Month: September 2012

  • Recipe

    Summer Fusilli with Zucchini and Heirloom Tomato

    By Joane Bruno (Courtesy – Chef Marcus Samuelson) We’re reaching that time of year where you’re either totally fed up with zucchini and summer squash and bemoaning the fact that you have to think of new ways to cook them at least until after labor day (ugh how imposing can they be!).   Or you’re already mourning their sure-to-be imminent…

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  • What his absence gave away

    Dear Editor, If his passing away is likely to have a national security connotation, we don’t mind waiting until the ruling party gets control of the situation (What his absence gave away, August 2012). Any country would do the same if the information has a national security impact. As can be seen, there are many groups who are happy, wishing…

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  • Africa

    Hailemariam Desalegn elected as chairman of EPRDF

          Demeke Mekonnen of ANDM is deputy chairman   The Council of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in its regular meeting held on Sep. 14th and 15th, elected Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to become its chairman replacing the late PM Meles Zenawi. The same meeting also elected…

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  • Law & Justice

    Executive power succession twist

    Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Desalegn may step into the office of the PM smoothly, but that doesn’t solve Ethiopia’s opaque constitutional provision on succession plans Kiya Tsegaye One of the most anxious developments following the mysterious disappearance from the public scene and early rife speculations of the death of Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was…

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  • U.S

    That’s America!

      It’s all about size Tomas Mega     Americans now have real choices about the future direction of the country, and the choices are unkind. Romney’s selection of U.S. Representative and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his Vice President sends a blunt message to voters:  Romney cannot only rely on a bad economy to win.  Now, it’s…

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  • Africa

    Obituary – The late PM Meles Zenawi

    A hero?A dictator? A peacemaker or a warmonger? Learning about Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is mystifying but it was hard to avoid Tsedale Lemma For the average bystander trying to understand just what sort of a leader Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was is mystifying. He was loved by many but at the same time dreaded; feared…

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  • Talk Business

    Emirates inaugurates non-stop daily service to Washington, DC

    Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has launched its daily non-stop service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). It is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the twelfth new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012. “Emirates offers important new choice, competition and a higher level of internationally…

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  • Africa

    The troubling states in Africa

          Amidst talks of a rising Africa, peace and security issues remain critical in parts of the continent Selahadin Eshetu Of the several agendas that crowded the 19th Ordinary Session of African head of states and governments, held in July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the issue of continental peace and security stood high, next, of course, that of…

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  • Africa

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              Seen here second from left, Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs assured the gathering by pledging the government will be back to business “as of tomorrow.” “I would reassure you that the [ruling] EPRDF and our developmental and democratic state will immediately act to implement all the policies and strategies, including…

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  • Africa

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              The late primer’s body was laid in a special tribune during the first ever state funeral ceremony in contemporary Ethiopia held at the Meskel Square today. The body was carried by a horse carriage dressed in black. It was then laid into the special tribune carried by a dozen senior army generals including military Chief…

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