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ETV Amharic News (May11, 2008)

A Week in the Horn (MFA, May 10, 2008)

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

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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

Somalia's civil war ( By Vicki Huddleston, May11, 2008)

Eritrea: Any One Listening To What Tyrant Afewerki Has To Say? (By Berhane M Tekeste May10, 2008)

የአፍሪካ ሚሌኒየም አከባበር በአቡጃ-ናይጀሪያ(ከጌታቸው ወልዩ, ግንቦት 02, 2000 ዓ/ም)

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)

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Statement

አልጀዚራ ቴሌቪዥን ላሰራጨው ፀረ-ሰላምና አፍራሽ ፕሮፖጋንዳ በሱማሌ ክልል መስተዳድር ጽ/ቤት የተሰጠ መግለጫ(ሚያዝያ 10 ቀን 200 ዓ/ም)

GOOD GOVERNANCE ACCELERATES OUR DEVELOPMENT(Ministry of Information, May10, 2008)

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EPRDF Executive Committee begins assessing third quarter year performance of federal gov’t Addis Ababa, May 11 (WIC) - The Executive Committee of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) yesterday began assessing the performance of the federal government over the past three months.

Ambassador dismisses Amnesty International allegation as baseless, ridicules Addis Ababa, May 10, 2008 (WIC) - Somali Ambassador to South Africa, Ambassador Abdikarim Farah, said the recent report issued by Amnesty International regarding Ethiopian troops in Somalia is ridiculous and baseless.

EPRDF Support Forum carrying out advocacy works to enable Ethiopians in Diaspora play part in dev’t works here Addis Ababa, May 10, 2008 (WIC) – EPRDF Support Forum said it has been undertaking advocacy works so as to enable Ethiopians and foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin in the U.S play their part in the development works underway in the country.

Headlines Investors with over 1 billion birr combined capital operating in Bench Majji Zone Residents of Kirkos Sub-city set up consumers’ association World Vision Ethiopia undertaking over 6.6mln birr dev’t works in Amhara State Some 9.5 mln birr worth chemical factory goes operational in Mojjo town Nation attains successful results in 16th African Athletics Championship, says Federation Oromia State creates over 635,000 jobs in nine months Silte nationals benefiting from dev’t, good governance endeavors underway in the state 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                         More...

አርስተ ዜና የኢህአዴግ ሥራ አስፈፃሚ በቀጣይ ወራት የትኩረት አቅጣጫዎች ላይ በመወያየት መደበኛ ስብሰባውን አጠናቀቀ መንግስት ለግል ኢንቨስትመንት መጠናከር ድጋፉን አጠናክሮ ይቀጥላል ባለስልጣኑ ታክስና ታክስ ካልሆኑ ገቢዎች 8 ቢሊየን 277 ሚሊየን ብር ገቢ ሰበሰበ የክልሉ ሰራተኞች ስራቸውን ውጤታማ በሆነ መልኩ ለማካሄድ የሚያስችላቸው ስልጠና ማግኘታቸው ተገለፀ የደኢህዴን 15ኛ ዓመት የምስረታ በዓል በባህርዳር ከተማ ትናንት በደማቅ ስነ-ስርዓት ተከበረ የጨፌ ሴት አባላት የሴቶችን መብቶች ለማስከበርና የልማት ተጠቃሚ ለማድረግ መንቀሳቀስ እንዳለባቸው ተገለፀ አምስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ያቀረበው ሪፖርት መሰረተ ቢስ መሆኑን ተገለጸ የኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴ የሶስተኛ ሩብ አመት የስራ ክንውን አፈፃፀም መገምገም ጀመረ የዓለም አቀፍ የኢህአዴግ ደጋፊዎች ፎረም ግንዛቤ የማሳደግ ተግባር እያከናወነ ነው አምስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ያቀረበው ሪፖርት መሰረተ ቢስ መሆኑን ተገለጸ በደቡብ ከ21 ቢሊየን ብር በላይ ካፒታል ያስመዘገቡ ባለሃብቶች እየተንቀሳቀሱ ነው በዓፋር ክልል የሚገኙ የሐዞ ስማየና ሀሶባ ጎሳዎች አዲስ ባህላዊና ሃይማኖታዊ መሪ ሾሙ ለውሃ ማጣሪያ የሚያገለግል ንጥረ ነገር የሚያመርት ፋብሪካ የማምረት ስራ መጀመሩን ገለጸ በትግራይ ደቡባዊ ዞን የግንቦት 20 በዓልን በድምቀት ለማክበር እንቅስቃሴ ተጀመረ በኦሞ ወንዝ ሙላት ተፈናቅለው የነበሩ አርብቶ አደሮች ራሳቸውን ቻሉ በኦሮሚያ ለግብርና ምርት ግብይት ማሻሻያ ፕሮግራም ከ117 ሚሊየን ብር በላይ ተመደበ በቤንች ማጂ ዞን ባለሀብቶች ከአንድ ቢልየን ብር በሚበልጥ ወጭ የተለያዩ የልማት ተግባራትን እያከናወኑ መሆኑ ተገለፀ                      More...

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اتهامات منظمة العفو الدولية لاثيوبيا لااساس له من الصحة ويهدف الي خلق غطاءلتنظيم ما يسمي بالشباب

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Horn News

Award-Winning Yirgacheffe Cofffee(Caribou, May10, 2008)

Eritrean Opposition Elects Its Leaders (Awate, May10, 2008)

Pan African Parliament Celebrates Ethiopian Millennium(African Press Organization, May10, 2008)

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