New Ethiopian Ambassador Presents Credentials to President Bush
WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 15, His Excellency Dr. Samuel Assefa, the newly appointed Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States, presented his credentials to President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony.

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Mr. Clarke stated that the PM had a vision on the kind of democratic culture he wanted to have in Ethiopia and that he also wanted to uphold the constitution since, according to the him, ‘it was the main tool for building democracy’.

In related news, the European Union, one of the donors that decided to halt Direct Budgetary Support a few months ago, is to embark on a multi-million Euro Transport Sector Project, according to Tim Clarke.

Watch Journalist Endale Getahun (ectv.org) asks a question to Sean
McCormack, Spokesman U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing.
"...you know, we are doing our part to encourage a healthy democracy in
Ethiopia, but fundamentally it comes -- as it does in many other places
around the world, it comes down to the leadership..."
Sean McCormack, stated May 16, 2006

Daily Press Briefing
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 16, 2006
Journalist Endale Getahun, (ectv.org) asks a question to Sean
McCormack, Spokesman U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing.

Ethiopia-Eritrea Crisis: The Fresh US Diplomacy, Scenarios and Policy Considerations
(By AHH, May 16,2005):- At the start, it was not all clear whether or not the US had been mandated by the United Nations Security Council to spearhead the diplomatic effort. However, the issue was made clear later when the Security Council “put off deciding the fate” of UNMEE to give... Ethiopia says it won't start war with Eritrea
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters)Ethiopia will not start another war with Eritrea, but if its tiny neighbour provokes hostilities, then Addis Ababa is ready to teach it a lesson, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday. Response by the Government of Ethiopia to the invitation to participate in a forum organized under the title "Ethiopia - One year after the Election" to be held in Strasburg on 15 May 2006
To sum up, the Government of Ethiopia has no confusion that the said forum is a lopsided, unbalanced and dramatically orchestrated... Unfortunately, one could understand that friends and partners of Ethiopia might take part in this gathering falling under the mistaken impression

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Reporters Without Borders Calls for Amnesty for Ethiopian Detainees
The government has filed treason and other charges against them, accusing them of trying to “dismantle the constitution.... “We are giving our hand to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and saying that an amnesty is a way of starting from the beginning..."