(June 01, 2011, ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters)--Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had commuted the death sentences of 23 of former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam's henchmen convicted of genocide in 2008, reducing the penalties to life imprisonment after an appeal.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
U.S. khat roundup nets Columbus men
(May 21, 2011, Ohio)--Two Columbus men are among 18 people arrested in Ohio and on the East Coast in what authorities say is an international trafficking ring that brought more than 4.8 tons of khat into the country.
Secretary Clinton to Travel to Ethiopia, U.A.E., Zambia, and Tanzania
(May 31, 2011, Washington, DC)- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will go to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) for a meeting of the Libya Contact Group on June 9.
Ethiopia offers peacekeepers for Abyei in Sudan
(June 01, 2011, BBC)- Ethiopia has offered to send peacekeepers to Sudan's disputed border region of Abyei after its recent seizure by northern troops.
UPDATE 1-IMF says Ethiopia economy to slow in 2011/12
ADDIS ABABA, June 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's economic growth will slow to about 6 percent in the 2011/12 fiscal year due to high inflation, restrictions on private bank lending and a trickier business environment, the International Monetary Fund said.
Ethiopia charms Kevin to re-run world’s toughest race
(June 01, 2011, Addis Ababa)--A VISIT to Addis Ababa to cover a music event stirred journalist Kevin Stevens’ charitable conscious. This November he will compete in his second Great Ethiopian Run, supported by Irish charity Concern.
India-based Spentex to farm cotton in Ethiopia
(June 01, 2011 (Ethiopia)- The Ethiopian Government has provided 25.000 hectares of land to Spentex, one of the leading textile companies of India, to launch a cotton farm.
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