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EPRDF Support Forum Denounces Amnesty International Smear Campaign on Ethiopia (EPRDF-SF, May09, 2008)

ETV Amharic News (May09, 2008)

The Government of Ethiopia categorically rejects the allegations of Amnesty International (MFA, May07, 2008)

Many hail nation’s preparation to host 16th CAA Championship (By Eskinder and Teklit, May04, 2008)

A Week in the Horn (MoFA, May03, 2008)

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Interview

“The fictitious reports by Amnesty International on Ethiopian Army put no damper in its efforts of helping Somalia”, Ambassador Abdikarim Farah (May 09, 2008)

The Eritrean government has a very bad history: Ambassador Gazem Ak Alaghbari (May 02, 2008)

Interview with H.E. Ato Seyoum Mesfin, FDRE Foreign Minister (Ethiopiafirst.com, May01, 2008)

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Analysis

ጥቂት ስለ አቡጃ ስቴዲየም (በጌታቸው ወልዩ, ግንቦት 01, 2000)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IS BEING ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH IN SOMALIA (ByYohannes Geberesellasie, May08, 2008)

Find your wanderlust in Ethiopia: Adventure in the cradle of civilization (Easier.com, May07, 2008)

A bird’s eye view on the education sector (By Eskinder Seyoum, May06, 2008)

In Ethio-Somali camaraderie, Ethiopia’s agenda is as plain as the nose on everyone’s face (By MM, May04, 2008)

Condemning every move of the government — will it pay?(By Yirgalem Seyoum, May03, 2008)

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Statement

the Security Council's Latest Presidential Statement on the Situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May03, 2008)

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Nation attains successful results in 16th African Athletics Championship, says Federation Addis Ababa, May 9 (WIC) - Successful results have been attained in the 16th African Athletics Championship (AAC), Ethiopia Athletics Federation announced.

Oromia State creates over 635,000 jobs in nine months Addis Ababa, May 9 (WIC) - More than 635,000 youth in Oromia State engaged in various sectors during the past nine months, according to the state Youth and Sports Affairs Bureau.

Silte nationals benefiting from dev’t, good governance endeavors underway in the state Hawassa, May 9 (WIC) – Nationals of Silte in SNNP state have been benefiting from development and good governance endeavors underway in the state, according to zonal Chief Administrator.

Headlines QSAE enhancing quality inspection works on food items Bahirdar University organizes moot court competition among universities Pathfinder International concludes five-year program here UNIDO,Hewlett-Packard to boost entrepreneurial and IT skills of African youth UK to extend 2.5 billion birr donation for poverty reduction endeavors MoH underscores need for sanitation of schools to ensure health of students UNIFEM commends efforts underway towards ensuring gender equality Investors with over 2 billion birr combined capital operating in S. Omo Zone Archaeologists unearth Queen of Sheba's Palace at Axum NGO stresses need to give particular attention to rural community in the fight against HIV/AIDS Youth in Adigrat town vow to change their livelihoods engaging in micro, small-scale enterprises Amhara State to disburse 100 mln birr loan next Ethiopian year Over 2.8mln people undergo VCT in nine months Majority of bakeries in metropolis fail to meet standard, says QSAE Djibouti urges Security Council for prompt response against Eritrea’s provocation Indian company donates 1 mln birr for expansion of elementary school in SNNP State UNHCR closes two camps in W.Ethiopia following successful repatriation to S. Sudan MoARD underlines need for efficient utilization of biodiversity resources to beef up agricultural sector FIRA collects over 5.9 billion birr revenue in nine months                         More...

አርስተ ዜና በግድቦች ያጋጠመውን የውሃ መጠን መቀነስ ተጽዕኖን ለመቋቋም ጥረት እየተደረገ መሆኑ ተገለፀ 16ኛው የአፍሪካ አትሌቲክስ ሻምፒዮና የተሳካ ውጤት የተመዘገበበት መሆኑ ተገለፀ በዞኑ ከ2 ቢሊየን ብር የሚበልጥ ካፒታል ያስመዘገቡ ባለሃብቶች በኢንቨስትመንት ተሰማሩ ሙስናን መከላከል የሚቻለው ህብረተሰቡና አስፈፃሚ አካላት ተቀናጅተው ሲሰሩ መሆኑ ተገለጸ በኦሮሚያ ክልል ከ635 ሺ በላይ ወጣቶች የስራ ዕድል አገኙ የስልጤ ህዝብ በልማትና መልካም አስተዳደር ዘርፎች ተጠቃሚነቱ መረጋገጡ ተገለፀ በዓዲግራት የሚገኙ ወጣቶች በጥረት ራሳቸውን ለመለወጥ ወሰኑወጣቶች በጥረት ራሳቸውን ለመለወጥ ወሰኑ በዓዲግራት በዓዲግራትየሚገኙ ወጣቶች በጥረት ራሳቸውን ለመለወጥ ወሰኑ ድርጅቱ ለ40 ሚሊየን ሰዎች የስነ-ተዋልዶ ጤናና የቤተሰብ ምጣኔ ትምህርት መስጠቱን ተገለፀ በትግራይ የህጻናት ችግር ለመፍታት ህብረተሰቡ ልዩ ትኩረት እንዲሰጥ ተጠየቀ የአምሳለ ፍርድ ቤት ክርክር ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ በባህርዳር ዩኒቨርስቲ አዘጋጅነት ተካሄደ የኢትዮጵያ የጥራትና የደረጃዎች ባለስልጣን ዓለም አቀፍ እውቅና ባገኘባቸው መስኮች የጀመረውን ስራ ቀጥሏል እንግሊዝ ለኢትዮጵያ የ2 ነጥብ 5 ቢሊየን ብር እርዳታ ሰጠች ኢትዮጵያ ለሴቶች እኩልነትና ተጠቃሚነት ትኩረት ሰጥታ በመስራት ላይ መሆኗ ተገለጸ ተማሪዎች በየትምህርት ቤቶቻቸው ጤናቸው ተጠብቆ እንዲማሩ ትኩረት ሊሰጣቸው እንደሚገባ ተገለጸ የ10ኛና የ12ኛ ክፍል የሀገር አቀፍ ፈተና ከግንቦት 26 እስከ ሰኔ 4 እንደሚሰጥ ተገለጸ በዓዲግራት የሚገኙ ወጣቶች በጥረት ራሳቸውን ለመለወጥ ወሰኑ በዞኑ ከሁለት ቢሊየን ብር በላይ ካፒታል ያስመዘገቡ ባለሃብቶች በኢንቨስትመንት መስክ ተሰማርተዋል                      More...

الأخبار العربية

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حث المواطنين علي المشاركة في حل مشاكل الاطفال

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Horn News

Djibouti president says in 'tricky' standoff with Eritrea(AFP, May09, 2008)

Somalia peace talks to get underway in Djibouti: UN(AFP, May09, 2008)

Ethiopia launches coffee branding drive after Starbucks row(AFP, May09, 2008)

The OIC participates in Somalia’s reconciliation conference(Reliefweb, May09, 2008)

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World News

A New Deal for Global Food Policy(World Bank, May07, 2008)

WTO cannot immediately ease food crisis-Lamy(Reuters, May07, 2008)

"I love you Mom but can't afford to send flowers"(Reuters, May07, 2008)

Africa told to focus on entrepreneurship development (IPPMedia, May06, 2008)

Veteran rebel says neighboring countries not neutral in Darfur crisis (Sudan Tribun, May06, 2008)

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