Year: 2012
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The wonders of green tea
More often than not, a cup of tea is all that what your body needs Faben Getachew ‘Tea is a cup of life,’ so goes an ancient saying. It indeed is. The Chinese knew all too well about the health benefits of tea since ancient times, and have used it to treat many diseases ranging from headaches to depression. Nowadays…
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Another chance for peace in Darfur
Darfur, an area the size of France, had gripped the world when a civil war broke in 2003 and lasted for three years claiming the lives of an estimated 300, 000 Darfuris and 2.7 million Drfuries internally displaced. It’s a complicated civil war with complicated players involved, and any peace mediation efforts had to involve a complex web of players…
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The logic of Russia’s support for Assad regime
Mark N. Katz Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution seeking to induce Syria’s Assad regime to stop killing its own citizens. Moscow has been particularly vociferous about preventing “external interference” in Syria or of even supporting the call for Bashar al-Assad to cede power to his vice president (as has occurred—at least officially—in Yemen). Chinese statements have been…
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Women at the top
Ashenafi Zedebub It is not at all a rare occurrence nowadays to see women assuming a high post in government, public or private organizations. Today, we see women named or elected to hold office of a prime minister, minister, and bank president, CEO of insurance companies and large establishments, as speaker of parliament, as a judge, as a notary public, as…
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‘Exodus’
Celebrating the ‘History, Culture and Music of the Rastafarians in Ethiopia’ Zela Gayle It was the legendary spirit of Bob Marley that magnified the tiny Island of Jamaica to the world, and to this day Bob Marley remains the most celebrated and influential household name in reggae music throughout the world. When he composed the album ‘Exodus’ in 1977,…
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Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Soup
BY JOANNE BRUNO (Courtesy of Chef Marcus Samuelson) A lot of people rave over the smell of warm apple pie permeating their kitchen. It’s pretty great, but in a “been there, done that” kind of way. Let’s be rebels. Roast some garlic instead. Its smell is equally aromatic but the finished product is much more hip-friendly, especially when we puree it…
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The AUC – coming of age at 10
Dear Editor, The January issue of Addis Standard (The AUC – coming of age at 10) repeats false allegations previously published on December 7th , 2011 by the South African newspaper Business Day alleging that the European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Catherin Ashton is campaigning in Africa to have Nkosizana Dlamini-Zuma appointed as the next African Union Commissioner. These allegations…
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