Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Disgraceful conditions in reception centers

Spartan: A bedroom on Hvalsmoen Transit Center, one of nine reception centers run by Norwegian People's Aid.  The organization believes the government gives so little money for the operation that living conditions are bordering on the irresponsible.  Many stay longer than the sober standard states.  Photo: Herman Dreyer
Spartan: A bedroom on Hvalsmoen Transit Center, one of nine reception centers run by Norwegian People's Aid.The organization believes the government gives so little money for the operation that living conditions are bordering on the irresponsible. Many stay longer than the sober standard states. Photo: Herman Dreyer
Norwegian asylum centers are forced to keep a low standard. Norwegian People's Aid believes it is ethically reprehensible to use people's living conditions as a political signal that it is unattractive to come to Norway.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Tax Blunder

Right idea how municipalities should get back the money they lose when the party will remove wealth tax.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Human Rights Groups: Donor Countries Fuel Abuse in Ethiopia

LONDON — Two new reports published this month say sustainable development in Ethiopia is impossible without a specific focus on human rights. The reports say donor countries should bear responsibility for ensuring their aid money is not used to fuel abuse.

Monday, July 22, 2013

MP Kassim Fite Fled



High Government officials and the parliament are in a row over the disappearance of Kassim Fite,

Ethiopian Teen Dies After Shooting In Seattle

The 19-year-old man shot multiple times early Sunday morning on Capitol Hill died of his injuries Thursday night, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s office.

Tension Along The ‪‎Kenya‬-‪Ethiopia‬ Border

Tension along the ‪‎Kenya‬-‪Ethiopia‬ border

Tension Along The ‪‎Kenya‬-‪Ethiopia‬ Border

IN SUMMARY
  • The problem began when Ethiopian herders attempted to cross into Kenya’s Kibish district with their animals in search of pasture.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Exploring the fact: History suggests that Norway is in line for a chan...

Exploring the fact: History suggests that Norway is in line for a chan...: Norway is due to hold parliamentary elections in September.  Sveinung Arnesen  looks ahead to the elections, arguing that the cost of rulin...

History suggests that Norway is in line for a change of government in September’s elections.

Norway is due to hold parliamentary elections in September. Sveinung Arnesen looks ahead to the elections, arguing that the cost of ruling is taking its toll on the governing centre-left coalition.

Exploring the fact: Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting ra...

Exploring the fact: Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting ra...: Online campaigns emerge to #ReleaseMarte. On Wednesday, a Norwegian expat was  sentenced  to 16 months in jail by a court in the United...

Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape.

Online campaigns emerge to #ReleaseMarte.
On Wednesday, a Norwegian expat was sentenced to 16 months in jail by a court in the United Arab Emirates after she reported being raped.

Exploring the fact: ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NORWAY

Exploring the fact: ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NORWAY: Amnesty International is concerned that Norway will maintain its international obligations and have a humane refugee and asylum policy. ...

ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NORWAY

Amnesty International is concerned that Norway will maintain its international obligations and have a humane refugee and asylum policy.

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Amnesty International is concerned that Norway will maintain its international obligations and have a humane refugee and asylum policy.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Exploring the fact: Four out of ten believe Norwegian media, companies...

Exploring the fact: Four out of ten believe Norwegian media, companies...: Four out of ten believe Norwegian media, companies and parties are corrupt And four percent paid bribes in the meeting with the Norwe...

Four out of ten believe Norwegian media, companies and parties are corrupt

Four out of ten believe Norwegian media, companies and parties are corrupt

And four percent paid bribes in the meeting with the Norwegian judicial system, the major corruption investigation.                                          
It's anti-corruption organization Transparency International, which is behind the study, which is the largest ever done on the subject in the world ever.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Exploring the fact: UK Investigators Report No Link Between Battery an...

Exploring the fact: UK Investigators Report No Link Between Battery an...: An initial investigation into what caused a parked Ethiopian 787 Dreamliner to catch fire Friday at Heathrow Airport in London

UK Investigators Report No Link Between Battery and Ethiopian 787 Fire

An initial investigation into what caused a parked Ethiopian 787 Dreamliner to catch fire Friday at Heathrow Airport in London

Exploring the fact: At the end of the era of TPLF driven regime

Exploring the fact: At the end of the era of TPLF driven regime: Ethiopia on the threshold of new era of democracy Ethiopia is on the threshold of ushering in a new era of lasting democratic dispensatio...

At the end of the era of TPLF driven regime

Ethiopia on the threshold of new era of democracy
Ethiopia is on the threshold of ushering in a new era of lasting democratic dispensation and building a compassionate and tolerant multi-cultural society under the supremacy of law.

Exploring the fact: Neo-Nazi' musician Vikernes in French terror arres...

Exploring the fact: Neo-Nazi' musician Vikernes in French terror arres...: A Norwegian musician with links to mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in France on "suspicion he was preparing a ma...

Neo-Nazi' musician Vikernes in French terror arrest

A Norwegian musician with links to mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in France on "suspicion he was preparing a major terrorist act".

Exploring the fact: From the World Bank by Obang Metho

Exploring the fact: From the World Bank by Obang Metho: Dear Friends and Colleagues; I want to share this great news with you. World Bank Board approves investigation into allegations of bankro...

From the World Bank by Obang Metho

Dear Friends and Colleagues;
I want to share this great news with you. World Bank Board approves investigation into allegations of bankrolling human rights abuses in Ethiopia

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Exploring the fact: Ethiopian anti-terrorism law faces opposition

Exploring the fact: Ethiopian anti-terrorism law faces opposition: Source: Al Jazeera Opposition parties push to scrap controversial law they say is aimed at silencing government’s critics Opposition p...

Ethiopian anti-terrorism law faces opposition

Source: Al Jazeera

Opposition parties push to scrap controversial law they say is aimed at silencing government’s critics

Opposition parties in Ethiopia are stepping up their push to scrap

Friday, July 12, 2013

Exploring the fact: Boeing shares fall after 787 Dreamliner fire at He...

Exploring the fact: Boeing shares fall after 787 Dreamliner fire at He...: Shares in Boeing fell 4.7% as investors reacted to news of a fire on one of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The stock tumbled as much as 7% ...

Boeing shares fall after 787 Dreamliner fire at Heathrow

Shares in Boeing fell 4.7% as investors reacted to news of a fire on one of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
The stock tumbled as much as 7% immediately after news of the fire at Heathrow Airport, but eased back later.

Exploring the fact: Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire

Exploring the fact: Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire: An area in front of the tail area on the fuselage appeared to be scorched Continue reading the main story Related Stories Boeing share...

Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire

Heathrow airportAn area in front of the tail area on the fuselage appeared to be scorched

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Flights have resumed at London's Heathrow Airport after a fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Exploring the fact: የኢትዮጵያ ፀረ ሽብር አዋጅ መሻሻል ለምን?

Exploring the fact: የኢትዮጵያ ፀረ ሽብር አዋጅ መሻሻል ለምን?: Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. One has not only a legal but a moral re...

የኢትዮጵያ ፀረ ሽብር አዋጅ መሻሻል ለምን?

Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws… for an unjust law is no law at all.
Dr. Martin Luther King
የመንግሥት ወይስ የሕዝብ ሕግ?
በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የፀረ ሽብር አዋጅ የወጣው በ2001 ዓ.ም

Exploring the fact: Ethiopian bill on security and intelligence.

Exploring the fact: Ethiopian bill on security and intelligence.: The Ethiopian government has just brought a bill before the federal parliament to make the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS...

Ethiopian bill on security and intelligence.

The Ethiopian government has just brought a bill before the federal parliament to make the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) into a ministry proper.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Powers Extended

Ethiopia Intelligence, Security Services Powers Extended

The Ethiopian government has announced plans to transform the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) into an autonomous federal government office.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Exploring the fact: Message from ENTC to all Ethiopians

Exploring the fact: Message from ENTC to all Ethiopians: Message from ENTC to all Ethiopians

Message from ENTC to all Ethiopians

Message from ENTC to all Ethiopians

Exploring the fact: Exclusive VOA radio interview with ENTC

Exploring the fact: Exclusive VOA radio interview with ENTC: http://etntc.org/ENTC/wp/wp-content/audio/VOA-ENTC-07-06-2013.mp3

Exclusive VOA radio interview with ENTC

http://etntc.org/ENTC/wp/wp-content/audio/VOA-ENTC-07-06-2013.mp3

Exploring the fact: NASA Finds Message From God on Mars

Exploring the fact: NASA Finds Message From God on Mars: NASA Finds Message From God on Mars NASA announced today that its Curiosity Rover has found an unambiguous message from God written on t...

Exploring the fact: petition campaign to the release of Eskinder Nega

Exploring the fact: petition campaign to the release of Eskinder Nega: Amnesty International in Canada launched petition campaign to the release of Eskinder Nega

petition campaign to the release of Eskinder Nega

Amnesty International in Canada launched petition campaign to the release of Eskinder Nega

NASA Finds Message From God on Mars

NASA Finds Message From God on Mars

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NASA announced today that its Curiosity Rover has found an unambiguous message from God written on tablets in a Martian cave.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Exploring the fact: Conference on Ethiopian transitional government fo...

Exploring the fact: Conference on Ethiopian transitional government fo...: UPDATE: 8:00 PM Today’s session has ended with presentations by Dr Messay Kebede and Wzr. Lemlem Tsegaw in the afternoon. Tomorrow mornin...

Conference on Ethiopian transitional government formation underway in Washington DC – update

UPDATE: 8:00 PM
Today’s session has ended with presentations by Dr Messay Kebede and Wzr. Lemlem Tsegaw in the afternoon.
Tomorrow morning, representatives

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Exploring the fact: Conference on transitional government formation un...

Exploring the fact: Conference on transitional government formation un...: UPDATE: 2:00 PM Professor George Ayittey spoke about how to remove dictatorship and discussed Ghana’s experience. He answered

Conference on transitional government formation underway in Washington DC

UPDATE: 2:00 PM
Professor George Ayittey spoke about how to remove dictatorship and discussed Ghana’s experience. He answered

Exploring the fact: Ethiopia: Severe problems with free speech

Exploring the fact: Ethiopia: Severe problems with free speech: In Africa, Traditional Media Maintain Lead over New Media WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –IREX’s latest Africa Media S...

Ethiopia: Severe problems with free speech

In Africa, Traditional Media Maintain Lead over New Media

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –IREX’s latest Africa Media Sustainability Index (MSI) found that traditional media remain the preferred source of news. Many benefits presented by online media have yet to reach most citizens in the 42 sub-Saharan

Exploring the fact: Reporters Without Borders honored the trio “Terror...

Exploring the fact: Reporters Without Borders honored the trio “Terror...: Yesterday, on May 3 at the United Nations World Day for Press Freedom, parts of speech organization RSF (Reporters Without Borders) Swedish...

Reporters Without Borders honored the trio “Terrorist” Journalists

Yesterday, on May 3 at the United Nations World Day for Press Freedom, parts of speech organization RSF (Reporters Without Borders) Swedish chapter granted its Press Freedom Award 2013 to

Exploring the fact: በሰዉ ድርቅ የተመታዉ የቦንድ ምንተፋ በተቃዋሚዎች የድምጽ ማእበል እየታመሰ ነበ...

Exploring the fact: በሰዉ ድርቅ የተመታዉ የቦንድ ምንተፋ በተቃዋሚዎች የድምጽ ማእበል እየታመሰ ነበ...: አረንጓዴ ቢጫ ቀይ ባንዲራን የሚያዉለበልቡ ብቻ ሳይሆን የለበሱም ነበሩ።የኢትዮጽያ መንግስት አባይን ለመገደብ በሚል ስም ቦንድን ለመመንተፍ የሚያደርገዉን ሴራ እንቃወማለን አባይ ከመገደቡ በፊት ነጻነት፣ ዲሞክራሲ፣ ፍትህ ለ...

በሰዉ ድርቅ የተመታዉ የቦንድ ምንተፋ በተቃዋሚዎች የድምጽ ማእበል እየታመሰ ነበር

አረንጓዴ ቢጫ ቀይ ባንዲራን የሚያዉለበልቡ ብቻ ሳይሆን የለበሱም ነበሩ።የኢትዮጽያ መንግስት አባይን ለመገደብ በሚል ስም ቦንድን ለመመንተፍ የሚያደርገዉን ሴራ እንቃወማለን አባይ ከመገደቡ በፊት ነጻነት፣ ዲሞክራሲ፣ ፍትህ ለመላዉ ኢትዮጵያን ያሻል በማለት በዘር በሃይማኖት ሳይለያዩ እስከ 200 የሚደርሱ ሰዎች ድምጻቸዉን ያሰማሉ።
Protest in Atlanta, Georgia
ቁጥራቸዉ የተመናመነ ግለሰቦች ሃፍረት በተሞላበት መልኩ ወደ አዳራሹ ቢያመሩም ከመካከላቸዉ አንዳንዶቹ አንዳንዶቹ  በአልሞት ባይ ተጋዳይነት

Exploring the fact: BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR

Exploring the fact: BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's foreign minister says the plane bringing President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted

BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's foreign minister says the plane bringing President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted

Exploring the fact: ግንቦት ሰባት በመንግስትና በሕገ-መንግስቱ ዙሪያ መጠነሰፊ አደጋ ጋርጦብናል፤

Exploring the fact: ግንቦት ሰባት በመንግስትና በሕገ-መንግስቱ ዙሪያ መጠነሰፊ አደጋ ጋርጦብናል፤: « ግንቦት ሰባት በመንግስትና በሕገ-መንግስቱ ዙሪያ መጠነሰፊ አደጋ ጋርጦብናል፤ በግንቦት ሰባት የሚደገፉ በአገር ውስጥ ያሉ ተቃዋሚዎች ላይ አፋጣኝ እርምጃ ልንወስድ ይገባል፤» ጄ/ል ሳሞራ የብረታ ብ...

ግንቦት ሰባት በመንግስትና በሕገ-መንግስቱ ዙሪያ መጠነሰፊ አደጋ ጋርጦብናል፤

« ግንቦት ሰባት በመንግስትና በሕገ-መንግስቱ ዙሪያ መጠነሰፊ አደጋ ጋርጦብናል፤ በግንቦት ሰባት የሚደገፉ በአገር ውስጥ ያሉ ተቃዋሚዎች ላይ አፋጣኝ እርምጃ ልንወስድ ይገባል፤» ጄ/ል ሳሞራ




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የብረታ ብረት ኢንጂነሪንግ ኮርፖሬሽን ዋና ዳይሬክተር ብ/ጄነራል ክንፈ ዳኘው ላለፉት ሶስት ወራት ገደማ ከስልጣናቸው ታግደው ከቆዩ በኋላ በዚህ ሳምንት ወደ ሃላፊነት

Ethiopia’s world cups hopes dim as FIFA imposes penalty

Ethiopia stripped of qualifying win


July 2, 2013
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Ethiopia were stripped of three points in World Cup qualifying by FIFA

Exploring the fact: ENTC finalizing preparations for July 2-3 consulta...

Exploring the fact: ENTC finalizing preparations for July 2-3 consulta...: ENTC is finalizing preparations for the consultative conference on the process of the removal

ENTC finalizing preparations for July 2-3 consultative conference

ENTC is finalizing preparations for the consultative conference on the process of the removal