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Ethiopia reinstates hefty fines against publishing houses
11 March, 2010
New York CPJ - The Ethiopian Supreme Court reinstated fines on Monday against four newspaper publishing companies over their coverage of the disputed 2005 national election. more >>
BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report
08 March, 2010
The Guardian - The BBC is standing by a report that 95% of the $100m aid raised to fight famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons, despite denials by Bob Geldof and leading charities. more >>
Italian Team Repairing Collapsed Head-Race Tunnel at Ethiopian Dam
06 March, 2010
Engineering News - Within weeks of Ethiopia’s inauguration of the 420-megawatt Gilgel Gibe II hydro plant by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in January, a 15-meter section of its head-race tunnel collapsed. more >>
Rains Bring 'Drastic' Change in Ethiopia Food Outlook
06 March, 2010
VOANews - It's raining in Ethiopia. After three consecutive years of drought, weather watchers say this year's early season rains are promising. more >>
Ethiopia adoption ban lifted
05 March, 2010
ABC.net.au - The Federal Government has announced Australians will again be allowed to adopt children from Ethiopia. more >>
VOA Amharic Broadcasts Jammed in Ethiopia
04 March, 2010
VOA - International shortwave radio monitors have confirmed that VOA broadcasts in the Amharic language are being jammed. more >>
BBC's Ethiopia weapons report denied
04 March, 2010
Ethiopian officials and an aid agency have denied a BBC report that millions of dollars in aid for Ethiopian famine victims in the 1980s went to buy arms. more >>
Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons'
03 March, 2010
Aid money intended for famine victims in Ethiopia in 1984-85 was stolen by rebels who used it to by weapons, the BBC learns. more >>
Boeing sued over Ethiopian Airlines crash in Lebanon
03 March, 2010
BEIRUT (AFP) – Relatives of passengers killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash in Lebanon earlier this year have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in a US court against plane-maker Boeing, their attorney said Tuesday. more >>
Lebanese plan to sue Boeing for Ethiopian crash
03 March, 2010
BEIRUT (AP) – Relatives of those killed aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the Mediterranean off Lebanon in January are planning to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit against American plane manufacturer Boeing in a U.S. court, their lawyer said Tuesday. more >>
Canada and Ethiopia Reach First-Ever Air Transport Agreement
02 March, 2010
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire) - Canada's Transport Minister John Baird and the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today announced the successful conclusion of the first-ever air transport agreement with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. more >>
UK provides emergency funding for Ethiopia
02 March, 2010
DFID - An additional £20 million to help tackle the current food crisis in Ethiopia was announced today by International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas. more >>
Adoption watchdog suppresses Ethiopia findings
02 March, 2010
ABC News - A powerful international adoption overseer is refusing to release the results of its inquiry into the disturbing activities of American adoption agencies operating in Ethiopia. more >>
Ethiopia's main party bids to extend Meles' reign
28 February, 2010
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Thirty-five years after its founding, the TPLF -- now well entrenched in power in the EPRDF coalition -- celebrated its anniversary this week amid looming elections and pledges of economic prosperity. more >>
Ethiopian Airlines attacks Lebanon crash comments
24 February, 2010
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopian Airlines chief Girma Wake on Wednesday accused Lebanese authorities of making "misleading" comments on the cause of a crash that killed 90 people off Beirut last month. more >>
