ETHIOPIA: HIV risk in a booming construction industry

Married father of two admits he sleeps with local women but didn't know about condom.

ADDIS ABABA, 6 December 2010 (IRIN PlusNews) - Everywhere in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, modern buildings are popping up and wide roads are being built. The country's booming construction sector is attracting thousands of labourers, and government officials are increasingly recognizing the need to target these workers with HIV prevention services.

31 Americans Sworn-in as Peace Corps Environment Volunteers in Ethiopia

Ethiopian President attends the event

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2010 – Thirty-one Americans were sworn-in Friday as the first group of environment Peace Corps/Ethiopia volunteers. U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Booth conducted the swearing-in and Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia President Girma Wolde-Giorgis spoke at the ceremony.

US leaked document: Conversation with Meles Zenawi

Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Special Assistant Gebretensae Gebremichael

U.S. Under Secretary Otero Assistant Secretary Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin PolOff Skye Justice (notetaker)

Will the War of Words between Egypt and Ethiopia lead to "Water War"?

By Khaled Diab(Egyptian writer)

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 5 December 2010 14.00 GMT

With the world's attention distracted by the latest WikiLeaks revelations, Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi did not need a whistleblower to cause his country diplomatic embarrassment: he proved more than capable of doing that all by himself. 

Ethiopian Housemaid arrested for stabbing employer and his son with knife

24 November 2010 RAS AL KHAIMAH(UAE) - The Ras Al Khaimah Police have arrested an Ethiopian housemaid allegedly for stabbing her 52-year-old Emirati employer and the latter’s son with a knife.

Facebook introduced a redesigned users profile page

IDG News Service - Facebook on Sunday introduced a redesign of its user profile pages in advance of an interview on the "60 Minutes" news show where CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the redesign.

Here is  Sodere Zena redesigned Facebook page.

The changes include a clustered listing of biographical information under the user name at the top of the page, including such details as the person's job, hometown, relationship status, where they went to college, what languages they speak and birth date. Beneath that will appear a set of the five most recent photos that a user allows to be posted at their profile page.

"If opposition leaders violate Ethiopian Law, they will face the same fate as opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa, who will "vegetate in jail forever."" Meles Zenawi said in the leaked secret document

The Guardian has an article about the leaked cable(secret document telegraph) from under secretary of Otero about Meles Zenawi and the assessment of the 2010 Ethiopian Election. Here is the copy of the transmitted message.

Tuesday, 02 February 2010, 05:38
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 ADDIS ABABA 000163
SIPDIS
EO 12958 DECL: 02/01/2020
TAGS PREL, PGOV, KDEM, MOPS, ECON, KE, ET
SUBJECT: UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN 
PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI - JANUARY 31, 2010
Classified By: Under Secretary Maria Otero for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).

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1.       "If opposition leaders violate Ethiopian Law, they will face the same fate as opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa, who will "vegetate in jail forever."" Meles Zenawi said in the leaked secret document

2.      Top 10 keywords: What do Ethiopians search for on Google?

3.      President Hosni Mubarak responds to PM Meles remarks

4.      Arab League moves to avert Nile crisis following Ethiopia's war remarks

5.      "The Somalia job was fantastic” WikiLeakes Cable Confirms U.S.’ Secret Somalia Operation by Ethiopia Forces.

6.      "I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia," Meles told Reuters

7.      The $13 Billion-a-year Porn Industry Analysis. Who watches more, Men or Women?

8.     The architecture which won the first prize for construction of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)

9.      France Telecom introduced new management structures for Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation employees

           10.  Ethiopian private and government workers to save 5% of their salaries. Employers to contribute 11%.

Egypt president Hosni Mubarak met with Tanzanian and Eritrea presidents

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"We now want India to help us transform our economy into the industrialised arena" Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn(Interview)

Dec 4(Delhi) prokerala.com

Ethiopia not only seeks Indian investment but also offers itself as a base for import of farm and industrial goods produced there for a partnership that can help both the countries, says the east African countrys Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

Choosing India for his first overseas visit after being appointed a few months ago, Desalegn, who also oversees his nations foreign office, wants the partnership with India to also extend to railways and infrastructure.

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Egypt deports 32 Ethiopian pilgrims

PANA 

Cairo, Egypt - African and European diplomats, returning to Ethiopia aboard an Egypt Air flight after attending the 3rd EU-African Union (AU) Summit in Libya, Thursday protested as Egyptian authorities deported, aboard the same flight, 32 Ethiopian illegal immigrants arrested after entering the country from Mecca.

Football Legend Gary Lineker Admits He Pooped Himself During '90 World Cup (Video)

For our disgusting sports story of the day, we take you all the way back to the 1990 World Cup of Soccer in Italy, where after two decades English legend Gary Lineker has admitted to "fertilizing the field" during his side's opening match of the tournament against Ireland.

During an interview with BBC Radio, Lineker detailed the events that led to the soiling of his soccer shorts, and how he was left with a rather messy situation afterwards.  Thankfully it was raining that day, allowing him to wipe some of that mess onto the ground before cleaning his hands on the wet grass. 

World cup ticket scammer Girmay Gibremichael caught in Germany

Thirty African migrants (may include Ethiopians) have died in Yemen.

Interview: Wikileak(for secret US documents) founder Julian Assange answers readers' questions from around the world

Source: The Guardian

Fwoggie

I'll start the ball rolling with a question. You're an Australian passport holder - would you want return to your own country or is this now out of the question due to potentially being arrested on arrival for releasing cables relating to Australian diplomats and polices?

Leaked US cable: Egypt lobbies to the US to delay Southern Sudan's referendum by four to six years

December 4, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Last year Sudan’s northern neighbor, Egypt, lobbied to the United States to postpone southern Sudan’s self determination referendum by four to six years as it feared that the new nation could put its share of the Nile’s water in jeopardy according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.

Ethiopian Airlines Adds Two African Destinations: Mozambique and Central African Republic

Ethiopian Airlines on Friday launched service to Maputo, Mozambique and Bangui, Central African Republic, according to the airline. Anyone will have access to the two African capital cities by traveling through the airline's hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia to grow 14.9 percent by expanding agriculture and boosting savings to fund investment.

Ethiopia’s parliament approved a five- year economic plan today that targets growth of as much as 14.9 percent by expanding agriculture and boosting savings to fund investment.

The government will raise the minimum deposit rate, which is currently below October inflation of 10.6 percent, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told lawmakers in the capital, Addis Ababa. The average rate is 4 percent, Zemen Bank said in July.

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Ethiopia has the potential to become the largest Biodiesel producer in the World

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Policy-makers in Ethiopia, challenged by fluctuating oil prices and poverty, are seeking solutions that will improve the living conditions of its people and boost its fragile economy. One such solution, Ethiopian leaders hope, is renewable energy.

The architecture which won the first prize for construction of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)

Nearly a year has passed since we saw the winner of architectural competition for the headquarter of Commercial bank of Ethiopia.

In January, 2010 Henn Architekten has won first prize in an architectural competition for the construction of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Once completed, the 42-storey tower will be the tallest building ever built in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian private and government workers to save 5% of their salaries. Employers to contribute 11%.

Café Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant opened in New Orleans.

BY ROBERT PEYTON(MyNewOrleans.com)

Café Abyssinia opened in the early part of November at 3511 Magazine St., though the only evidence from the street is a large sign bearing the colors of the Ethiopian flag between Garden District Shoe Repair and a little soul food/snowball shop. The restaurant is set 30 or so yards from the street and housed in a small space that is clearly a repurposed apartment.