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ብራቮ! አበራ ለማ (የትዝታ ቅምሻ) 9 Mar 2010 | 8:58 pm ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ Ethiopia Zare
ስሜነህ ታምራት ከስዊድን
ከአዲስ አበባ ተነስተን ወደ ወሊሶ በሎንቺና ስጓዝ ነበር፤ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ አበራ ለማን ያገኘሁት። እናም “ኩል ወይስ ጥላሸት” የሚል መጽሐፍ በገፀበረከት አበረከተልኝ። “የማን መጽሐፍ ነው?” አልኩት፤ “እኔ የሞካከርኳት መጽሐፌ ናት” አለኝ - ለስለስ ባለ አንደበት። አመስግኜ…
Court Orders Publishers to Pay Highest Ever Fine 9 Mar 2010 | 6:38 pm EMF
The TPLF Supreme Court today ruled against four independent media houses, forcing them to pay fines that were originally rendered void under a 2007 pardon. The four publishing companies, Serkalem, Sisay, Zekarias and Fasil must now pay a total of…
አርከበ እቁባይ፣ ስዩም መስፍን እንዲሁም ሌሎች ከፍተኛ የኢሕአዴግ አባላት በደህንነቶች ክትትል ሥር ይገኛሉ ! 9 Mar 2010 | 4:53 pm Abugida Ethiopian American Amharic Web Page
አቡጊዳ - የካቲት 30 ቀን 2002 በደህንነቱ አካባቢ ቅርበት ካላቸዉ፣ አዲስ አበባ ካሉ የታመኑ ምንጮቻችን የደረሰን ዘገባ እንደሚያመለክትዉ፣ በሕወሃት ከፍተኛ መከፋፈልና በጎሪጥ የመተያየት አለመተማመን የተፈጠረ ሲሆን፣ በዚህም ምክንያት በሥራቸዉና ባሳዩት ዉጤት በአዲስ አበባ ሕዝብ የሚወደዱት፣ ነገር ግን የኢሕአዴግ ተወካይ በመሆናቸዉ…
Ethiopia Put on Financial Blacklist 9 Mar 2010 | 9:41 am Abbay Media
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Ethiopia and seven other countries on its blacklist in relation to money laundering and terrorist financing, posing risks to the International Financial System. The FATF, which comprises of governments and regional organisations,…
Even Band Aid is not above criticism 9 Mar 2010 | 9:38 am Abbay Media
Bob Geldof is furious at the BBC story about NGO funds buying rebels’ arms, but the politics of delivering aid are always complex Rageh Omaar There are some things that are just too sensitive and difficult to inquire about, and…

Ethiopia: Licensed to Steal

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 00:33

By Alemayehu G. Mariam | 8 March 2010

If democracy is a government of the people, kleptocracy is a government of thieves.

Last week the secret world of Meles Zenawi’s kleptocracy, famine aid-sharking and money laundering in Ethiopia was exposed by two of his former comrades-in-arms in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Gebremedhin Araya, a former treasurer and TPLF co-founder Dr. Aregawi Berhe, detailed the scam used to swindle, hustle and con millions of dollars from international famine relief organizations in the mid-1980s.

Mit «Live Aid»-Millionen Waffen gekauft

Thursday, 04 March 2010 21:09

von Peter Blunschi

Hungernde Kinder in Äthiopien. Die Hungersnot von 1984 kostete rund eine Million Menschenleben.

Eine schwere Hungersnot in Äthiopien löste 1984 eine Welle der Solidarität aus, mit den legendären «Live Aid»-Konzerten als Höhepunkt. Die britische BBC behauptet nun, ein beträchtlicher Teil des gesammelten Geldes sei nicht für Lebensmittel verwendet worden, sondern für Waffen

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Zitat des Tages

Peter Bamm: „Fleiß für die falschen Ziele ist noch schädlicher als Faulheit für die richtigen.“
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Zufallszitat

Ralph Boller: „Am sichersten reitet man auf dem Steckenpferd des Chefs.“
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Africa

East Africa new frontier for oil exploration (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:33 am
AFP - East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil exploration and major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for black gold, industry experts said.
Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 3:48 am
AFP - Fresh gunfire has sent Christian villagers in Nigeria fleeing as a senior official accused the country's military chiefs of having ignored warnings about last weekend's massacre.
Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 12:30 am
AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town (AP) 9 Mar 2010 | 11:02 pm
AP - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.
U.S. apologizes to Libya for dismissive comments (Reuters) 9 Mar 2010 | 9:23 pm
Reuters - The U.S. State Department apologized on Tuesday for dismissive comments its spokesman made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for "jihad," often translated as "armed struggle," against Switzerland.

World

British ex-spy chief accuses US of hiding torture (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:48 am
AFP - A former head of Britain's domestic spy agency has accused the US of concealing its abuse of terror suspects, stepping up an MI5 fightback over accusations that it colluded in torture.
Suicide attack kills NATO soldiers in Afghanistan (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:48 am
AFP - A suicide attack targeting a NATO-Afghan border police compound in eastern Afghanistan killed two foreign soldiers and wounded several others, the military alliance said Wednesday.
Australia's reputation damaged by violence: FM (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:45 am
AFP - Violence against Indian students has damaged Australia's reputation and will lead to a drop in the number of foreign students, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.
East Africa new frontier for oil exploration (AFP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:33 am
AFP - East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil exploration and major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for black gold, industry experts said.
Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections (AP) 10 Mar 2010 | 6:06 am
AP - Myanmar's military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political party to expel her under a new election law unveiled Wednesday.

Entertainment

Keri Russell eyes tree-hugger role in Fox sitcom (Reuters) 10 Mar 2010 | 5:53 am
Reuters - Keri Russell is mulling a return to television.
John Krasinski joins "Something" romantic comedies (Reuters) 10 Mar 2010 | 5:52 am
Reuters - John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in "Something Borrowed," a romantic comedy from the company behind "The Blind Side."
Simon & Garfunkel begin Canada trek next month (Reuters) 10 Mar 2010 | 5:49 am
Reuters - Canada, get ready: a few "Old Friends" are heading your way.