DENVER (AP) - Democrats prepared a grand celebration on Thursday for Barack Obama, who will accept a historic presidential nomination with a speech that spells out his vision for change in America.
Obama, the first black presidential nominee of a major U.S. party, will deliver the address in Denver's open-air football stadium before 75,000 supporters on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech -- a landmark in the U.S. civil rights movement. Full Text
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1) Video - 10,000m (Source: EthioTube) 2) Video: (With Teddy Afro's backgroun music: Kenenisa ...Anbessa) August 16, 2008 • Ethiopia has leaders who can build bridges to new Ethiopia (Obang Metho) • About 50 killed in Mogadishu (Reuters) • Is democracy necessary for Ethiopia? (Dr. Seid Hassan) • • August 15, 2008 • Why I write about Ethiopia (Doug McGill) • Eritrea: students locked up for protesting Bible burning (CR) • Opposition MP in trouble over areas ceded to Sudan (Ethiomedia) August 14, 2008 • ATLANTA: Andinet Party meets Ethiopians (Mahidre Andinet) • Michael Phelps becomes most decorated Olympian ever (Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters) • Bin Laden brother to build Africa-Asia bridge (Independent) • Ethiopian scientist receieves AGU award (Ethiomedia) • Unity is a product of dialogue and compromise (Michael Deribe) • The first Woyane: The pan-Ethiopian Tigrian patriots (Bafena T. Bitsue) • The clueless regime (Yilma Bekele) August 11, 2008 • In Ethiopia, jailed singer Tewodros is a political symbol (Edmund Sanders, LA Times) • Guji onslaught on Burji: update on ethnic cleansing (Golto Aila) • Two Ogaden-serving NGOs lose their licenses (Saafi Labafidhin) • Leadership is key to reducing aid dependency (Terefe Masresha) • Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies (Associated Press) • Some websites remain blocked at Beijing Olympics (Stephen Wade, AP) • The logic of electoral authoritarianism (pdf) (Andreas Schdler) • • • • August 9, 2008 • Meles Zenawi's renewed war: killing the press (Ephrem Madebo) • The colorless famine (Fekade Shewakna) • The Beijing Olympic Games (AP) • War rages between Russia and Georgia (AP) • Ethiopia: pain amid plenty (Alex Perry, Time) • Arable land is for Arabs: Meles (Arab News) • Judiciary, press freedom in Ethiopia questioned over singer's trial (Henok Fente, VOA) Blog of the week: CPJ Blog (By Mohamed Keita - CPJ Africa Research Associate) Corruption: The Chinese vs Telecom (Netsanet Le-Ethiopia: Amharic Radio) | Prof Mesfin in Seattle (Source: Ecadf) August 1, 2008 • Red Sea: Can it really be bridged? (The Economist) • OLF says 4 senior members expelled (OLF) • Unmee is gone; what now? (Ethiomedia) • Bomb kills peacekeeper in Mogadishu (Mohamed Sheik Nur, AP) • US scientist commits suicide (AP) • Who will replace Meles? (Joe Michael) • No ordinary enemy (Yilma Bekele) Afromet for Ethiopian heritageDesalegn Rahmato on misguided policies Iman Bedri: Academic Ace Scandal at Embassy
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• Ethiopia has leaders who can build bridges to new Ethiopia (Obang Metho)
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Blog of the week: CPJ Blog (By Mohamed Keita - CPJ Africa Research Associate) Corruption: The Chinese vs Telecom (Netsanet Le-Ethiopia: Amharic Radio) | Prof Mesfin in Seattle (Source: Ecadf) August 1, 2008 • Red Sea: Can it really be bridged? (The Economist) • OLF says 4 senior members expelled (OLF) • Unmee is gone; what now? (Ethiomedia) • Bomb kills peacekeeper in Mogadishu (Mohamed Sheik Nur, AP) • US scientist commits suicide (AP) • Who will replace Meles? (Joe Michael) • No ordinary enemy (Yilma Bekele) Afromet for Ethiopian heritageDesalegn Rahmato on misguided policies Iman Bedri: Academic Ace Scandal at Embassy
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