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ዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል ተከሰው በሞትና በዕድሜ ልክ እስር እንዲቀጡ ከተወሰነባቸው የደርግ ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣናት መካከል 16ቱ ተፈቱ፡፡ በዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል ከተከሰሱት 23 ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣናት መካከል 20 ዓመት በእስር ያሳለፉት 16 ባለሥልጣናት በአመክሮ በትናንትናው ዕለት ተፈትተዋል፡፡
ትናንትና የተፈቱት ባለሥልጣናት የቀድሞው የደርግ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሻምበል ፍቅረ ሥላሴ ወግደረስ፣ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንት ኮሎኔል ፍስሐ ደስታ፣ ሻምበል ለገሰ አስፋው፣ ኮሎኔል እንዳለ ተሰማ፣ ሜጀር ጀነራል ውብሸት ደሴ፣ ሌተና ኮሎኔል ናደው ዘካሪያስ፣ መቶ አለቃ ጴጥሮስ ገብሬ፣ መቶ አለቃ ስለሺ መንገሻ፣ ሻለቃ ደጀኔ ወንድማገኘሁ፣ አቶ እሸቱ ሸንቁጤ፣ አቶ ልሳኑ ሞላ፣ ብርጋዴር ጄነራል ለገሰ በላይነህ፣ አቶ ገስግስ ገብረ መስቀል፣ አቶ አበበ እሸቱ፣ አቶ በሪሁን ማሞና መቶ አለቃ ደሳለኝ በላይ ናቸው፡፡ ቀሪዎቹም ባለሥልጣናት 20 ዓመት ሲሞላቸው ጊዜያቸውን ጠብቀው ይለቀቃሉ ተብሏል፡፡
...the saying " what ever you do, do not become the victim for there is no second chance for a victim " makes a whole lot sense with the above story! Is this constitutional at all? Where in the constitution does it say a person guilty of genocide can be pardoned and then be let go for good behavior after 20 years? A genocidal with good behavior? edo!
We are all ears and hope ETV will have a coverage on this to educate the public...the government of PM Meles Zenawi will be well served if it explains this act to the public ASAP!
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Interview of Deputy PM and FM Hilemariam Desalegn with Tsehaye Debalkew of Selam Radio on October 3, 2011 in Washington DC

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Thought for Today!
Change is not what it used to be. The status quo will no longer be the best way forward ... we are entering an Age of Unreason, when the future, in so many areas, is there to be shaped, by us and for us; a time when the only prediction that will hold true is that no predictions will hold true; a time, therefore, for bold imaginings in private life as well as public, for thinking the unlikely and doing the unreasonable. by Chares Handy

Poems by Dinka Korema, Washington DC
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Conference: Collaborative Investing by the Ethiopian Diaspora in the U.S.
Washington, D.C., September 21, 2011� The very large and increasingly successfully Ethiopian Diaspora in the U.S. sent about $1.0 billion in 2010 to their families and friends back home, mostly to cover daily expenditures. By contrast, their investment remittances were relatively smaller than the expenditure remittances despite wide ranging investment opportunities in the country.

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Las Vegas residents held memorial service for fallen artist/tegadelty of Tigrai Police Orchestra. The residents raised about $10,000 dollars towards the Artists memorial fund

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London Residents held memorial service for fallen artist/tegadelty of Tigrai Police Orchestra!
The memorial event sponsored and organized by TDA UK also raised close to $18000.00 US dollars to the memorial fund.
Boston Residents held memorial service for fallen artist/tegadelty of Tigrai Police Orchestra!
They also raised close to $12000.00 US dollars to the memorial fund.

Depressingly predictable
IT WAS sure to come at some point. The African Union military commanders on the ground had long predicted it. The Somali elders said so too. The al-Qaeda-linked leaders of the Shabab militia had warned of it. With utter disregard for life, the jihadists packed their explosives into a lorry ....

Nile:Ethiopia takes high ground
Ethiopia�s ability to determine any of these events is a new achievement after years of being ignored by Egypt�s and Sudan�s Nile-based development. In 1959, Egypt and Sudan met and agreed on how to share the waters ...

The BBC's Newsnight - viewers call it �morally questionable�
As a former UK Ambassador to Ethiopia during the major famine of the 1980s pointed out recently: �someone at the BBC seems to have it in for Ethiopia.� He was referring to the BBC's Newsnight which has made a couple of attacks on Ethiopia...
See Also : A Week in the Horn (30.09.2011)

VOA Interview with H.E Hailemariam Desalegn

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HRW declares war with Mitchell over Ethiopia aid claims
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary...[Mitchell replies] As I have made clear, the British government does not agree with all of your assertions nor your conclusions. We also do not believe the report is methodologically sound...

HRW is going mad...really! There is a saying in our rich Ethiopian culture which fits HRW behavior. A man afraid of being disproved said" wala tenfir ember Tiyel eya" meaning even if it fly this animal is a goat"...the man said this after betting with his friend from a distant about an animal they saw from far. His friend told him that it was a bird and he said it was a goat! The animal was a bird and it flew away! Need we say more! HRW you do not understand the Ethiopian Government. It is not your typical third world government you can paint in a negative way. Try hard but it won't stick!

H.E. Hailemariam meets the Ethiopian Community in New York
Uploaded successfully H.E. Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia met with members of the Ethiopian community in New York on September 26, 2011. The Deputy Prime Minister, in his brief opening remarks, outlined the major economic and social activities undertaken by the Government ...

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When October 8, 2011

Memorial for Artists Seattle

Sunday October 9, 2011
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Memorial for Artists BayArea

Sunday October 9, 2011
Time: 1pm to 8pm
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Seattle for Hedase Dam

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