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Ethiopia gets Microsoft software in Amharic
published 1 day, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago
Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:20:58 AM GMT Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:19:50 AM GMT
US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday. (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: Amharic, ethiopia

Birr Declines Further against Mighty Dollar
published 3 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 3 days, 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
Friday, February 05, 2010 8:47:07 AM GMT Friday, February 05, 2010 8:46:45 AM GMT
The value of the Birr against the dollar has become further devalued by five per cent, after Ethiopia's macro-economic team chaired by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made the decision on Friday, January 30, 2009. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.addisfortune.com tags: economy, ethiopia

Ethiopian-flagged vessel thwarts pirate attack - CNN.com
published 3 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 3 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes ago
Friday, February 05, 2010 5:24:57 AM GMT Friday, February 05, 2010 5:24:37 AM GMT
An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.cnn.com tags: ethiopia

Ethiopian-Eritrean Friendship Conference
published 5 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 19 hours, 9 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:42:20 AM GMT
Ethiopian-Eritrean Friendship Conference to be held in San Jose, California (ecadforum.com) (more)
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Eritrean government accuses Ethiopia of blocking its right to participate in African Union
published 5 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:44:07 AM GMT
The Eritrean government has circulated a letter to African heads of state accusing Ethiopia of blocking its right to participate in African Union summits and meetings.According to a letter by Eritrean, for the last 10 years Eritrea has been denied its right to participate in African Union summits .....by Argaw Asheney (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: negaritethiopia.blogspot.com tags: Eritrea, ethiopia

Kenya, Ethiopia to inter-connect Power Grids
published 5 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:45:27 AM GMT
President Mwai Kibaki, who is attending the 14th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Tuesday met and held talks with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.topix.com tags: Addis Ababa, EEPCO, Electric Power

Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi
published 5 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:48:17 AM GMT
An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: Ethiopia Media, Ethiopia Press, Human Right Ethiopia

Putting Lipstick on a Pig, Ethiopian Style
published 6 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 6 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:09:46 AM GMT Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:56:19 AM GMT
Last week, there was a great deal of teeth-gnashing, knuckle-cracking and gut-wrenching by Ethiopia’s dictators over Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) 2010 report. The dictators belched out much sound and fury that signified nothing. Their fury had to do with HRW’s conclusion that “Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010.” (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: eprdf, Human Right Ethiopia

Stand up comedian Ben Bizuneh
published 8 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:31:36 PM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:31:18 PM GMT
Ethiopian stand up comedian (more)
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Ethiopian coffee ceremony at Northwest African American Museum
published 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 22 hours, 24 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:27:35 AM GMT
Ethiopia is considered the birthplace of coffee. Legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats behaving strangely after eating coffee berries. So he tried them, and danced with elation. When he took the beans to a monk, the monk became afraid and threw them in a fire, which sent [...] (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Coffee, economy

Mideksa: Not Forgotten
published 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 22 hours, 21 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:30:46 AM GMT
Birtukan Mideksa, perhaps Ethiopia's best hope to break out of its violent cycle, and the toll her incarceration has taken on her elderly mother and only child. There are many lines worthy of quoting in the article, but here is the one that stands out for me: (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.enset.org tags: Birtukan Mideksa, election 2002

ኢትዮጵያዊው ሮቤል በቫንኩቨሩ የክረምት ኦሎምፒክ ይሳተፋል
published 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:31:56 AM GMT
በክረምት ኦሎምፒክ ታሪክ ኢትዮጵያን ወክሎ በመወዳደር የመጀመሪያው የሆነው የ35 ዓመቱ ወጣት ሮቤል ተክለማርያም በሚቀጥለው ወር በቫንኩቨር - ካናዳ በሚጀመረው የክረምት (ዊንተር) ኦሎምፒክ ለመሳተፍ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ገለጸ። (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: Atheletics, sport

Dishes of Ethiopian Cuisine From New York’s Queen of Sheba
published 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 22 hours, 12 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:39:47 AM GMT
FoxNews.com’s Diane Macedo explores how to prepare authentic Ethiopian cuisine at New York’s Queen of Sheba restaurant. The eatery was also one of thirty-three favorite restaurants of Voice food critic Robert Sietsema, author of Secret New York. Sietsema has reviewed more than 2,000 restaurants in the last 14 years. (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: ethiopia, ethiopia culture, Food

Ethiopia: The new breadbasket of the world?
published 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:10 AM GMT
Al Amoudi’s Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, receives 10,000 hectares in Gambella to farm rice for 60 years rent-free. As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent ‘WHY ATTRACTIVE?” reads an [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: economy, Food

Best Ethiopian Blues by Daniel Fessehaye (cherie cherie)
published 11 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 11 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes ago
Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:23:33 AM GMT Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:23:16 AM GMT
Best Ethiopian Blues by Daniel Fessehaye(cherie cherie) (more)
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'Sabotage' Not Ruled Out Altogether in Ethiopian Plane Crash
published 11 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 11 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes ago
Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:15:52 AM GMT Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:15:30 AM GMT
Hypotheses and speculations mounted about a "sabotage" action in the Ethiopian plane crash which plunged into the Mediterranean sea in stormy weather earlier this week with 90 passengers and crew on board feared dead. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.naharnet.com tags: Ethiopian Airlines

San Diego and Los Angeles Rally for Birtukan Mideksa
published 12 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 12 days, 21 hours, 46 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:37:26 AM GMT Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:05:02 AM GMT
Students from San Diego State, UCSD, UCLA and UCR rallied on Saturday January 23, 2010 against human right violations and the unjust imprisonment of Judge Birtukan Mideksa, Ethiopia’s prominent opposition party leader.The students, activists, members of the San Diego [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Activists, Birtukan Mideksa, Human Rights Ethiopia

እያንጓለለ! (የምርጫ ጭውውት)
published 12 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 12 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:37:26 AM GMT Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:07:35 AM GMT
እያንጓለለ!ያ ገብስማ ዶሮ- ዘንድሮስ ምን አለ?ሊቀ መኳስ ቆመ- አራት ኪሎ ላይትናንት መለስ መለስ…ዛሬም መለስ መለስ…ነገም መለስ መለስ- መለስ መለስ ባይ።አገር አሳደጉ ሰላም አወረዱ ይህን አድርገዋል -ስሙ ያልሰማችሁ ተገቢ ነውና-በሙሉ ድምጻችሁለዘንድሮው ምርጫ-እነርሱን ባትመርጡትዝብት ነው እንጅ-ምንም አታመጡ።ኩኩሉ አለ ዶሮየምን ምርጫ ነው ዘንድሮውጤቱን ያወቅነው ገና ዱሮመለስ ሊመረጥ ዞሮ ዞሮ!እያንጓለለ!ያ ገብስማ ዶሮ- ዘንድሮስ ምን አለ? መሪው ሊቀ መኳስ-አጭር ሰው መላጣ “ላሌ ላሌ” እያለ- ይኸውና መጣ።“ቂ! ቂ!....ልደቱ ልደቱ- እያሉ ሲያለቅሱእነኃይሉም መጡ- ከእኔ ሊቋደሱ”ኩኩሉ አለ ዶሮማን ነው (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: negaritethiopia.blogspot.com tags: election 2002, Meles Zenawi

Disputed dam fuels Ethiopia-Kenya border attacks
published 12 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 12 days, 21 hours, 25 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:37:26 AM GMT Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:26:42 AM GMT
Six Kenyans have been killed and over 2,000 villagers forced to flee home in Lokitaung district in attacks by Ethiopian militia, a Kenyan official said on Tuesday. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: english.people.com.cn tags: economy, ethiopia, Food

Names of Passengers Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
published 13 days, 19 hours, 5 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 13 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes ago
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:46:32 AM GMT Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:39:26 AM GMT
The Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star has published the names of passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: Ethiopian Airlines
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