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Lalibela
Lalibela - II
Semien Mountains Park
Knowledge and Skill Transfer Program at Ethiopian Universities
An invitation from The Expatriates Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to all Ethiopian Professionals in the Diaspora
We admired the Pyramids of Egypt; we marveled with the Great Wall of China and we were dumbfounded by the design of the Taj Mahal. We took time and traveled to see them and returned with pictures to show friends and we passionately talked about them endlessly. However, right in our backyard Ethiopia has the most beautiful historical sites. This week our Amharic publication has something to tell us about our historical places in Ethiopia that are magnificent and can be considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Read More
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia-Press Statement
Gonder
Bahir Dar and Lake Tana
Tis Isat - The Nile Falls
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 5,000 metres in Berlin on Sunday. Read more
Ethiopia's Bekele nabs distance race double
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PM Meles indicates the importance of common African position on upcoming climate change conference (August 4, 2009)Africa's interest and position will not be muffled as has usually been the case when each African country speaks for itself or tries to do so on behalf of Africa with out the necessary mandate, he added. He further said Africa's interest is not, to claim compensation for climate change and its damages rather it is to prevent that from happening. "That is our primary interest precisely because Africa's eco-systems are among the most fragile in the world and hence highly vulnerable to catastrophic changes due to small changes in temperature," he added.Meles further said "we want to quickly adopt green technologies among other things because we do not have the dead weight of massive investment in dirty technologies."
The Army chief said capability of the Army has been built on reliable foundation to defend the Sovereignty of the Country.
The chief said outstanding mission accomplishment of the army in international peacekeeping missions is a demonstration of its dependable status.
RICH countries should compensate Africa for all their belching chimneys and exhausts. In a rare fit of African unity, it was decided at a recent flurry of leaders’ meetings that the United States, the European Union, Japan and others should pay .........Click here to read more
Keynote Address by
H.E Ato Meles Zenawi,
Prime Minister of the FDRE
at
The Special Session of the African
Partnership Forum on climate change
Addis Ababa September 3, 2009
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