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11th Addis Chamber Int'l
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Shadia hot foots to Djibouti after release
By Tedla Yeneakal
Shadia Nadi was released from jail by the Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 21, and immediately traveled to Djibouti on the afternoon of the same day.
Shadia, who is a co-defendant of the former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tamirat Layne, was sentenced to 14 years and 6 months imprisonment after being involved in illegal negotiations to receive 16 million US dollars from Ethio-Saudi business tycoon Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi. The charges indicated that Tamirat had shared the money with his accomplices after convincing the former that the money was for government use.
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Condos on rent for millennium
By Eskinder Michael
It was believed that accommodation would be the main problem for the highly anticipated millennium celebrations in Ethiopia, but the Addis Ababa City Caretaker Administration has turned that fear around by bringing the newly built condominiums into the picture.
Sources disclosed that the administration has decided that condominiums would be rented for guests who come for the celebrations, though the lucky winners of the draw for the houses are waiting in line.
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By Tedla Yeneakal
Dr. Admassu Gebeyehu, a high official of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), his wife Dr. Mulualem Tarekegn and an opposition Member of Parliament of the same party are said to have applied for political asylum in Sweden.
Dr. Admassu, who was deputy mayor-elect of Addis Ababa is one of the few CUD leaders who have not been arrested along with other party associates, who have been accused of charges ranging from attempted genocide treason.
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Introducing Addis Ababa University’s Oldest Building |
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Professor Richard Pankhurst is the son of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the great British suffragette and advocate of Ethiopia during and after Fascist Italy's occupation of Ethiopia. Professor Pankhurst taught for many years at Addis Ababa University and has written widely on Ethiopian history and culture. He is also the founder of Addis Ababa University's Institute of Ethiopian Studies and a founding member of the Axum Obelisk Return Committee and the Association for the Return of the MaqdalaEthiopian Treasures (AFROMET)
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