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  Click here for Last Week's Issue Updated June 11, 2007

Meles on Somalia, AU, G8,Eritrea


Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gave a briefing to local and foreign journalists at his office on Saturday June 9 on issues surrounding Somalia, the G8 Summit held in Germany, the upcomming AU summit that would be held in Accra and on Ethio-Eritrean border conflict...

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gave a press conference at his office on Saturday May 9 on various issues. Excerpts of the PM's response to questions raised from journalists concerning current situation and other related issues follows:
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CRBC-Addis wins over BERTA
Authority terminate first ever contract

By Groum Abate

The Addis Ababa Caretaker Administration cabinet selected CRBC Addis Engineering to construct the road projects it took away from BERTA Construction.
The Addis Ababa Road Authority (AARA) terminated on Friday May 8 for the first time in its history, a contractual agreement with BERTA construction for the construction of two roads worth over 160 million birr.
Fekade Haile, General Manager of the Authority told Capital that the city's cabinet decided to give the contract to CRBC Addis Engineering after analyzing the importance of the road project.

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NBE reject Awash Bank Board

By Groum Abate

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) rejected the new Board of Directors Awash International Bank S.C had elected during its 12th General Assembly.
The supervising authority advised its position in a letter it sent to Awash bank earlier this week recommending that the bank holds another election.
Out of the 12 Board of Directors who were elected during the 12th General Assembly on April 21 at the Addis Abeba Hilton, six were new. Six members of the previous Board of Directors, including Leikun Berhanu, president of the Bank, Antonio Carnevale, Abeba Negash, Jatani Moudda, Belisa Gobosho, and Kena'a Daba were not re-elected.

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Asian furniture is in town

Science Village delights thousands


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“One laptop per child”

The era of the humble school exercise book is under threat by a two pronged attack, A pair of technological rivals competing for pudgy fingers as they announce ambitious plans to equip every child with a laptop computer.
One Laptop Per Child, OLPC is an open source system. To give us an in depth view of OLPC Capital’s Mina Yirga discussed the project with Thomas Rolf experts follows:

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Entreprenuer Profile is Capital’s youngest page and is already eliciting warm reviews. We have received dozens of e-mails, scores of letters and a clamor of phone calls of appreciation, suggestions and ideas which will all contribute for a better Entrepreneur Profile strengthened by your continued participation.

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Saving Addis Ababa’s Historic Buildings - and Westminster Abbey's Holding of Ethiopian Loot

 

In my last article in Capital, dear reader, I drew attention to the sad case of Qanyazmach Belihu Degefu's old house, situated in the northern section of Addis Ababa. Part of Qanyazmach's historic building, we saw, has been allowed to collapse.

This issue deserves further comment - before I share with you the no less remarkable information just received from Westminster Abbey, England,

 

 
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Social mobilization against sanctioned violence against girls and women

“Democracy and the Social Question“: The sixth lecture in this academic year was given by Bogalech Gebre, Director of Kembata Women’s Self-Help Centre, an NGO working in the south of Ethiopia. The lecture took place on Tuesday, 27 March, in Goethe-Institute Gebrekristos Desta Centre.

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