Immense resources of incense, gum available in Tigray Mekele, September 24,2004 (WIC)-Deputy Chief Administrator of the Tigray State, Abadi Zemu said that immense untapped resources of incense and gum are available in the State.
Projects agreement between universities to benefit over million people Mekele, September 23,2004 (WIC)- The projects agreement signed between Mekele University and the Belgian Flemish Inter-universities would reportedly benefit more than one million people.
Microsoft Launches Fresh Start for Donated Computers Initiative in Ethiopia Microsoft on Monday announced the launch of Fresh Start for Donated Computers, an education initiative designed to provide Windows 98 or Windows 2000 to schools using donated computers.
World Bank to give Ethiopia loans ADDIS ABABA - The World Bank is to give Ethiopia a total of $200-million in loans and grant, following an agreement signed in Addis Ababa, a World Bank statement said.
Success of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association CelebrationThe 1st anniversary of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association was celebrated on August 14, 2004 in Boston, MA. Members from all over the country including Canada were participated. The day's program was divided in to two parts. One, members meeting and second, dinner & fund-raising party.
The Atse Yohannes Alumni Re-union 2004 will be held in Washington DC, Saturday November 27, 2004!
Defar stuns 5,000m fieldEthiopia's Meseret Defar piled on the pace over the last 300m to steal the women's 5,000m Olympic crown in Athens. Defar had been locked in battle with Kenya's Isabella Ochichi but left her behind as she sprinted for home to win in 14 minutes, 45.63 seconds.
The undisputed king of the cross country takes gold
(August 20, 2004): Kenenisa Bekele was crowned Olympic 10,000m champion after a blistering burst of speed destroyed his rivals.
Bekele, the world record holder, ran 53.02 seconds for the last 400m to win in 27 minutes 5.11secs.
Biographical notes on scholars who received honorary doctorate degrees from AAU on 24 July 2004 Ephraim Isaac Donald Nathan Levine Ali Al’amin MazruiRichard Pankhurst Tewodle Berhan Gebre Egziabher
Researches to revive incense trees in Tigray prove successful Mekelle, August 12 ,2004(WIC)- Mekelle University disclosed that the research programs undertaken to revive incense trees forest and plant new ones have proven successful.
Research and Popularization Bureau Head Dr. Kindeya Gebrehiwot told WIC yesterday that the research was carried out in the Tankua Abergele woreda on 105 hectares of land in the past eight years.
Sudan: Darfur destroyedThe government of Sudan is responsible for "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity in Darfur, one of the world's poorest and most inaccessible regions, on Sudan's western border with Chad.
U.N. report blasts Sudan over Darfur
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- A U.N. investigator said on Friday the Sudanese government was largely to blame for a humanitarian disaster in Darfur and its responsibility for large numbers of killings in the region was beyond doubt.
Investigator Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani lawyer, said a June visit to Darfur found overwhelming evidence government forces and militia they backed had executed large numbers of civilians
FES resident representative condemns draft press law for suppressing freedom of expression
He says press laws are not necessary
Over 117 km highway opened for traffic Mekelle, August 07,2004 (WIC)- The Ethiopian Roads Authority disclosed that the Betmera-Wukro main asphalt road, which was built at a cost of more than 203 million birr, is now open for traffic.
Gebrselassie Switching to MarathonOlympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie will run his last track race at next month's Athens Games before stepping up to the marathon permanently. Gebrselassie has won two Olympic gold medals in the 10,000m and four world titles as well as setting 18 world records.
High hopes for rising US Democrat
His name is not yet widely-known, but Barack Obama is seen as a rising star in US politics - a man some are even tipping to be the country's first black president.
That is some way off. First, the Illinois Democrat must win a seat in the US Senate in November's election.
Heavy Government in Rich Countries
A Cosmic EvilAs we see it, the deplorable situation prevailing in Iraq proves beyond any shadow of doubt that the US is in that former haven of peace and stability then secured by the authoritarian presence of Saddam Hussein to destroy an ancient seat of human civilization in retaliation for what had unfortunately happened in New York on September 11, 2001. Iraq was not certainly responsible in any way for that tragedy.
In fact, most of the perpetrators of the great evil that had befallen New York had originated in Saudi Arabia and Egypt – whose governments happen to be two Arab darlings of the west. The US and its western allies were only carrying out a devastating strike on Iraq for the simple reason that Saddam Hussein – who had no weapons of mass destruction – was posing a serious threat to their interests in the Middle East.
[Source: Addis Tribune]
PRESS RELEASE:
"Mekali'h Yared Bahili Tigrai"
A new site that support and promote Tigrian artist and Tigrigna music TO BE LAUNCHED SOON
FREE ADVERTISING to all Tigrian Artist
Zafu Kiros - 
The daughter of legend Tigrigna artist Kiros Alemayohu has released a new Album
Afar Community NewsLast week, members of the Afar Community Association in UK celebrated for the Afar Boys circumcision party. The event took place in Tower Hamlets, at Mulberry Sports & Leisure Centre.
Unpleasant global reality vis-ŕ-vis Ethiopia Getachew Assefa (Sustainable-africa.org )
September 14, 2004
Look around : Right from the outset, I would like to underline that I preferably use value-neutral terms "South" and "North" in referring to the conventionally used terms "developing world" and "developed world" respectively.
Yayne to release new album 
PRESS RELEASE (9/1/2004)Yayne has been with and in the music scene for decades majoring on the rhythm section and playing varieties of musical instruments. Yayne has been idolized by music enthusiasts and musicians alike for his unique role of supplying lyrics and rhythm to many Tigrigina singers. Yayne has helped plenty of them get out to the stages.
He has now discovered him self as a uniquely gifted singer encouraged by his amazing talent and professional friends. He now proudly presents his first CD release "NEBSI". "NEBSI" will be release soon. (More information coming soon)
Nokia, Israel's LeadCom to build huge communications network in Ethiopia The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation last week signed a contract with Nokia and Israel' s LeadCom Integrated Solutions to supply equipment and manage the setting up of a GSM-GPRS network.
ETC cancels multi-million dollars fiber optics deal The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation [ETC] has canceled the two multimillion dollars worth projects proposed for fiber optics installation, by Siemens and Chinese International Telecom Corporation (CITC).
"I was waiting for someone else to do it (to lead). I run reasonably well. But I was tired from the 10.000m."
"I was strong and I didn't face any particular problem. But it is a race and in a race someone must be first and someone else second" Kenenisa BEKELE
"We were really motivated to beat the Turkish girl, because she said she would beat us before the race," Defar said.
Bekele, the world-record holder in both the 5000m and 10,000m, just missed becoming the sixth man to win both events in the same Games. "I was quite tired because of the 10,000m and the semifinals. It was not an easy race. The field was very strong so I am pleased with winning the silver. Us, the Ethiopians, tried to run together but today that wasn't enough for me to win."
Berhane Unfairly Treated!
Currently, there is no transparency in the ways the Ethiopian Athletics Federation conducts business. This has led to corruption and favoritism. The Ethiopian Athletics Federation has to be transparent in the way it conducts business. There should also be a clear standard for the selection of athletes to represent Ethiopia in major competitions. This will help eliminate corruption and favoritism that was clearly the reason that led to the dropping of Berhane Adere from the Olympic team.
Time for transparency from the Athletics Federation The controversy that arose both in the men’s and the women’s long distance Olympic events has refocused the sport’s public to the issue of withholding information from the public or lack of transparency within the Athletic Federation.
If failure is the result of these shenanigans in Athens, it would be unfortunate and the agitated public would blame the Athletic Federation.
The Capital Editorial (Monday August 23, 2004)
Ethiopian FlagBy G.E. Gorfu
Beating "The Turkish girl" -a metaphor Getachew Assefa (August 23, 2004 )
For sustainable-africa.org
"We were really motivated to beat the Turkish girl, because she said she would beat us before the race" Meseret Defar
Thank you Meseret Defar for your words of determination! In fact, whenever I think of my country, the dominating source of my inspiration is what our heroes and heroines - the athletes - do and say. When the word Yichalal was associated with our hero Haile Gebreselassie, I was motivated to write one of my first internet articles entitled "The Green Implications of Yichalal" that later was used as a spring board for my akababi website. Here we ago again, the daughter of Defar, Meseret provides me another foundation for a short reflection on our country.
Analysis A U-Turn on Freedom of the Press
The last thirteen years have been unlike any other in Ethiopia with regard to freedom of the press. The total lift on censorship and the number of newspapers published stand in stark contrast to previous times.
Analysis Mosques instead of committees
Radical imams appeared in Africa when emissaries of Red Moscow left.Agata Jabłońska ( Addis Abeba )
In the busy Churchill road of Ethiopian Capital, between the monuments of communist revolution & that of St. Peter’s, above the tin slums stands out a green mosque .It is one of the 50 others which were built in Addis Abeba during last year alone. In the barrack near by, a handsome Arab disposes cartons –inside there are clothes & medicine. We distribute them among street children, we feed them, dress them, teach them how to write & read, I am a teacher.
Analysis Why Join the "Big Noise"?
By G. E. Gorfu. (August 6, 04)
An article by Ato Getachew Assefa appeared on some Internet sites recently advocating why those of us in the Diaspora should join the "Big Noise" to petition and demand a fair market price for our coffee, as prices have fallen on an all time low. Even though this is an action that many can and should join, I have never been one to join a bandwagon, and I am not going to be one to do so at this time. My reasons are as follows:
Why Ethiopians in the Diaspora should join the "Big Noise"
By Getachew Assefa
Gorfu Contra Neitzsch - Book ReviewBy AlemSeghed Kebede
G. E. Gorfu has made a name for himself by engaging with the work of Fredric Nietzsche, considered by many as one of the most important thinkers of the Ninetieth Century. However, Gorfu Contra Nietzsche is not just another addition to the already existing pile of literature on Nietzsche. Writing vivaciously and with clarity, Gorfu has brought to our attention a vital trait of Nietzsche which is often put aside by the scholars of this controversial thinker. In this venture, Gorfu has demonstrated not only his depth of understanding of Nietzsche's work, but his command over the history of philosophy as well. Very few out-establishment thinkers have succeeded in this manner.
THE LEGACY of TERFU ASFAWOn February 12, 2002, Professor Terfu Asfaw received an official letter from the Tigray Regional Government expressing its gratitude for his generous donation towards the establishment of a new elementary school in Tigray, Ethiopia, his homeland.
Draft press law rejected againCoverage of debate on the draft law censored
* Publishers, editors, journalists vow to fight to the last
The third and the last national debate on the draft press law, which kicked off on the Wednesday of last week at the Ghion Hotel, wound up on Friday with journalists, associations and publishers fiercely criticizing the contents of the draft law. International media organizations also expressed their objection in detail on its content.
On Wednesday, members of the media who had been conferring individually came together to express their opinion as a group in which they examined critically the draft law article by article and came up with recommendations.
Entertainment Miss Tourism Ethiopia wins title in Greece
Ethiopia’s first queen of tourism Miss Tourism Ethiopia 2004, Helina Mezgebu made a stunning debut to her international appearance at the Miss tourism Planer competition recently held in Athens Greece, won the title "Miss Vivid 2004", awarded to the most photogenic candidate in Greece,
Helina is the first Miss Tourism Ethiopia Queen from Ethiopian to represent her country at the annual Miss Tourism Planet Pageant staged in Greece from July 3rd to July 14th
Analysis DARFUR: Shame on You, African Leaders
The “Government” of the Sudan is committing genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity in direct and blatant violations of international law, the 1947 Genocide Treaty, and numerous other United Nations General Assembly Resolutions.
Announcement:
Success of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association CelebrationThe 1st anniversary of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association was celebrated on August 14, 2004 in Boston, MA. Members from all over the country including Canada were participated. The day's program was divided in to two parts. One, members meeting and second, dinner & fund-raising party.
The Atse Yohannes Alumni Re-union 2004 will be held in Washington DC, Saturday November 27, 2004!
Dear Alumni and Friends of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association:Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association would like to connect you with its first web site and bring together the old and the new as we move forward. The Awlaelo Schools Alumni needs your support and commitment in order to make our young alumni community even stronger and more comprehensive.
Please visit our site frequently and keep your calendar open for future events. We also encourage you to make suggestions and send feedback. Our current URL is: Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association
Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association will hold its 1st annual fund-rasing night on August 14 and 15 weekends.
Check Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association for more info.