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Fetched: May 16th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT
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EthiopianNewsAgency May 16 2008 6:29PM GMT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:15pm EDT
Source: Reuters * Obama says U.S. should negotiate with Iran
* Republican McCain calls Obama reckless
* White House says baffled by Obama
(Adds McCain response)
By Jeff Mason
WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 ( ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:14pm EDT
Source: Reuters * First cases of cholera confirmed
* New storm lashes Irrawaddy delta
* U.N. humanitarian chief to arrive on Sunday (Adds U.N. official to meet Myanmar prime minister on Sunday)
By Aung Hla Tun ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, May 16, 2008) The president of Poland, the leader of Uganda, and the UK Home Office are making prejudicial policies and public statements that deny people's dignity and endanger their ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:07pm EDT
Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, May 17, 2008) Governments should not endorse the results of Burma's fatally flawed constitutional referendum, but instead renew pressure for genuine democratic reform in Burma, Human ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:02pm EDT
Source: Reuters (Adds U.S. comment, paragraph 11)
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - The United Nations sees renewed momentum for a global ban on cluster bombs as more than 100 nations -- but ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:58pm EDT
Source: Reuters (Adds reference to pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling)
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI, May 16 (Reuters) - Charges against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks should be thrown ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:43pm EDT
Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home
on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff
with the president.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:17pm EDT
Source: Reuters By Cris Chinaka
HARARE, May 17 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:16pm EDT
Source: Reuters By Jane Sutton
MIAMI, May 16 (Reuters) - Charges against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks should be thrown out because they were improperly influenced by a ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:14pm EDT
Source: Reuters May 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end their political conflict.
The talks will be held according to the terms of a deal brokered by a ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:13pm EDT
Source: Reuters * Leaders to begin substantive talks
* Chances of success seen 50-50
By Nadim Ladki
DOHA, May 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 9:12pm EDT
Ethiopia: We are not alone African Path, MN - 2 hours ago This dramatic love for Ethiopia in foreign land is indeed was inspirational for all of us. The other Ethiopian woman was from Gonder area who knows the land ... |
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 9:12pm EDT
Ethiopia: We are not alone African Path, MN - 2 hours ago Our huge Ethiopian flag, 6ft by 4ft. did attract a lot of people mainly foreign tourists who came to visit UN and UN staffs who are going in and out for ... |
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:36pm EDT
Smith, her Russian cinematographer husband Steve Lubensky and their two daughters (Fanny, 5, and an infant adopted from Ethiopia just weeks ago) have been living in the Hollywood Hills. On a recent afternoon, Smith could be found drinking a glass of
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:10pm EDT
months away and after Bangalore, it will be time for more serious preparations for Adere back home in Ethiopia, with her husband Hirpasa Lemi and 13-year-old son Alem being her most ardent supporters. My son has already started running and has won a
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:59pm EDT
AP - In a May 11 story about Sudan severing ties with Chad, The Associated Press, relying on a state television report, erroneously reported the dollar value of a reward offered by the government for Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
friends, unconvinced by my claims about the seer, asked me to ask the seer what would happen to Ethiopia as proof that what she predicts comes true. Confident that Ethiopia was never colonised and always wins its military engagements, the Ethiopians
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:35pm EDT
AP - Seven weeks after the presidential election, Zimbabwe finally set a runoff date Friday, saying longtime President Robert Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai will face off in a June 27 ballot that the opposition fears will be skewed by thuggery and fraud.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:14pm EDT
AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi accused Europe of deliberately provoking the drowning of illegal African migrants as they attempt to reach Europe by sea, the official JANA news agency reported on Friday.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:05pm EDT
AFP - Nigeria will not invite any foreign mediators to help it deal with the crisis bedevilling the oil-rich Niger Delta, President Umaru Yar'Adua said Friday.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:01pm EDT
AFP - Thousands gathered on Friday around charred destruction from a deadly pipeline explosion as Nigerian firefighters doused flames triggered by the blast that had burnt for more than a day.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:59pm EDT
a heavily cluster bombed region in Laos, and a physical therapist who has worked with landmine victims in Ethiopia. Photo opportunities - Adults and middle school aged children playing with the White House as a backdrop, a medal ceremony, and more.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:41pm EDT
adopted son Maddox from Cambodia in 2002, Jolie has since added to her entourage, adopting daughter Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005, giving birth to daughter Shiloh in 2006 and then last year adopting son Pax from Vietnam. And four wasn't enough: Jolie is
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:29pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:29pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:28pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:21pm EDT
to supporting the 'Drink 1, Give 10' campaign which will help UNICEF provide clean water to children in Ethiopia More than 2.6 billion people - forty percent of the world's population - lack basic sanitation facilities, and over one billion people still
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:19pm EDT
past three years, the radio station's fans have sponsored nearly 2,500 World Vision children in several countries, including Ethiopia World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:19pm EDT
the victorious day that opened the new chapter in history and the removal of the dangers posed against Ethiopia and its peoples. Furthermore, it has confirmed triumph in disapproval of the broad speculation that Ethiopia would not continue as a sovereign
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:05pm EDT
the AECID's themes for international cooperation.The project is being implemented by BirdLife Partners in Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia. Collaborating Partners include BirdLife International Africa Partnership Secretariat, BirdLife South Africa
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:04pm EDT
Service reporter Joe De Capua spoke with Profess David Shinn of George Washington University and former ambassador to Ethiopia. "The encouraging part is there is any kind of statement at all. I don't think there are real high hopes for these talks going
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:03pm EDT
Service reporter Joe De Capua spoke with Profess David Shinn of George Washington University and former ambassador to Ethiopia. "The encouraging part is there is any kind of statement at all. I don't think there are real high hopes for these talks going
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:51pm EDT
new album titled Warchild. Jal was taken from his family at age 7 and sent to fight in Ethiopia and southern Sudan. After nearly five years in the army, he was smuggled into Kenya with the help of a British aid worker, Emma McCune, who later adopted him.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:12pm EDT
Source: Reuters * Official death toll rises sharply
* First cases of cholera confirmed
* New storm lashes Irrawaddy delta
* Destitute line roads southwest of Yangon (Recasts with official death toll increase, ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:08pm EDT
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The United States has provided China with satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas, and will provide two planeloads of relief for quake victims this weekend, the ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:04pm EDT
Source: IFRC
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:03pm EDT
AFP - Nigerian aviation authorities said Friday they were investigating allegations that a group of 130 Nigerians were maltreated on board a British Airways flight in March.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
Source: Reuters * Leaders fly to Qatar for crisis talks
* Jumblatt calls for concessions
* Syrian minister sees "real opportunity" for Lebanon
* Saudi Arabia states support for initiative
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
AFP - A delegation of exiled Burundian rebel leaders on Friday arrived in the central African country in a bid to revive the implementation of a 2006 ceasefire with the government.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
these descriptions true? I have conversed on multiple occasions with people from Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Namibia, and I did not think nor notice that all those individuals had a particular
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:49pm EDT
Source: Reuters By Emma Graham-Harrison
YINGXIU, China, May 16 (Reuters) - Ning Feng spent two hungry days limping out of Yingxiu after he decided that waiting to be rescued could be more dangerous than risking ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:39pm EDT
Source: AlertNet May 16 - Fresh video has emerged of the moment the China earthquake struck in Sichuan province.
This footage was shot on 12 May 2008 in An county - just 100km from the epicentre of the 7.9 ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:30pm EDT
government to power in 1991 after a 30-year war. That conflict, followed by a 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, has kept big mining companies wary over Eritrea. The country's most advanced project, run by Canada's Nevsun Resources Ltd, should start
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
Source: IRIN Violence against foreigners has flared up over the past week in Alexandra, a township in
northern Johannesburg, South Africa, leaving two dead and more than 60 injured. Up to 1,000 people are still seeking refuge at a local police station and there are fears that xenophobic attacks will
spread.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
Source: Reuters (Adds Hadley quotes throughout)
By Tabassum Zakaria and Matt Spetalnick
RIYADH, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush asked Saudi King Abdullah on Friday to help tame record oil prices ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:08pm EDT
Source: Reuters By Patrick Nduwimana
BUJUMBURA, May 16 (Reuters) - Senior officials of Burundi's last holdout rebel group returned to the capital Bujumbura on Friday to begin implementing a delayed peace agreement ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:07pm EDT
Source: UNHCR Erin
Patrick of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children discusses fuel safety and alternative energy in humanitarian settings.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:04pm EDT
Reuters - Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a
delayed presidential election run-off on June 27, when the
opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after
nearly three decades in power.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
the absence of adequate preventive and rehabilitation services is said to be behind high prevalence of disability in Ethiopia.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:58pm EDT
is a World Bank and African Development Bank implementing partner that has helped African countries such as Eritrea, Ethiopia and Tanzania to develop their private sectors. Copyright The NEWS. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com).
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
AFP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe acknowledged Friday he had suffered an electoral disaster in losing a first-round poll to arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai, as the date for a run-off was set for June 27.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:45pm EDT
adopted son Maddox from Cambodia in 2002, Jolie has since added to her entourage, adopting daughter Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005, giving birth to daughter Shiloh in 2006 and then last year adopting son Pax from Vietnam. And four wasn't enough: Jolie is
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:41pm EDT
Source: Reuters By Jonathan Lynn
GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters) - Major developing countries have proposed exemptions to a planned trade deal on fishing subsidies but a leading environmental group said on Friday the ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
Source: Reuters MONTERREY, Mexico, May 16 (Reuters) - Suspected Mexican drug hitmen dumped the head of a murdered man on top of a car in the street, police said on Friday, in a rare outrage in the wealthy city of ...
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:38pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:36pm EDT
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:33pm EDT
Burma said on Friday that more than 133 000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, nearly doubling the toll from the worst disaster in the country's history, which hit two weeks ago. State television said 77 738 were dead and 55 917 missing -- with 19 359 people injured -- according to the latest figures.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:27pm EDT
AFP - A Chad army helicopter fired rockets Friday in an area close to Sudan's Darfur border racked by tension over rebel activity and refugee flows, a French military source told AFP.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:27pm EDT
government to power in 1991 after a 30-year war. That conflict, followed by a 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, has kept big mining companies wary over Eritrea. The country's most advanced project, run by Canada's Nevsun Resources Ltd , should start
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
An international conference scheduled to be held next week in Addis Ababa is expected to call for global action on poverty, discrimination and lack of access to basic services for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), organizers said on Thursday.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
to the Music and the Brain program, other special components of Abyssinian's 200th anniversary include a pilgrimage to Ethiopia; an original jazz/gospel mass composed by Wynton Marsalis for performance with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Rev.
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