Strengthing our Institutions - Have your say

Parliamentary Rules and Procedures Is the current parliamentary rules as draconian as portrayed by the opposition? How is it different from other democratic countries? Which parliamentary rules of other countries are alien to Ethiopian culture and custom? Which parliamentary rules should be improved? For reference : Parties are having their say on Parliamentary Rules

FYI: Patriotic Front Made in Asmera
Domain Name : EPPF.NET Created On : 2006-02-16 Expiration Date : 2007-02-16 Status : ACTIVE Registrant Name : Muse Tegegne Registrant Street1 : po box 1120 Registrant City : Asmara Registrant State/Province : ER Registrant Postal Code : 1120	How long is the Tyrant in Asmera going to be tolerated with his full time job of disrupting the peace in Ethiopia?

Simien Mountain Trek (14 Days)
This adventurous trek takes you into the very heart of the highlands of Ethiopia before traveling to Lalibela, one of the greatest religio-historical sites in the Christian World...
See also:Medieval castles & mountains but this is not Middle Earth, its Ethiopia

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Relations with Ethiopia strong’ - US
Addis Ababa – The United States has said that ties with Ethiopia have matured

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General Tony Zinni On democracy and Election
Well, first of all, you have to understand how you instill democracy. It isn’t an election. An election doesn’t equal democracy.
Source: Meet the Press

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FM Seyoum says government committed to support disabled war veterans
See also:
TDAV

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Ethiopia's Bekele in historic double at world cross country championships

Letter to Honorable Christopher Smith

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Open letter to The Honorable Christopher H. Smith
(Elias David-3/31/06):-On March 28, 2006, I attended the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations hearing on “Ethiopia’s Troubled Internal Situation.” I have been following Ethiopian politics for twenty-five years, having first traveled there in 1982 and periodically returning in various professional capacities.

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"Some interested groups, both within and beyond Ethiopian borders, seek to undermine what is best for the nation of Ethiopia, in favor of what they perceive to be the best for themselves. They cast stones at their adversaries, while engaging in the very acts they accuse their rivals of pursuing.

The challenge for the United States is to share with our Ethiopian partners -- the government, the opposition, civil society, and the broader public -- the lessons of America's own democratic experiment and impede the subversive effects of those who put their own objectives above those of the Ethiopian people

.....The United States, he added, is "committed to ensuring that the 2010 elections build on the progress of the 2005 elections, in moving toward transparent elections, responsive government and greater power sharing."

Environmental Prize
Tewolde Gebre Egziabher of Ethiopia, who campaigns for community rights in Africa and against the patenting of life forms, and Mohamed El-Ashry of Egypt, will receive the Champions of the Earth award in Singapore on April 21

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Report presented by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to the House of Peoples’ Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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Rohrbacher and Abramoff
(ocnus.net)U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who has sponsored legislation aimed at damaging Ethiopia, has strong ties to the scandal-plagued lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was recently convicted of defrauding several of his clients of millions of dollars

See also:1.Rohrabacher And Abramoff: A Beautiful Friendship
2. PROPPING UP A DICTATORIAL REGIME IN ERITREA
3.The Shabia -CUD Tag Team Diplomacy

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Ted Alemayhu, Founder and CEO of US Doctors for Africa, Hosts the Nasdaq Market Close
Ted Alemayhu, Founder and CEO of US Doctors for Africa, presides over the closing bell to highlight its Annual Gala taking place on April 6th at the World Bank in Washington, D.C

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Ethiopia obtains 215 million dollar loan in first half of current budget year
Ethiopia said Saturday it had obtained international loan and aid amounting to 215 million U. S. dollars in the first half of the current budget year between July 2005 to June 2006

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Cactus Hailed as Viable Food Source in Northern Ethiopia
The prickly pear cactus grows abundantly in many parts of northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Sometimes known as a "hearty weed," the cactus is gaining new respect as a potential food source

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Statement By Returnees Caucus
It will be recalled that the Returnees Caucus was formed four month ago by individual businesspersons and professionals of diverse political views grouped around shared specific issues of investment and foreign aid.

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Drought-hit Eritrea expels NGOs

On Eritrea-Italy diplomatic crisis
Civil society has become Afewerki’s real enemy. Somebody must sound the whistle, at least as loud as the one on the old locomotive, to warn Eritrea’s autocrat. The Horn of Africa does not need any more tragedies.

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