commission will demarcate the Ethiopian-Eritrean border on maps and leave the rival nations to establish the physical boundary themselves...

African leaders warn EU not to lecture them on democracy
BRUSSELS, Belgium: African leaders told the European Union on Friday not to lecture them on democracy "Democracy cannot be imposed from the outside," said Ethiopia's Prime Minister... Meles Zenawi, who criticized the EU's longheld policy of making its aid conditional on economic and political reforms.

 

Turkey pledges support to development projects in Ethiopia ANKARA, Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday pledged increased Turkish support to development projects in Ethiopia as part of Turkey's efforts to forge closer ties with African nations. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Erdogan said a Turkish development agency would widen its involvement in Ethiopia by supporting education, health and vocational training there. "We are prepared to offer them every kind of support," Erdogan said. ..Erdogan said both countries aimed to increase two-way trade from the current US$150 million (€125 million) to US$500 million (€420 million) in the coming years.

Ethiopia plans total electrification by 2015

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ethiopia, whose population is expected to swell from 75 million to more than 100 million by 2015, plans to light up the entire country in the next eight years, the head of the Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) said on Wednesday. ..By 2010, the country will be able to generate over 4,000 MW of power and install 135,000 km of distribution lines as well as 12,000 km of high voltage networks to electrify 6,000 towns and villages providing access to electric power to over 50 percent of the country's population," Mihert told reporters.

Public anger mounting in Eritrea against government: Citizens: Addis Ababa, February 5, 2007 (Addis Ababa) - The people of Eritrea are annoyed as the Eritrean army supported the extremist group in Somalia known as the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Eritreans who recently entered into Ethiopia via the Mereb River said. Eritreans who crossed into Ethiopia protesting against the regime in Asmara told Ethiopian News Agency on Saturday that public anger has been mounting in Eritrea since the incumbent government sent the army and youth to Somalia in support of the fundamentalist group.

Ethiopians Will Soon CelebrateThe Millennium
Solomon Inquai Jan 28, 1999(EC):-Hectic preparations are underway in Ethiopia, both at the Federal and State level, to welcome the Third Millennium. What is more many of the States and towns across the country have designated a place for a Millennium park.

Public anger mounting in Eritreaagainest government; Citizens (ENA)

The Lying Liars of the Vocal Diaspora.(AigaforumFeb01,2007Itmaysoundanexaggerationbut the Ethiopian opposition and its Diaspora supporters are becoming an embarrassment to all of us... The recent alleged torture photograph from Addis Ababa prison is one good example. The alleged picture is not from Addis Ababa but from East Timor. Shaibya knows this for it had tired to use the same picture before in Washington DC! What is interesting is why did not Shaibya warn CUD International (KIL) about the pictures? Does that mean Shaibya is dumping Berhanu and company?

 

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi elected as chairman of NEPAD

Addis Ababa, January 28, 2007 (ENA) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been elected to serve as Chairman of the NEPAD executive organ. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's election came on Sunday at the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and 6th Ordinary Session of NEPAD.  Full Story

Official: Ethiopia foils Eritrean attack on African leaders:
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's government said Thursday it had foiled a bomb attack by bitter rival Eritrea against an African leaders summit.

US warns Somali militants may be regrouping in Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Yemen.                                                                             Addis Ababa, February 01, 2007 (WIC) – The US assistant secretary of state for Africa told the Financial Times here that she believes militant Islamists from the ousted coalition that held sway over parts of southern Somalia may be regrouping in Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and also Yemen

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Fighting terrorism with toughness, resolve
PhilipDominguezMercurioJan10.2007                                             I  must say, if this is how my country fights the war on terrorism, we are indeed looking at the wrong playbook. Perhaps America should rip a page from Ethiopia, who recently showed the world how to deal with terrorism in their midst. Just a few days ago, Ethiopian forces walloped what Ethiopia saw as growing terrorist enclave in Somalia. Islamic extremists have been consolidating their power in and around the Somalian capital of Mogadishu for months now after quelling notorious warlords in the region were threatening the U.N.-recognized transitional government of Somalia and Ethiopia itself with holy war.

 

World Bank Provides US$175 Million Grant To Combat Food Insecurity In Ethiopia:                                               The grant finances the second phase of an existing operation, the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), which is reaching over 7 million of the poorest Ethiopians through public works and direct grants.

Condemn the Arab League's stance on Somalia:
By Matthew Mainen January 8, 2007
Countries such as Saudi Arabia and Sudan claim not only to understand international law but also to follow it. Of course, such countries have broken nearly every international convention on human rights, but for these countries to demonstrate outright disdain for the very foundation of international law is reprehensible. It is disheartening that no government, international organization or politician has had the courage to condemn the Arab League's stark hypocrisy.

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US air strikes on Somalia

The US has launched air strikes against members of a suspected al-Qaeda cell in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Commander says victory proves capacity of army to avert aggression of anti-peace forces:               Mekelle, January 10, 2007 (WIC) – The victory gained by the defense forces over the terrorists is indicative of the country’s ability to avert the conspiracy of both internal and external anti-peace forces that attempt to destroy the unity of the country and challenge its sovereignty, the Commander of the North Command said.

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Dallas Man With Laptop, Cash Arrested At Detroit Airport:
DETROIT -- A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials found him carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide, police said...Sisayehiticha Dinssa of Dallas will be held in custody at least until Monday

Ethiopia asks diaspora to work at homeBBC BBC News is investigating the changing face of business in Africa, a continent once regarded as a high-risk location for investors but now increasingly a place to do business. ..After 23 years in America, Tadiwos Belete decided to sell his two swanky hair salons in Boston, Massachusetts, to return to his homeland, Ethiopia. Mr Tadiwos used to charge more than $100 (£52) for a haircut in Newbury Street, but at the Boston Day Spa in Addis Ababa he asks for just $11. So why did he want to return to one of the world's poorest countries? "I wanted to be part of the development of Ethiopia," Mr Tadiwos explains. "Ethiopia needs its own people to come back with a vision to create a new style of business in areas that have not been developed before," he says.

Ethiopian leader: Somali militants threat to world: Ethiopia's prime minister said Wednesday that Islamic militants in Somalia represent a threat to the Horn of Africa and the entire international community and that more must be done to contain them.

Commander says victory proves capacity of army to avert aggression of anti-peace forces:               Mekelle, January 10, 2007 (WIC) – The victory gained by the defense forces over the terrorists is indicative of the country’s ability to avert the conspiracy of both internal and external anti-peace forces that attempt to destroy the unity of the country and challenge its sovereignty, the Commander of the North Command said.

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Ethiopia-backed Somali government troops take Islamists hideout Yahoo! News MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's army backed by Ethiopian forces have extended their grip over remote regions in the far south of the country where Islamist fighters had been holed up for days. Commander Abdulrasaq Afgebub said the joint forces were in control of Ras Kamboni, a scrubland area on the border with Kenya to which the Islamists had retreated after abandoning their last major stronghold in Kismayo, about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu. .."The mission has been accomplished," Afgebub told AFP. "Government forces have taken control of Ras Kamboni and other areas in the zone where the Islamists were based in the last four days." "Our forces accompanied by our Ethiopian friends have totally cracked down on the remnants of the Islamists in the border area," he said, but added that the joint forces were "still tracking some of them who are hiding in the border area forest and we are going to get them."