Ethiopia PM willing to talk to Eritrea, In an exclusive interview, Hailemariam Desalegn tells Al Jazeera he is ready to speak to President Issaias Afeworki.
Ethiopia PM willing to talk to Eritrea In an exclusive interview, Hailemariam Desalegn tells Al Jazeera he is ready to speak to President Issaias Afeworki. Last Modified: 05 Dec 2012 15:38 i Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has said that he is willing to hold talks with neighbouring Eritrea, with whom Addis Ababa fought a border war […]
Read More →Letter From Getachew to all Ethiopian Patriots Ephrem Madebo of Ginbot 7 Ethiopian opposition movement at Eritrean Festival in Oakland
Letter From Getachew to all Ethiopian Patriots Check out how the Department of Banda elements in Ginbot 7 praising the traitors ,crudest and popular anti Africa and Ethiopia banditry name EPLF , who are responible for Ethiopian Amhara, Tigre Oromo soldiers and their family’ massacering and murdering in a crudest way of killing and humiliation.What a […]
Read More →GOP issues a new ‘fiscal cliff’ offer to Obama
ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue — but not raising rates for the wealthy. […]
Read More →Fresh South China Sea dispute
Chinese fishing boats in the South China Sea earlier this year. Photo: AP Beijing: China and two of its neighbours, Vietnam and India, are locked in a new dispute over energy exploration in the South China Sea, as China continues its aggressive attitude towards the contentious waterway. Vietnam accused a Chinese fishing boat of cutting a seismic […]
Read More →UN Secretary General condemns proposed Israeli settlements
ISRAEL UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has criticized Israel’s proposed new West Bank settlements, saying they’ll deal a “fatal blow” to peace. The comments follow Israel’s confiscation of tax and tariff funds from Palestine. Ban Ki-moon (pictured above) warned Israel Sunday, saying 3,000 new proposed settlement homes would harm the peace process with the Palestinians. […]
Read More →Fatal incident reflects new boldness among offshore smugglers
The death of a Coast Guard crewman after suspected smugglers rammed a U.S. craft shows the rising popularity of sea routes for marijuana and illegal immigrants. Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III suffered a fatal head injury attempting to stop a Mexican panga near Santa Cruz Island  Your take? Is Mexican drug violence spilling over […]
Read More →Congo rebels’ withdrawal from Goma ‘purely tactical’, say analysts
Despite retreat by the M23, there’s no sign that any of the major players are willing to act to stop the violence flaring up again A Congolese M23 rebels sleeps in the back of a truck as the rebels withdraw from Goma. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images After much initial confusion, reports indicate that rebels in […]
Read More →KENYA: As polls loom, tensions mount in slums
IRINnews 2012-12-04: NAIROBI, 4 December 2012 (IRIN) – After Kenya went to the polls five years ago, Victor Situma and his family were among some 600,000 people who fled their homes as, in many parts of the country, a bitter dispute over who had won the presidency degenerated into widespread inter-communal violence. His house and shop […]
Read More →Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be “totally unacceptable” and that the country’s leaders would be held accountable. Obama said that if Syrian President Bashar Assad made the “tragic mistake” of deploying chemical weapons, there would be consequences. Obama stopped short of detailing those […]
Read More →Illinois Senate approves immigrant drivers licenses
SPRINGFIELD — Undocumented immigrants are a step closer to being allowed to have drivers licenses after the Illinois Senate approved the proposal today. Senators voted 41-14 to approve, helped by support from top Republicans. Related articles Curran to lawmakers: Approve licenses for undocumented immigrantsLocal clergy backing undocumented immigrant driver’s licenses More on the Web Licenses […]
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