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Eritrea poised to challenge UN Sanction! According to www.ethjournal.com the one man government has sent its high officials on a weapon buying spree to Ukraine.
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There is also a widely circulated rumor some of the Ginbot 7 officials holding US and British citizenship are in Eritrea planning their next move, which may be a sequel to their "failed assasination plot", with the help of the Eritrean government.

Ethiopia Is Serious about the Russian Market
Moscow 12/28/09 (Aigaforum)-The Ethiopian representation in Moscow intends to increase tourism from Russia from 2000 to 5000 people in the next few years. To do this it is setting up an Ethiopian Club, which will include over 30 domestic tour operators...

The hands free mobile technology like Bluetooth and ear phone was designed to help motorist avoid driving while holding a mobile phone on one hand! 
The US allows the use of such devices while driving. Ethiopia has gone to the extreme. Starting 12/21/09 drivers are forbidden to answer a call while driving. If you are in Addis you will see many drivers pulling on the side to pick the phone--if they really have too else you will notice mobiles ringing unabated! It is amazing to see how the public is respecting the law knowing how pervasive the mobile use is in Addis!....
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Eritrea should break the shackles on Irob abductees and let them free
I’m not sure if it is out of feeling personal responsibility, social justice or community pride, but I can not seem to stop asking the question; where are the more than 100 innocent Irob abductees, who were taken by the Eritrean government in 1998, 1999 and 2000, today? And who is speaking for them?

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Some of the so called private presses in Ethiopia have been more deterrent than

helpful to promote "mechachal" and the building of democratic culture in the country. In an ideal world the private press itself as well as citizens should have denied such publication to exist by denying ears and eyes. But Ethiopia is a young democratic country and lacks such power thus why ETV may have been forced to do an expose on some of the private press performance over the years. However the State Media should be very careful not to instill fear on the private press and not to appear favoring one paper over the other in doing such programs.

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