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black'> KINIJIT REQUEST DIASPORA TO <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>BOYCOTT TRIP TO ETHIOPIA: </b> <A HREF="http://www.kinijit.org/static/Boycott_Trip-1.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Click</a></b> <P align=justify> <b><A HREF="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/406536998?ltl=1131639357"> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Sign Petition:</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: black'>For VOA to continue broadcasting current events </b> <br> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 30: Radio</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="ftp://8475.ftp.storage.akadns.net/real/voa/africa/amha/amha1800aWED"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>VOA-News:</b> News update and interviews </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/english/2005_11/Audio/ram/Ethiopia_Journalists.ram"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>VOA Interview:</b> CPJ's Alexis Arief regarding Ethiopian Journalists</A></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> </span> <br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 30: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethioindex.com/gonewsfix.php?ethioindexnewsid=48713"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>World Bank Letter to Kinjit </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=395686"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>CPJ demands end to press repression in Ethiopia </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=108665"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Journalists criticise Ethiopian Government's stance </A></span> </A></span> <br><br> <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update: </b></span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><br> <b> Top US envoy meets government officials: </b> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>(IRIN) - A top US diplomat for African affairs has arrived in Ethiopia on a three-day mission to help breathe new life into a stalled peace process with Eritrea, the US embassy said on Tuesday. Donald Yamamoto, the deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, met Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday. He will also discuss post-election disturbances in Ethiopia with members of his administration, an official said. </span><A HREF="http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50418&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Full Text</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 29: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="sarbanes_to_rice.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Letter to Condoleezza Rice (PDF) </A></span> <!-- <br></span><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511280563.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Catholic Church Calls for Dialogue to End Conflict </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12780"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Ethopian footrace turns into anti-government demo </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="Kore-GermanRadio-nov28.pdf"><IMG SRC="images/head-kore-nov28-2.gif" WIDTH=420 HEIGHT=21 ALT="image of justice" border="0"><br> </A></span> --> <br><br> <b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update: </b></span> <br> <b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Eight Ethiopian army officers disappear in Israel: </b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Jerusalem - Eight officers from the Ethiopian Army who were hosted by Israel for a three-month-long security course have vanished and become illegal aliens, the Ma'ariv daily reported Tuesday. </span><A HREF="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1065278.php/Eight_Ethiopian_army_officers_disappear_from_course_in_Israel"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Full Text </A></span> </b> <br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>A senior US diplomat is in Ethiopia: </span></b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Donald Yamamoto, the deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, arrived in the capital on Monday for "discussions on the border and political developments in Ethiopia," an embassy spokesman said. The envoy is expected to meet with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday as well as Ethiopian opposition officials during his visit, other details of which were not immediately available. Yamamoto's visit also follows a weekend protest outside US President George W. Bush's Texas ranch by expatriate Ethiopians demanding an end to US support for Meles after a second explosion of deadly election-related violence and a crackdown on the opposition this month. <br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b> Latest victim is university professor's wife:</b></span> Dr. Bute Gutu, who's Associate Vice President for Academic Programs of Addis Ababa University (AAU) on Tuesday lost his wife who had been receiving treatments at Black Lion Hospital after she was severely beaten by police in the recent anti-Meles protests in Addis. Dr. Bute and his wife were living in Germany for more than 10 years before he returned to his country to teach at Addis Ababa University. </span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/latest_victim.html"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Full Text </A></span> </b> </span> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 28: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="dejen-WB.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>DJ Radio on World Bank:</b> A partner for Good or a Fuel for Evil </A></span> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 28: Radio</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="www.tensae.com/ER_teleconference/AtoHailu.ram"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>VOA-Interview:</b> with Yishak Kifle, Kinijit Foreign Relations </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/realaudio/nov28.ram"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>VOA - Today </A></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> courtesy Ethio-Media</span> <br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 28: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Ethiopia28nov05na.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Journalists detained as police raid newspapers & association </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511280563.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Catholic Church Calls for Dialogue to End Conflict </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12780"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Ethopian footrace turns into anti-government demo </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="Kore-GermanRadio-nov28.pdf"><IMG SRC="images/head-kore-nov28-2.gif" WIDTH=420 HEIGHT=21 ALT="image of justice" border="0"><br> </A></span> <br> <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update: </b></span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><br> <b>CUD leaders accuse Ethiopian govt of treason frame-up: </b> <IMG SRC="images/leaders1.jpg" WIDTH=210 HEIGHT=140 align=left ALT="image of justice" border="0"> <IMG SRC="images/leaders2.jpg" WIDTH=210 HEIGHT=140 ALT="image of justice" border="0"><br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Four detained leaders of Ethiopia`s main opposition party Sunday said they were being held on trumped up charges of treason and challenged the government to provide admissible evidence against them in court. "We committed no crime. But [informally] we have been charged with treason and convicted," said Hailu Shawel, president of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), the opposition party that the government accuses of masterminding a bloody riot that early this month left at least 50 persons dead in Addis Ababa. According to Hailu, the government`s crime-busters misunderstood his party`s call for changing the government as insinuating the use of force to overthrow the government. </span><A HREF="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a2001d870dcee5e1df5fbd87ae9a3888.htm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Reuters</b></a> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> | </b></span><A HREF="http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50354&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> IRIN </b></A></span> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> | </b></span><A HREF="http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=395195"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Angola Press </b></A></span> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 28: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="dejen-WB.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>DJ Radio on World Bank:</b> A partner for Good or a Fuel for Evil </A></span> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 27: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="LiberateOrthoCHURCH.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Liberate our Church from the cold-blooded "Patriarch Paulos".</A></span> <br> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov27-1.htm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>Washington Times Forum: </b> Oops, we did it again(?) </A></span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Rhonda Williams - Meles Zenawi, the leader of Ethiopia, has received $21 billion from the United States since taking power in 1991 under the guise of leading his country toward democracy. Ethiopia had its first democratic election ever last May. When it became clear the presiding government had suffered an overwhelming loss to its opposition, the CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy), ballot counting stopped, the government proclaimed itself the winner, opposition was quelled with death or imprisonment. At present, thousands have been imprisoned for the unforgivable crime of wanting democracy. Can we learn from our past mistakes so Ethiopia doesn't become another "Oops, we did it again"? ...more <br><br></span><A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/27/opinion/edethiopia.php"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>New York Times: </b> Good governance gone bad </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901051205-1134693,00.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>Time Europe: </b> Africa's Game of Follow the Leader </A></span> <br> <br><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 27: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12780"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Ethopian footrace turns into anti-government demo </A></span> <br> <br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update: </b></span> <IMG SRC="images/ahmed.jpeg" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=100 align=left ALT="image of justice" border="0"> <IMG SRC="images/ahmed_attacked2.jpeg" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=100 align=left ALT="image of justice" border="0"> <span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>Journalist Ahmed is attacked by TPLF security agents: </b> EMF (28 November 2005) - Eight TPLF security agents have launched a life-and-death attack on a single-handed journalist Ahmed in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday. Ahmed has been criticizing the Meles regime s act of terror against the Ethiopian people on the Voice of Ethiopia Radio. Reports confirmed that Meles has dispatched his security agents abroad to terrorise the Ethiopian Diaspora. Ahmed, who was beaten and reportedly left for dead is in critical condition in a hospital in Stockholm. More report to come later on. <br><br> <b> Ethiopia's jailed leaders to go on hunger strike: </b><br> Leaders from Ethiopia's opposition who have been detained by the government and accused of treason said they were innocent and would go on hunger strike from Monday. We have committed no crime. We are here because of our political differences with the government," said Berhanu Nega, a top CUD official. Joining the hunger strike are CUD chairman Hailu Shawel, Birtukan Midgesa, the deputy chair, Dr. Berhanu Nega and Professor Mesfin Woldemariam. "We have decided to go on hunger strike indefinitely beginning Monday. We will take only liquids," he told journalists at Ethiopia's central investigation centre. 'There is no evidence against us,' Hailu Shawel, CUDP chair told journalists during a brief meeting at the Federal Police Crime Investigation Department where they spoke freely in the presence of the guards. Four of the detainees were present at the meeting. 'Ours is a political, not a criminal case, and the government is wasting the resources of this poor country,' Berhanu Nega, CUDP executive member and mayor-elect of Addis Ababa, said. Hailu and Berhanu castigated the international community for 'giving lip service' to democracy, but failing to act during gross human rights abuses during the post-election disturbances this year in which many people were reported killed and scores of others were injured. 'It is a mockery of human rights when such leading democratic countries as Germany and Britain greet the leader of a country only a few days after his government was involved in mass murder of demonstrators,' Mesfin Wolddedmariam, CUDP member and civil rights activist, said. He was referring to Meles' visit to Bonn for a meeting of the German-African Forum hosted by President Horst Koehler, and to Prime Minister Tony Blair for congratulating Meles on his election for a third five-year term. Click ... </span><A HREF="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1064853.php/Detained_Ethiopian_opposition_leaders_are_political_prisoners"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Full Text</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 26: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="http://ethiopundit.blogspot.com/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b>MUST READ: </b> Washington's Lethal Delusions of Stability </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="tplfTerror.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>TPLF and the Roots of Terrorism in East Africa (PDF) </A></span> <br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 26: Radio</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="http://wustradio.francelink.com:8080/ramgen/wust/saturday09011.ra"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Listen Kinijit Radio </A></span> <br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 26: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br><A HREF="http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17380554-5001028,00.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Protesters near by President Bush ranch urge action on Ethiopia</A></span> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, African Confidential <br> </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b> Disputed elections, the shooting of oppositionists and donor worries hasten political change: </b> The ruling party is on the defensive. Its brutal response to opposition protests at election irregularities and the criticism which that has aroused, may mark its transformation. At May's elections, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) lost support markedly throughout the country and totally in the capital. Since then, some 76 civilians have died in disturbances, the last 40 of them on 1-2 November. The death-toll makes it seem that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government cannot regain its lost legitimacy, either with Ethiopians or with Western governments. To subscribe for Details Click ... </span><A HREF="http://www.africa-confidential.com/index.aspx?pageid=21"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Subscribe</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 25: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov25-1.htm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Making sense of the violence in Ethiopia s first real election </A></span> <br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 25: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>TPLF Security Configuration <A HREF="security_3.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Part III</span></b></a> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> | </b></span><A HREF="security.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Part I & II </b></A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/nov2005/ethi-n25.shtml"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b></b>Brutal clampdown by Ethiopian regime</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="news-nov25-1.pdf"><IMG SRC="images/heading-nov25-1.gif" WIDTH=340 HEIGHT=22 ALT="image of AEUP link" border="0"></B></A> <span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: black'>EthioForum</b></span> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, EU Lawmaker Says Effort to Get Ethiopians Talking Failed (VOA) <br> </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b> EU Lawmaker Says Effort to Get Ethiopians Talking Failed (VOA): </b> The EU  along with the United States, United Nations and African Union -- should use their influence to get Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to release prisoners rounded up during demonstrations in early November  and to get all sides talking working on a peaceful resolution to their differences. More... </span><A HREF="http://www.ethioforum.org/News/article/sid=284.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Full Text</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 24: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <!-- <br></span><A HREF="critic_revised.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Criticism without Substance, Prof Getatchew Haile </A> <br> --> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov24-1.htm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopian Former Ambassador letter to the President of Germany </A> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> </span><br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 24: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12728"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'></span></b>ONLF denounces deportation of Ogaden s village population</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.ecs.org.et/Doc/Ewnet.htm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>Amharic: </b>Message of the Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/negasso_der_spiegel.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Thilo Thielke talked to Dr. Negasso Gidada</A></span> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, Message of the Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia: <br> </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>We call for the release of political prisoners</b> - In situations of such a social distress we cannot remain silent lest we appear to be indifferent in front of the suffering of our people. We want, first of all, to express our sincere solidarity and condolences to the families of the victims. Message of the Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia to the Catholic Faithful and to all the Ethiopian people of good will Read More... </span><A HREF="http://www.ethioforum.org/News/article/sid=276.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Full Text</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 23: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="critic_revised.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Criticism without Substance, Prof Getatchew Haile </A> <br> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov7-1.htm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Revisiting Clapham's Nov 7th Comments on the Ethiopian Crisis </A> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>It now seems to me beyond any plausible likelihood that the EPRDF government can re-establish its position as an acceptable public authority  entirely regardless of whether that authority be democratic or not. On the contrary, it has now reached the point, reached by the imperial and Derg regimes before it, at which its authority has withered away, and cannot be recovered. It has lost  the mandate of heaven , and in these circumstances, only three possible outcomes remain: </span><br><br> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 23: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br><A HREF="http://www.ethioforum.org/News/article/sid=273.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'></span></b>Democratic process brought to a stand still</A></span> <br><A HREF="HR4423_Ethiopia.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> EAC pleased with Congressman Smith H.R. 4423</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="nov23-hiv-news.pdf"><IMG SRC="images/head-nov23-1.gif" WIDTH=420 HEIGHT=18 ALT="image of AEUP link" border="0"> </B></A> <span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: black'>Source: EthioForum</b></span> <!-- <br><A HREF="http://www.savenega.org/situation.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'></span></b>Prominent Economist Fighting for Democracy Imprisoned </A></span> <br><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511220582.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Opposition Leaders And Activists Denied Bail</A></span> --> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, Crackdown in Ethiopia: </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> (Washington Post) A government crackdown in Ethiopia, following a wave of political unrest, has left opposition politicians, journalists, intellectuals and aid officials behind bars, even though the government of President Meles Zenawi has released some detainees under international pressure. Ato Daniel Bekele , the policy manager for ActionAid International in Ethiopia, was detained in his home in Addis Ababa, the capital, on Nov. 1. He remains in custody, although no charges have been filed against him, according to Sandy Krawitz , a spokeswoman for the group's U.S. branch, based in Washington. </span><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112202040.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Washington Post</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 22: News Headlines</b></span></b> <br><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/ethiopia_le_monde.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'></span></b>Ethiopia on the brink of civil war , Lemond Translate</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.savenega.org/situation.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'></span></b>Prominent Economist Fighting for Democracy Imprisoned </A></span> <br><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511220582.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Opposition Leaders And Activists Denied Bail</A></span> <!-- <br><A HREF="fekade_reporter.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> The News that was pulled down from the Reporter</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106803"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Special court order opposition leaders to remain in custody</A></span> <br> <br><A HREF="Embilta-19-1.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Embilta Vol II, Issue 6</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="dutna11132005.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Statement by the Democratic Union of Tigreans </a> <br><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106776"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopian journalists- No news is bad news</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112001140.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Violence in Ethiopia Inspires Regional Rally</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12656"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> May elections failure due to lack of restructured major players </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106254"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Political riots in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania</A></span> </span> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, Violence In Ethiopia: </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> --> <hr> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 22: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov22-1.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Open letter to Paul Henze, By Fekade Shewakena </A> <br><br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 21: Editorial</b></span></B></B> <br></span><A HREF="art-nov21-1.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> The Manifesto of the TPLF on "Republic of Greater Tigrai" </A> <br>The above article is written from the interest of an Eritrean Group. Nevertheless, we posted the article believing raising the point will be important to Ethiopians. <br></span><A HREF="mefte-nov.pdf"><IMG SRC="images/headings-mefte-nov.gif" WIDTH=260 HEIGHT=20 ALT="image of AEUP link" border="0"> </B></A> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 21: News Headlines</b></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.mnstories.com/archives/2005/11/ethiopians_prot.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> VIDEO: </span></b> Ethiopians Protest Carter, Edina, Minnesota</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/realaudio/ecaf_nov21.ram"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Radio: </span></b> Ethio Media Radio, Weekend Ethiopia</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12676"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia s opposition leaders be held for 10 More Days</A></span> <br><A HREF="fekade_reporter.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> The News that was pulled down from the Reporter</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106803"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Special court order opposition leaders to remain in custody</A></span> <br> <br><A HREF="Embilta-19-1.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Embilta Vol II, Issue 6</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="dutna11132005.pdf"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Statement by the Democratic Union of Tigreans </a> <br><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106776"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopian journalists- No news is bad news</A></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112001140.html"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Violence in Ethiopia Inspires Regional Rally</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12656"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> May elections failure due to lack of restructured major players </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106254"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Political riots in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania</A></span> </span> <br><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update, Violence In Ethiopia: </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> EMF staff Reporter, AA - In response to an ever increasing public discontent and unrest against Meles administration, the regime has continued its inhuman killings and arrest of people in all over the country, reliable sources report to EMF. According to sources, the government of Meles Zenawi is unable to control the unrests that are wide spreading in all over the country. Many people and agazi forces are reportedly been killed in a continuation confrontations to resist harassment and human rights violation. <br><b>Addis Ababa: </b> Thousands of residents of Addis Ababa have gathered today in front of the Federal court to demand the whereabouts of their missing relatives. Despite emotional and aggressive request by the people for their families, the authorities did fail to react. Thrown dead bodies of unidentified persons have been a common scene in different places of Addis Ababa City. Sources found unidentified corpse at Sub-Cities of Ayer tena, Karaqore, Shiromeda, Addis ketema, Asko and Afincho ber. Nobody is able to identify the dead because the body is deliberately buckled by the killers. The government is recruiting unemployed youth for 200 birr a month to cooperate with it in the roundup and search of suspects of the riot. Report also disclosed that the collaborators are facing an ever worst punishment from the public. Abeje Tesfahun, a collaborator from Saris sub-city, is found on a street with his legs and arms cut. People have burnt down the house of another collaborator to the Agazi army at Winget area. Similarly two Agazi soldiers have reportedly been killed in Merkato and Megenagna areas, and two federal police have been killed in Mekanisa. The incident occurred after three people were brutally beaten at Merkato in a clash between the people and the Meles militias. Mass arrest in Merkato area has been reported after the death of the Agazi militias. <br><b>Sandafa: </b> Twenty-seven agazi militias have reportedly been killed by unidentified forces at Sandafa while they were on the way to Addis by a military convoy. <br><b>Arsi: </b> OPDO-led retaliations against residents of Kore area at Arsi are underway. The Amhara residents are said to have been taking refugee at Shashemene to avoid government sponsored attacks. <br><b>Ambo: </b> The Meles regime gunned down six people in a clash with the people of Ambo. The clash occurs when the government tries to call the people for a discussion in division. The people of Ambo then went out in the streets to protest the killings. There is deterioration of the situation at Ambo by now as people are being rounded up. <br><b>Gondar: </b> After a press release given by the Ethiopian Patriotic Front (Arbegnoch ginbar), a front engaged in armed struggle to topple the Meles regime, the Agazi militia is terrorizing the people in Gondar. Hundreds are being rounded up and detained in concentration camps. Report disclosed that most of government soldiers are joining the Ethiopian Patriotic Front. It has also been reported that the 13th Army division is under a strict control by the Agazi militia for governments loss of confidence in the army. <br><b>Nazreth: </b> Two heavy trucks transporting petroleum from Djibuti to Addis Ababa have been burned down by unknown forces at Welenchity. Similarly four military convoys carrying EPRDF soldiers have also been ambushed at Wellenchiti, source said. <br><b>Eastern Ethiopia: </b> Armed fighting continues at Harar, Jijiga, kebri-Dehar, and Ogaden regions. Most of the youth is joining the ONLF and Afar National Movements to avoid round up and indiscriminate killings by Meles' Agazi. <br><b>Mass Killings in Koffele: </b> An eye witness has reported that hundreds of residents of Koffele small town some 20 km north-east of Shashemene have been gunned down by the troops of Melse on Sunday. The victims include small children, elderly men, women. Their corpses have not been removed until as late as 1500 hrs CET yesterday. Detailed reports are to come as soon as possible. <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> VOA: Violence In Ethiopia</b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> According to news reports, more than forty demonstrators were killed in Ethiopia, hundreds were wounded and thousands of people were arrested. Among those taken into custody were leaders of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy party. The party is challenging the parliamentary elections in May which Prime Minister Meles Zenawai's ruling Ethiopian People's Democracy Front, reportedly won. The opposition says that the results were fraudulent. Negotiations between the government and the opposition collapsed at the end of October. Also detained are eight journalists, including Andualem Ayle of the weekly newspaper Ethiop and Nardos Meaza of Satanaw, another weekly. The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent monitoring group, says "The [Ethiopian] government began a crackdown on independent media and threatened to charge some journalists with treason, an offense that carries the death penalty." Vicki Huddleston is the acting U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia. She says the turmoil resulting from the disputed election is holding back progress: "In the internal affairs of a nation, there's no divorce. You've got to listen to all the voices. To resolve the quarrels of the family and the quarrels of the nation, the way ahead is clearly through dialogue, through building trust and confidence, through a peaceful means, to a strong, democratic nation." </span><A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/figleaf/ramfilegenerate.cfm?filepath=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evoanews%2Ecom%2Fmediaassets%2Fuspolicy%2F2005%5F11%2FAudio%2Fra%2F12436%2Era"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b> Listen VOA</b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 18: News Headlines</b></span> </B> <br></span><A HREF="specialreport89_eng_.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'></b>Violations Committed Against Members and Supporters of the Opposition </A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/realaudio/tigrians_on_voa.ram"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> VOA Interview with two Tigrai opposition leaders</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=106196"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia says unrest under control despite rebels' allegations </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=95492&ran=146360"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Valuing America, NSU prof risks life in Ethiopia</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="Amnesty-nov18.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Amnesty International Letter of concern to Meles </a> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/eu_to_suspend_aid.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> EU to suspend aid to Ethiopia </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/17/ethiopia.jail.ap/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia investigates reports of deaths in jailbreak</A> <br><br><b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update: EU - </b>Aid should be suspended until human rights offences stop</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b> "No more EU money for repression in Ethiopia" </b> The European Parliament's political groups have agreed to send a letter to the Council asking for a suspension of EU development aid (excluding humanitarian funds) to Ethiopia in response to the country's ongoing failure to respect human rights. This measure is foreseen under article 96 of the Cotonou agreement, which is an essential element of EU cooperation with Ethiopia. Speaking at a joint press conference yesterday, Margrete Auken, Danish MEP for the Socialistisk Folkeparti and member of the EU's election observation mission to Ethiopia, said: "The May election mobilised more than 90% of the Ethiopian population who, in voting, demonstrated their faith in democracy. But the problems started just after information on the poor result of the ruling party at the polls began to emerge. This provoked a massive crackdown by the authorities in an attempt to turn the situation around and keep power at any cost. In November, the government arrested the entire leadership and the elected members of the main opposition CUD party. Peaceful demonstrators were shot in the street of Addis Ababa, and other major cities. The government security forces are conducting house-to-house searches and arresting thousands of people suspected of sympathising with the opposition. Journalists from the independent press, leaders of civil society organisations and human rights activists are also being arrested. In addition, hundreds have gone in hiding." "The scale of the repression is beyond imagination. I heard poignant stories of atrocities; a wife of an elected member of the Addis Ababa city administration who was shot dead for crying when her husband was brutally arrested is just only one example among many. How can the EU leaders tolerate such blatant violation of basic human rights?" </span><A HREF="http://www.greens-efa.org/en/press/detail.php?id=2832"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> <b>Full Text </b> </b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 17: News Headlines</b></span> </B> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethioindex.com/gonewsfix.php?ethioindexnewsid=47405"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><IMG SRC="images/radio3.gif" WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=30 ALT="Internet Radio Image" border="0">NPR VIDEO: Ethiopia Grapples with Violence, Democracy</A></span> <br><br></span><A HREF="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/17/ethiopia.jail.ap/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia investigates reports of deaths in jailbreak</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511170400.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> 58 Persons Charged with Treason</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://bulletsandhoney.blogspot.com/2005/11/fearful-streets-and-burning-hearts-in.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Fearful Streets and Burning Hearts in Addis Ababa </A> <br></span><A HREF="news-nov17-1.htm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Urgent Eye Witness Report</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/english/2005_11/Audio/mp3/World_Bank_Ethiopia_Ashenafi_16Nov05_Eng2a.mp3"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Interview with World Bank s country director for Ethiopia</a> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1132143307631B231"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Uncertainty Puffs Up Dollar in the Black Market</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511160672.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Two More Journalists Detained in Growing Crackdown</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/us_congress_111605.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Congress urges Bush to appoint new ambassador quickly </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4443618.stm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Twenty die in Ethiopian jailbreak </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16607.shtml"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Amnesty International appeals on behalf of detainees </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1117/p06s03-woaf.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>'Treason' rises in Africa</A></span> <br><br><b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update:</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>State Department Daily Press Briefing, Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman QUESTION: </b>Adam, change of subject. Yesterday, you couldn't miss it; there was a rally by some upwards of nearly 20,000 Ethiopians here in Washington between the Congress, the World Bank, here at the State Department, at the White House. And they're talking again about jailed opposition leaders, which also may include journalists, and there's a total media blackout from Addis Ababa that's controlled by the government. What are the procedures? They are demanding new elections and an end to this 14-year dictatorship. Do you agree with them and what's the next step? <br><b>MR. ERELI:</b> The United States has made clear its position on the elections in Ethiopia and the recent political violence in Ethiopia. We've made it clear in a number of ways: First and foremost, by statements issued by the EU missions and our Embassy in Addis Ababa on November the 6th. Second, by a statement issued by the State Department, I believe it was November the 8th. Third, in meetings with Ethiopian officials in Addis Ababa and opposition leaders as well in Addis Ababa and through conversations with our senior officials here in Washington and the capital there, and we've made clear where we stand on the issue in a number of ways -- as follows: Number one, violence should stop and no party to this issue should take acts that lead to the destruction of life and property. That's wrong and that's to be avoided. Second, that the government should take steps to either release or charge those in detention and they should do so expeditiously. And in the case where people are charged, that due process, transparency, and international standards be respected. Specifically, that those detained and those accused be provided defense counsel, access to international -- representatives of the international organizations and international human rights groups, relatives, and loved ones; that a commission of inquiry into the violence be established. And, as you point out in your question, that the rights of the media be respected in Ethiopia and that private media facilities be reopened so that the people can know what's going on. So we have made those points, I think, clearly and consistently to both the government and the opposition and we will continue to work to assure that people's freedoms are respected and that peace and an absence of violence prevail. <br> <b>World Bank will cut aid to Ethiopia: (EiTB) </b>WB, Ethiopia's largest donor, is pressing Ethiopian leaders to resolve the political crisis as soon as possible. The World Bank, Ethiopia's largest donor, will cut aid to this Horn of Africa nation after the political unrest that claimed the lives of at least 46 people early this month, said Ishac Diwan, the organization's country director. The World Bank pressed Ethiopian leaders to quickly resolve the political crisis triggered by disputed May legislative elections, warning that the growing economic problems in the country could escalate political instability. Ethiopia will lose international aid because of concerns about how the country is being governed, a World Bank official said on Wednesday, calling on leaders to quickly resolve a crisis triggered by a violent election dispute. "Aid will be cut. The question is by how much?" Isaac Diwan, World Bank country director in Ethiopia, said in an interview. "We have sent very clear signals that international and World Bank assistance will be cut over time if the governance situation does not improve," Diwan said. The World Bank provides $450-million of the $1.2-billion development assistance that Ethiopia receives from donors. </span><A HREF="http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1132143307631B231"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> <b>Full Text </b> </b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 16: News Headlines</b></span> </B><br></span><A HREF="Congress_Ethiopia_Consolidation_Act_2005.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Congresman bill to enhance human rights, democracy & economic freedom</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="Letter_Biden&ChristopherSmith.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Chris Smith and Senator Biden on the worsening situation in Ethiopia/A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/16/437ad65417c55"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> A prof. at W.Michigan Univ. brings awarness on election fraud in Ethiopia</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1132124221722B231"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia frees detainees, diplomats believe thousands are left</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.angus-reid.com/analysis/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9883"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Electoral Strife Puts Focus Back on Ethiopia </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051116.wcomment1116/BNStory/International/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> The Internet - Why it isn't a panacea for poor countries </A> <br><br><b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update:</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>War as a Diversion: </b>(Strategy Page) <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: black'>November 16, 2005: </span>Ethiopia has "hardened" the town of Zalambessa (near the Eritrean border). This may not be new news, as reports of trench and bunker building in the area have been circulating since this past Spring. Zalambessa is east of the town of Badme, which is at the center of the Ethiopian-Eritrean disputes. Ethiopia may be letting outsiders see the defensive preparations in Zalambessa since it demonstrates "the will to fight." A western reporter said he noticed few troops in Zalambessa but the defensive works were extensive. It is feared that the Ethiopian government will welcome another round of war with Eritrea, to distract people from domestic problems with vote rigging. <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: black'>November 15, 2005: </span>Parliament agreed to an independent inquiry into the violence surrounding the recent voting demonstrations. The government has agreed that too much force was used, and said it would buy water cannon and other non-lethal anti-riot weapons. <b><A HREF="http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/ethiopi/articles/20051116.aspx"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Full Report</span> </b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 15: News Headlines</b></span> </B><br></span><A HREF="http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15595"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Political storm sweeps away much of the privately-owned press</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/wtw"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Audio - BBC on Ethipia</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Ethiopia14nov05na.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Two more Ethiopian journalists detained in growing crackdown </A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/gruesome_crime.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> A gruesome crime reported on a pro-government newspaper</A></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://heraldnet.com/stories/05/11/15/100loc_awebsite001.cfm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> A voice for Ethiopians Everett man's Web site offers mix of news</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=256420&area=/insight/insight__africa/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia frees 3,858 detainees held over unrest</A> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6J6FAB?OpenDocument"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia holds 5,400 over deadly riots, has freed nearly 8,000</A> <br><br><b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update:</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> <b>Woyane Steps up its Attack on ETA : </b> The attack on Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) and Ethiopian Free Press Journalist Association (EFJA) has continued. After carrying away the computers, desks and documents of various journalists offices, Woyyane has now turned its face to the ETA. The drama over the weekend was again out of norm. Six armed Police men had been occupying ETA's premises since 1st November 2005. As per Ato Germoraw Kassa, The General Secretary of ETA's description of the events, on Saturday 12 November 2005, 10 more policemen from Federal Police Commission and three men supposedly from neighbourhood office came to the ETA compound. Their aim was to search Ato Kassahun Kebede, the already detained chairman of the Addis Ababa ETA branch office. They asked for the presence of Mr Teferi Gessesse, ETA Executive member and Secretary to Addis Ababa branch of ETA. As Ato Teferi was not aware of their plan and he was not available for the weekend at that time of the ransacking but they carried out their search of the office without him for half a day. <b><A HREF="news-nov15-1.htm"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Full Report</span> </b></a> <hr> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'><b>Nov 14: News Headlines</b></span> </B><br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethioforum.org/News/article/sid=222.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Demonstration to stop VOA Amharic, disaster <br></span><A HREF="http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13165399.htm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopian women seek news on missing men <br></span><A HREF="http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50081&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Donors concerned over political unrest <br></span><A HREF="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/77e452aa-556b-11da-8a74-00000e25118c.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia counts cost of election strife <br></span><A HREF="http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=256420&area=/insight/insight__africa/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Zenawi Shoes Violent Streak - by Jean-Jacques Cornish <br> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/14/ethiopia.missing.ap/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopians look for jailed relatives <br></span><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200511140546.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Four Journalists Turned Themselves in to Police <br></span><A HREF="http://www.ethioindex.com/medrek2/viewtopic.php?p=177121#177121"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Christopher Clapham Comments on the Ethiopian Crisis <br><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/international/africa/14ethiopia.html"></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> Ethiopia's Capital, Once Promising, Finds Itself in Crisis </span> </A></b> <br><A HREF="http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6J54D8?OpenDocument"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'>Former emperor's family appeals for dialogue in riot-torn Ethiopia </A></b></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.ethioindex.com/medrek2/viewtopic.php?p=176400#176400"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> ANALYSIS-Once favoured E. African leaders' lustre fades </A></b></span> <br><A HREF="http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=390836"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> CPJ condemns Ethiopian plan to charge journalists with treason </A></b></span> <br></span><A HREF="http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12545"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'> A cry for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia - message to Donors </A></b></span> </b></A></span> <br><br><b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Summary Update:</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: navy'><br><IMG SRC="images/prof_mesfin.jpg" WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=90 align=left ALT="image of justice" border="0"> Prof. Mesfin W. Mariam (75) is on a hunger strike in prison. He is taking only one-cup of apple juice a day. Ethiopian residing in Pretoria, London, Boston, Ottawa and Vancouver are also taking part in the hunger strike to protest the injustice taking place in Ethiopia. <br><br><b>Ethiopia's Capital, Once Promising, Finds Itself in Crisis: </b> (New york Times,ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) - This city fancies itself the capital of Africa, the crossroads of the continent, a refined refuge where African leaders gather to address the crises in unruly places like Sudan, Ivory Coast and Congo. The city's most powerful resident, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, has been deemed one of Africa's new generation of leaders, a rebel turned democrat and darling of the international donors. But after a months-long political standoff that has turned increasingly bloody, Ethiopia's capital has joined Africa's more ignominious places, becoming the latest continental crisis point to attract the attention of the African Union, which has its headquarters here. Mr. Meles now finds himself criticized as a dictator, not a democrat. "If the situation deteriorates here, it's a major symbolic failure for the African Union," said Abdul Mohammed, an analyst with the Inter-African Group who huddled with African Union leaders on Nov. 4 to discuss the Ethiopia crisis. "This is the home of the A.U. This is occurring in the A.U.'s backyard." Quite literally. The African Union's crisis management team did not have to consult a map to find the latest hot spot on this continent. It could look out the window. Ethiopian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the streets <b><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/international/africa/14ethiopia.html"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'> Full Report</span> </b></a> <hr> <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: Black'>Kinijit chapter in Las Vegas raised $36,000 during their fundrasing event this week. A tee shirt with Ethiopian flag and Kinijit logo generated $12,000 during the event auction. <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: #990033'>Excellent Job "Kinijit-LAS VEGAS" !!! </span></b><br> <hr> <!-- <A HREF="http://www.cudethiopia.org/movie/EthioDejaVu.swf"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color: maroon'><b>PICTURES AND VOICE OF BLOOD: ETHIOPIA NOVEMBER </A></b></span><br> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> | </b></span> --> <A HREF="http://