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		<title>Ethiopia &#8211; Is Ethiopia trapped in low productivity?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/05/ethiopia-is-ethiopia-in-a-low-productivity-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/05/ethiopia-is-ethiopia-in-a-low-productivity-trap/><img src=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTETHIOPIA/Images/story-Ethiopia_20091203a.gif class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a>ADDIS ABABA, December 3, 2009 &#8211; The World Bank recently completed a second “Investment Climate Assessment” (ICA) report for Ethiopia.  The ICA looks at the state of the private sector and identifies actions that can reduce policy and other hurdles to helping the private sector become the driver of sustained growth.  The first ICA was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Private Schools Refuse to Absorb Ethiopian Students</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/04/israeli-private-schools-refuse-to-absorb-ethiopian-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/04/israeli-private-schools-refuse-to-absorb-ethiopian-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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By Or Kashti &#124; Haaretz
Eleven new immigrants from Ethiopia have yet to be placed in Petah Tikva schools, and some have been waiting as long as three weeks for an assignment.
Municipal officials claim that the city’s private religious schools – which sparked a nationwide outcry when they refused to accept Ethiopian students at the start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make Bread using Ethiopian Teff flour</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/04/how-to-make-bread-using-ethiopian-teff-flour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/04/how-to-make-bread-using-ethiopian-teff-flour/><img src=http://www.wildyeastblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/teff-poolish-baguettes.jpg class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a>

By Susan &#124; Wild Yeast
Here’s what we did six or seven weeks ago: We raised bread with sourdough starters made from several ancient grains: amaranth, sorghum, quinoa, millet, and teff.
My favorite of these was teff. It’s best known for the Ethiopian staple flatbread injera, but it makes a wonderful addition to loaf breads as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli school directors bound for Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/12/04/israeli-school-directors-bound-for-ethiopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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By Israel Moskovitch &#124; YNet
Dozens of youth village directors have organized a joint trip to Ethiopia in which they will travel through various cities,villages, immigrant camps and Jewish centers.
The trip is not for recreation, nor is it being sponsored by the Ministry of education – these leaders will pay for their own visit to Ethiopia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian &#8216;virgin land&#8217; for sale</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopian-virgin-land-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopian-virgin-land-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Bank, as much as three-quarters of Ethiopia’s arable land is not under cultivation, and agronomists say that with substantial capital expenditure, much of it could become bountiful. Since the world food crisis, Meles Zenawi, a former Marxist rebel who has turned into a champion of private capital, has publicly said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. official gives lips service on repression in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/u-s-official-gives-lips-service-on-repression-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Bureau of African Affairs Karl Wyckoff and Woyanne Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin held talks on Thursday in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital Addis Ababa.
On Friday, in a meeting with reporters, Mr Wyckoff expressed concerns about the restrictions on opposition parties in Ethiopia ahead of elections next year, which is scheduled to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The missing 8.6 million Ethiopians, where art thou?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/the-missing-8-6-million-ethiopians-where-art-thou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The missing 8.6 million Ethiopians, where art thou? By yilma bekele
I couldn’t sleep all night. I kept turning and tossing to no avail. What was bothering me was what I heard on VOA yesterday afternoon. VOA is Voice of America for those of you not in the know. I found out I can listen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A U.S. citizen survives 107 days in Ethiopian prison</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/a-u-s-citizen-survives-107-days-in-ethiopian-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/a-u-s-citizen-survives-107-days-in-ethiopian-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=13332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/a-u-s-citizen-survives-107-days-in-ethiopian-prison/><img src=http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jailed.jpg class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a>By Douglas McGill
(The McGill Report) — Okwa Omot is sleeping safely in a warm bed at his home in Washington, D.C. this week. That is something of a miracle considering that only a week ago –- and for 107 days before that -– he was sleeping on freezing cold concrete floors in Ethiopian prisons, accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A record 670,000 foreign students currently attend schools in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/a-record-670000-foreign-students-currently-attend-schools-in-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/a-record-670000-foreign-students-currently-attend-schools-in-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – The publication today of the 2009 Open Doors Report, the leading comprehensive account of international student enrollment throughout American institutions, shows that despite the global economic downturn, record numbers of international students are traveling to the United States to study at institutions of higher education.
Equally important, these numbers showcase the Department of Homeland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia: A Kangaroo court convicts alleged coup plotters</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-a-kangaroo-court-convicts-alleged-coup-plotters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-a-kangaroo-court-convicts-alleged-coup-plotters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others.
Judge Adem Ibrahim said most of the defendants in the case had said they were tortured by police into submitting false testimonies. But he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopians in Israel celebrate Sigd</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopians-in-israel-celebrate-sigd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopians-in-israel-celebrate-sigd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=13328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopians-in-israel-celebrate-sigd/><img src=http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Sigd-festival-Israel-300x211.jpg class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a>The Beta Israeli Sigd festival falls on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. It is the 50th day, starting with Yom Kippur (analogous to counting 50 days from Pesach to Shavuos), and is a festival unique to the Beta Israel community.
For their forebears in Ethiopia, the Sigd was a religious holiday renewing their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politicizing of U.S. aid to Ethiopia ahead of election</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/politicizing-of-u-s-aid-to-ethiopia-ahead-of-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/politicizing-of-u-s-aid-to-ethiopia-ahead-of-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON DC (VOA Editorial) — The United States is committed to helping people in need all over the world, and it takes this mission very seriously. With billions of dollars spent on humanitarian, economic and other forms of assistance every year, the U.S. wants to be sure that the aid is properly and effectively distributed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia: ONLF killed 985 Woyannes, burned 6 vehicles</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-onlf-killed-985-woyannes-burned-6-vehicles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-onlf-killed-985-woyannes-burned-6-vehicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an Ethiopian rebel group that is operating in eastern Ethiopia, is reporting more Woyanne regime casualties in a renewed offensive that took place since November 10. The following is a military communique:
Military operations related to the 10 November 2009 offensive have concluded in Ogaden.  In total, 6 military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you expect from the coming elections in Ethiopia?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/what-do-you-expect-from-the-coming-elections-in-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/what-do-you-expect-from-the-coming-elections-in-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Messay Kebede
Articles fulminating against Hailu Shawel’s signing of the code of conduct proliferate on Ethiopian websites. For these articles, the unilateral and hasty agreement with Meles while other opposition groups, such as Medrek, are still in contention about some important issues, constitutes nothing less than betrayal on Hailu’s part. This act of sabotage suggests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian wins Oklahoma State University pageant</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopian-wins-oklahoma-state-university-pageant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopian-wins-oklahoma-state-university-pageant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopian-wins-oklahoma-state-university-pageant/><img src=http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Freweini-Hadera-2401025562-199x300.jpg class=imgtfe hspace=5 align=left width=100  border=0></a>Freweini Hadera, a construction management graduate student from Ethiopia, is crowned as Miss International at the Oklahoma State University International Student Organization’s annual Mr. and Miss International pageant.
By Danielle Davis
Oklahoma, USA (OSU) — It was a full house for the International Student Organization’s annual Mr. and Miss International pageant Wednesday night.
Students, families and friends gathered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. investigates claims its aid being used for politics in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/u-s-investigates-claims-its-aid-being-used-for-politics-in-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/u-s-investigates-claims-its-aid-being-used-for-politics-in-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Kelly, U.S. Department of States Spokesman
QUESTION: I have a couple of Ethiopia questions.
MR. KELLY: Ethiopia questions.
QUESTION: Yeah. Has the State Department or USAID investigated claims by the country’s opposition, including a former president and defense minister that some of the $850 million in food and anti-poverty aid from the U.S. is being distributed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopians in Israel resist interracial marriage, according to survey</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopians-in-israel-resist-interracial-marriage-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopians-in-israel-resist-interracial-marriage-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Haaretz.com) — Intermarriage between between Jews from different ethnic backgrounds has increased steadily over the past several decades, and people say that this is solving the socioeconomic gaps that existed between Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Israeli society.
However, Ethiopian Israelis seem to be exempt from the trend, so far. According to a Central Bureau of Statistics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia outpacing Ethiopia in mobile phone penetration</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/somalia-outpacing-ethiopia-in-mobile-phone-penetration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/somalia-outpacing-ethiopia-in-mobile-phone-penetration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist reports how “once the toys of rich yuppies, mobile phones have evolved in a few short years to become tools of economic empowerment for the world’s poorest people. These phones compensate for inadequate infrastructure, such as bad roads and slow postal services, allowing information to move more freely, making markets more efficient and unleashing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. and China in Africa: To compete or cooperate?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/the-u-s-and-china-in-africa-to-compete-or-cooperate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/the-u-s-and-china-in-africa-to-compete-or-cooperate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (CNN) — Large African communities are forming in China, from Guangzhou to Beijing. Many of the migrants are traders and entrepreneurs hoping to make a profit by sending China&#8217;s cheap manufactured goods back home.
Ethiopian David Bekele is searching for space to open a new restaurant in Beijing. &#8220;Almost every African country has an embassy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is the U.S. giving special treatment to Ethiopia’s dictatorship?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/why-is-the-u-s-giving-special-treatment-to-ethiopia%e2%80%99s-dictatorship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/why-is-the-u-s-giving-special-treatment-to-ethiopia%e2%80%99s-dictatorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Obang Metho
Addressed to Senator John Kerry, Chairman, The Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.
As an esteemed member of the Senate, as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as an advocate for human rights and democracy, we in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) and on behalf of many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mix of traditional food and entertainment at DC’s Little Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/mix-of-traditional-food-and-entertainment-at-dc%e2%80%99s-little-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/mix-of-traditional-food-and-entertainment-at-dc%e2%80%99s-little-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Sietsema
WASHINGTON DC — Ethiopian Yellow Pages of the Washington Metro Area estimates there are more than 45 dining rooms serving doro wot and injera. So how does Yehune Belay, who just added the title of restaurateur to his résumé, hope to distinguish his place in Shaw from the pack?
By re-creating the atmosphere of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia&#8217;s regime tries to cover up a new famine</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopias-regime-tries-to-cover-up-a-new-famine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopias-regime-tries-to-cover-up-a-new-famine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Elliot &#124; Times Online
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — It wasn’t famine that killed Jamal Ali’s mother. She died in a cholera outbreak that swept through their Ethiopian village when at last the rains came. Twenty-five years later Jamal, now a parent himself, is lining up for handouts in a food distribution centre in Harbu, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia is sliding deeper into authoritarian controls</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-is-sliding-deeper-into-authoritarian-controls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-is-sliding-deeper-into-authoritarian-controls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Geoffrey York &#124; The Globe And Mail
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Six months before a crucial election, one of Ethiopia&#8217;s small band of opposition MPs has a simple question: How can he campaign for votes when he cannot even hold a public meeting or meet voters freely?
Negaso Gidada, a former president of Ethiopia and now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa: double trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/africa-double-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/africa-double-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Morgan
This posting has two concerns that if taken together can be construed as being interdependent. First of All Lets Discuss One of the Most Serious Problems currently occurring in Africa. That is the Rampant Use of Sexual Assaults by Insurgents and Government Forces in Several Countries.
The List of such occurrences is lengthy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK gives $316 million to Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/uk-gives-316-million-to-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/uk-gives-316-million-to-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The British Government announced the release of a food aid package of US$316 million to help international efforts to relief over 6 million people facing starvation to pro up the Ethiopia’s blood thirsty minority dictatorship.
Last October Ethiopia’s tribal junta appealed for 159,410 tonnes of food, costing $121 million, $8.9 million worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia: The Meaning of Hebret</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-the-meaning-of-hebret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-the-meaning-of-hebret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Teddy Fikre
I love this word.  However, as an Ethiopian who lived the overwhelming majority of my life in America, I did not understand that this word has been tainted due to the origins of a propaganda campaign back in Ethiopia.  Ironically, this word represents the very essence of a regime that forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia: Accused coup plotters allegedly savagely beaten up in prison</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-accused-coup-plotters-savagely-beaten-up-in-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/ethiopia-accused-coup-plotters-savagely-beaten-up-in-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Some of the 46 detainees who are currently on trial after being accused by the tribal junta in Ethiopia of trying to overthrow the regime have told the court on Friday that they are being savagely tortured by security personnel.
One of the accused, Ato Asaminew Tsige, told the court that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memher Zebene, Ethiopia&#8217;s Jimmy Swaggart?</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/memher-zebene-ethiopias-jimmy-swaggart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/20/memher-zebene-ethiopias-jimmy-swaggart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Memher (Preacher) Zebene Lema has started out as a charismatic young preacher at the Ethiopian Orthodox Medhani-Alem and St. Mary churches in DC and Maryland. Then he opened his own bible class so that he can keep all the donation from his students. After making loads of money, 2 years ago he went to Ethiopia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misguided Ethiopian Egyptologist attempts to have Amarigna, Tigrigna taught as Hieroglyphic languages</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/14/misguided-ethiopian-egyptologist-attempts-to-have-amarigna-tigrigna-taught-as-hieroglyphic-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/14/misguided-ethiopian-egyptologist-attempts-to-have-amarigna-tigrigna-taught-as-hieroglyphic-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=13129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the release of the new book, &#8220;Amarigna &#38; Tigrigna Qal Hieroglyphs for Beginners&#8221; (ancientgebts.org), Ethiopian and Eritrean adults have been familiarizing themselves with the controversial subject of the book. Now their children will have the opportunity to be exposed to it, too, in the classroom.
With the introduction of a companion teacher&#8217;s guide to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40 tonnes of gold discovered in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/13/40-tonnes-of-gold-discovered-in-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/11/13/40-tonnes-of-gold-discovered-in-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Theophilus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines on Tuesday announced the discovery of a mine containing more than 40 tonnes of gold deposit worth 1.7 billion dollars (1.1 billion euros).
The state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported that the new find, announced by the ministry of mines and energy, will require some 200 million dollars to extract [...]]]></description>
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