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Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines targets Western and Southern African markets By Kirubel Tadesse Capital Ethiopian Airlines targets to increase its profile in the African market by expanding western and southern routes in the coming thre… more »

File Photo Berbere Market Ethiopia - New consumers’ policy draft discussion By Andualem Sisay Capital The Ethiopian Consumers Protection Association (ECoPA) begins discussion on its new consumers’ policy draft with various concerned authorities… more »

Rice Visit in Ethiopia Photo Capital Ethiopia - Rice visit highlights major African issues Sudan’s Al-bashir meets Meles By Andualem Sisay Capital United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on Wednesday December 5, 2007 met with variou… more »

Petronas and Sinopec in Ethiopia exploration talks ADDIS ABABA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Petronas and China's Sinopec remain in talks to resume oil and gas prospecting in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, where rebels killed Chinese workers in April, the… more »

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Ethiopia H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was the first spiritual leader to have been invited to address the parliament of Ethiopia. His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said Ethiopia, which is a country of more than 8… more »

Ethiopia is planning to build an Information Communication Technology park in Addis Ababa, the weekly Reporter wrote. The park is planned in Bole, near the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. According to the report, the planning of the project is un… more »

Ambesse Tolossa of Ethiopia raises his arms in victory after being the first of the men to finish the 35th Honolulu Marathon Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 Ethiopia - Tolossa wins Honolulu Marathon HONOLULU: Ethiopia's Ambesse Tolossa won the Honolulu Marathon… more »

Ethiopia - "A Walk to Beautiful" takes top prize at IDA awards "A Walk to Beautiful" ran away with the prize in the feature category at the 2007 International Documentary Association Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards gala benefit Friday at… more »

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel Ethiopia - Israel PM: I'll fight racism against Ethiopians A week after reports of the segregation of four Ethiopian girls in a Petah Tikva school caused outrage, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced during Sunday… more »

Somalia - Islamist Fighters Seize Central Somali Town VOA News 09 December 2007 Witnesses say Islamist fighters have taken over a town in central Somalia after a brief battle with government troops. Residents of Bulo-Burde, a town in Somalia'… more »

Tension grows, again, between Ethiopia and Eritrea The likelihood of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea is at its highest level in seven years. Eritrea is in the weaker position, politically and economically. At the end of November the UN-mandat… more »

Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Gurijit Singh Ethiopia - Indian Ambassador hopes 122m USD loan for sugar industry in Ethiopia will be released sooner Addis Ababa,Ethiopia (ENA) - Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Gurijit Singh said 122 million USD loan a… more »

Ethiopian troops withdraw from key Somali neighborhood MOGADISHU, Somalia: Masked fighters occupied a key business district and residential neighborhood in the Somali capital Saturday, saying they had forced Ethiopian troops to withdraw and urging loc… more »

Ethiopia - Chinese Oil Company Refuses to Resume Operation in Ogaden The Reporter (Addis Ababa) 8 December 2007 By Kaleyesus Bekele The Chinese Oil Company, Zhoungyan Petroleum Exploration Bureau (ZPEB), has refused to resume work on oil ex… more »

Ethiopia expels UK, Australian aid staff ADDIS ABABA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has expelled an Australian and a Briton working for Save the Children UK on accusations of diverting food aid to rebels in the troubled Ogaden region, officials and aid s… more »

Photographs by Paul Raffaele Ethiopia - Keepers of the Lost Ark? Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have the ark of the covenant. Our reporter investigated By Paul Raffaele Smithsonian magazine, December 2007 "They shall make an ar… more »

Dinaw Mengestu Photo Guardian Ethiopia -Dinaw Mengestu wins Guardian First Book Award A novel that tackles fraught questions of identity, dislocation and loneliness through the life of an Ethiopian émigré in the US has taken this year's Guardian Fir… more »

Emperor Tewdros of Ethiopia Ethiopia :Book Review -The Barefoot Emperor Nicholas Shakespeare reviews The Barefoot Emperor by Philip Marsden Philip Marsden's 1993 travel book The Crossing Place - now scandalously out of print - confirmed him as a… more »

Addis Ababa's mayor, Berhane Deressa, plants a tree Star planter Ethiopia to intensify tree planting next year: official ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Star tree-planter Ethiopia will intensify its re-afforestation drive in 2008, which earned the country a pole… more »

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia with Secretary Rice in Addis Ababa Dec 5 2007. Photo American Embassy Rice appeal to Ethiopia on Ogaden US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Ethiopia to pay more attention to humanitarian conditio… more »

Highway linking Sudan, Ethiopia inaugurated KHARTOUM, Dec. 6 (Xinhua)-- A continental highway linking Sudan and Ethiopia was inaugurated on Thursday by Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in eastern Sudan.… more »

Tefera Gedamu Photo Addis Tribune Ethiopia - Meet Tefera Gedamu of ETV* By Markos Retta Addis Tribune Every Thursday evening a thin face, with bright eyes and a sllightly bold head would pop on the ETV screen and say, "this is Teferra Gheda… more »

File Photo: Tefera Ghedumu is a popular talk show host on Ethiopian TV Photo CNN Interview With Tefera Gedamu of Ethiopia TV [youtube]LljD3_EZsys[/youtube] Secretary Condoleezza Rice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Posted on December 6, 2007 QUES… more »

U.S. Ambassador Yamamoto Advises Ethiopian Students to Study in America Posted on 12/06/2007 (11/26/07) In a “Study in America” fair held at St. Joseph’s School in Addis Ababa, U.S. Ambassador Donald Yamamoto urged students to consider getting th… more »

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia - Group considering to sue Ethiopian Airlines A wildlife conservation group in Cameroon said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity after it caught smugglers trying to take 1,000 African… more »

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, where she called for more African countries to send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year. Rice wa… more »

Somalia's leader 'has bronchitis' Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf is being treated for respiratory problems and is not in danger, officials say. His spokesman Hussein Mohammed Mohamoud told the BBC Mr Yusuf was admitted to a Nairobi h… more »

IDF soldiers of Ethiopian origin. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski Jerusalem Post Ethiopia - Rate of Ethiopians joining IDF higher than average The rate of Ethiopian Israelis joining the Israel Defense Forces is higher than that of the general population,… more »

Labor MK: Put Ethiopian children in secular schools By Ruth Sinai Haaretez Placing Ethiopian immigrant children in religious schools "has greatly harmed the group's integration into the wider society, and has left them a coerced religious sector… more »

Ethiopia - Israel 4 Ethiopian immigrants put in separate classroom Ynet News In a move more reminiscent of apartheid era South Africa than modern day Israel, four Ethiopian students at the Lamerchav Elementary School in Petah Tikva were segregated… more »

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, where she called for more African countries to send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year. Rice wa… more »

Ethiopia calls for help in Somalia (CNN) -- Ethiopia's government Tuesday called on the international community to step up its support for an African-led peacekeeping mission in Somalia, where Ethiopian troops have been mired in an Islamist insurgen… more »

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, where she called for more African countries to send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year. Rice wa… more »

Secretary Rice to visit Ethiopia Ethiopia - US Secretary of State to Talk With African Leaders on Peace Prospects By Peter Heinlein (VOA news) 04 December 2007 Addis Ababa - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set for talks Wednesday in the… more »

Ethiopia - Construction of Tekeze Hydro Electric Power Project nearing completion Mekelle, December 3, 2007 (WIC) – Some 82 percent of the construction of Tekeze Hydro Electric Power Project has reportedly been completed. Project Coordinator Oweys… more »

Tax payers pleased with Ethiopia Malaysia Sun Ethiopia has been given a high ranking as being one of the best 30 nations in making tax payments easier. Against 178 world economies, Ethiopia ranked at 29 in the World Bank's latest report on ease… more »

File Photo: Meles Zenawi Ethiopia - Meles Zenawi's Interview on Al Jazeera November 22 2007 Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow talks to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia about his country's role in Somalia and asks him whether his country is, as the U… more »

Somali children wait for food rations in the courtyard of a food distribution center in southern Mogadishu, 28 November 2007.(AFP/File/Mustafa Haji) Ethiopia says world disinterest dampening Somalia peace hopes ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia has warned… more »

Birtukan Midekssa, second from right, a former political prisoner, was among those pushing efforts toward democracy in Ethiopia at a news conference last month in Alexandria, Va. Ethiopia - Giuliani’s Firm Lobbied for Bill Considered Threat WASHING… more »

Ethiopia - No security problem for Somali census By Muluken Yewondwossen Capital The Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSAoE) has stated that there is no security problem in the Somali region for census takers from other regions. Samia Ze… more »

Ethiopia launches U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative By Muluken Yewondwossen Capital Ethiopia became a focus country for the historic 1.2 bln USD, five-year U.S. effort to fight malaria across Africa. United States Ambassador Donald Yamamoto jo… more »

Ethiopia Nib Insurance profits increase 135 percent By-election brings two individuals to board By Andualem Sisay Capital Nib Insurance Company profits this year have increased by 135 per cent compared to last year’s, registering a gross pro… more »

Ethiopia - ETC finalizing preparations to launch 3G mobile service Nokia Amharic phones available on market By Kirubel Tadesse Capital The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation is finalizing preparations to launch 3G (Third Generation) mob… more »

File Photo: Meles Zenawi AFP Ethiopia - HR 2003 violates Ethiopian constitution: Meles By Andualem Sisay Capital HR 2003, the bill in the US Senate on Ethiopia formulated to with advancing human rights and democracy in the country, violates… more »

Ethiopia - Cotecna: poised for Ethiopia market By Andualem Sisay Capital Cotecna, a Switzerland based international trade inspection and facilitation company has announced that it is to open a laboratory which is a month away from beginning serv… more »

Ethiopia - 265 private Indian companies operating with 465 million USD capital By Kirubel Tadesse Capital Ethiopia is increasingly attracting investment from India with over two hundred sixty five private Indian firms having had obtained project… more »

Meles Zenawi with Starbucks Chairman. Photo Capital Ethiopia - Starbucks agrees to pay premium price for Ethiopian coffees By Andualem Sisay and Kirubel Tadesse Capital A few months ago, Oxfam had accused US coffee chain Starbucks of denying Et… more »

Ethiopia - Gebrselassie sets course record in 15KM Rain and wind did not prevent Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia from breaking the course record of 42:42, set be his young compatriot Kenenisa Bekele six years ago at the Wincanton Montferland Run over 1… more »

The Banker 2007 Awards Dashen Bank has been named as Bank of The Year in Ethiopia for 2007, by The Banker Magazine, a subsidiary of Financial Times of London. This is the sixth consecutive times that Dashen Bank has been named Bank of the Year in… more »

File Photo: Meles Zenawi AFP Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions simmer Al-Jazeera A commission tasked with setting a demarcated border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has dissolved amid continuing tensions between the two countries. The Eritrea-Ethiopia B… more »

John Holmes, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief, right, greet residents of Kebridehar in the eastern Ethiopian region of Ogaden, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 (AP Photo/Anita Powell) 'Humanitarian crisis' facing Ethiopia, says UN By Steve Bloomfield, Africa Corr… more »

Secretary Rice to visit Ethiopia Low expectations as Rice heads to Ethiopia WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies Tuesday to Addis Ababa to consult regional leaders and ministers about how to defuse tensions and conflicts in… more »

OLF Flag Ethiopia - 12 suspected Ethiopian rebels arrested SIOLO, Kenya, (Reuters) - Kenyan police said on Friday they had arrested 12 suspected Ethiopian rebels and nine locals accused of helping them in a remote region on the border with Ethiopia.… more »