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The flight data recorder, a.k.a
black box, of ET 409 was located
after four days of extensive search
on Thursday, January 28, 2010, after
radio frequency signals were
detected from a depth of 1,300
metres under the Mediterranean Sea.
Until our press time on Saturday
morning, however, retrieving the box
was reported to have eluded the
search team. The black box, say
Lebanese officials, might be hard to
retrieve if it has been separated
from the fuselage of the B737-800.
It would take days to retrieve the
box anyway, said Ghazi Aridi,
Lebanese minister for Transport; the
box was beyond the reach of divers
and would require sea-bed combing
submarines, he was quoted by the
Daily Star, a newspaper of Lebanon.
The accident which took the aircraft
down into the Mediterranean Sea
purportedly left no survivors among
the 90 people who were on board, and
so far only 25 bodies have been
discovered, including an agent of
Ethiopia’s security agency (antihijack
personnel) who was aboard ET 409.
The Ethiopian passengers were mostly
domestics in Beirut, who were on
their way to visit family here. One
of them was released from prison in
Lebanon, after kept under custody
for nine months. Pictured above is
Habtamu Benti under his aircraft,
the Fokker 50, taken in 2007 upon
his return to Jimma Airport, after
having diverted to land at Assosa
Airport, in Benishangul Gumuz, due
to inclement weather and a muddy
runway.
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Indian Firms Warned over Tendaho Sugar Inaction
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The two Indian companies that were to construct the
Tendaho Sugar Factory are being threatened by the
government with losing the job if they do not start
the work that is already two years overdue. |
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Birr Declines Further against
Mighty Dollar |
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The value of the Birr against the dollar has become
further devalued by five per cent, after Ethiopia's
macro-economic team chaired by Prime Minister Meles
Zenawi made the decision on Friday, January 30,
2009.
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Forthcoming Elections Underfoot |
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Many registration stations are seen idle most of the
time with one or two people showing up for
registration at an interval of several minutes.
Looking bored, those who register the voters and the
observers try to make good with their group
conversations and coffee time. It seemed all
registration stations were equipped with charcoal
furnaces, traditional clay coffee pot and all the
materials they needed for coffee making. |
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Ministry to Buy Petroleum
Transporters at 75 million Br |
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The Ministry of Works and Urban Development (MoWUD)
has ordered 50 trucks from China at a cost of 75
million Br for the state owned Weyra Transport SC
for the transport of petroleum. The money was made
available through a loan agreement between Weyra and
the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). |
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Astounding Azmari Bet
Strikes Back |
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Weh-weh, weh-weh, goes the azmari on his masenko.
The Amharic word azmari comes from the word azemere,
which means singing (for God). In fact the masenko
was used in the time of St. Yared, the famous
Ethiopian songwriter, for such purposes. But its
history undoubtedly goes back much further than St.
Yared of the Sixth Century. |
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Yadot Fights Again to Regain
Lost Ground to Debt |
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Yadot Business Group Plc (YBG) is selling water well
drilling equipment to save the foreclosure of
property collateralised for a loan of 23 million Br
granted by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
nine years ago. |
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GTZ, Israelis to Support
Irrigation Dev’t |
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A tripartite financial and technical support
agreement was signed on January 25, 2009, at the
German House located in Kazanchis, Kirkos District,
Addis Abeba, between the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MoARD), German Technical
Cooperation (gtz) and the Israeli Center for
International Cooperation regarding the
implementation of irrigation projects in Amhara,
Oromia, Tigray and the Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples regional states. |
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Gov’t to Cease Cement Imports |
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For a year, since February 8, 2009, MoWUD imported
12 million quintals at close to 90 million dollars.
Five million quintals was sold to the market through
the Merchandise Wholesale and Import Trade
Enterprise (MWITE), while the rest was used for the
housing development agency and other government
projects. |
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Local Travel Agency Goes
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Duka Travel, Tour & Lodges S.C., which was
established in September 2009, elected nine board
members on Sunday, January 24, 2010, during a
meeting at Intercontinental Hotel. |
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JANUARY
24 2009 |
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Fertiliser to be Imported with 1,000
Construction Trucks |
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A thousand trucks that were imported a year ago by
the Ministry of Works and Urban Development (MoWUD)
for the transportation of building materials for
government construction projects and given to
private owners on credit are to be deployed for the
transport of fertiliser from Djibouti. |
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Banking Federation to Meet with Dashen Board
over “Dismissals” |
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The Federation of Banking and Insurance is to
personally conduct a follow up of the board of the
Dashen Bank, according to the former. The meeting is
to follow the latter’s alleged failure to respond,
within 15 days, to the letter the Federation claims
to have sent on January 6, 2010. The letter
requested a meeting over the dismissal of employees
who were involved in the formation of the first
labour union. |
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JANUARY
17 2009 |
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MIDROC Derba to Import 1,000 Trucks at $142m |
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MIDROC Derba Cement factory concluded a deal with
Volvo Truck Corporation for the purchase of 1,000
semi trucks (lorries) at a cost of 142 million
dollars for Derba Transport Company, which is under
establishment. |
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Radio Fana Goes Digital |
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Radio Fana is automating its operations with the
Radio-Assist Digital Audio Software Suite, acquired
last December 2009 from NATIA, a French company, at
a cost of eight million Birr. |
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CBE Banks on Three New Board
Members |
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The ousted members include former Justice Minister
Assefa Kesito and Tsegaye Abebe, chairman of the
Ethiopian Horticulture and Floriculture Exporters
Association. The incoming members include Getachew
Negera, Treasury Department head at the Ministry of
Finance and Economic Development (MoFED); Nebyou
Samuel, deputy director of the Ethiopian Revenues
and Customs Authority (ERCA); and Essayas Kebede,
director of the Agricultural Investment Support
Directorate at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MoARD). Getachew and Essayas have
already confirmed that they have started work. |
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African Leather Fair to
Attract Worldwide Participation |
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The third All African Leather Fair (AALF), organised
by the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA)
with a budget of three million Birr will open at the
Millennium Hall on January 20, 2010, with
participants from Africa, Europe, Asia and South
America. |
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Adama Garages Relocated due to Waste |
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The Adama (Nazareth) Town administration is moving
all garages in town to new locations on the
outskirts of the city. |
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F E A T U R E
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Timket for First Timers |
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This week is the week of Timket, once again, and for
the best holiday experience one could travel to
Gondar or Lalibela to be surrounded by the most
atmospheric of landscapes (if not already there).
But for many people who do not have at least a few
days of vacation to spend on one of Ethiopia’s most
important and most celebrated holidays, a short
jaunt up to Jan Meda, east of Sidist Kilo, will
prove very rewarding. Compared to Meskel, Timket is
less formal, but more spirited. There is a saying
that claims a dress has no value if it cannot be
worn for Timket. |
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To the Bride, Groom, All in
Attendance |
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Yeworkwuha Tekeste hosted a wedding ceremony on
January 10, 2010. It was the second, homecoming
wedding for her son, the first being in the US. Like
any Ethiopian mother giving her son away, the
ceremony needed her watchful monitoring. |
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JANUARY
03 2009
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Oromia Land Use Study Handed
Over to Gov’t |
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The Oromia Water Works and Design Enterprise (OWWDE)
is to hand over the last of the land use management
study it has been undertaking for the Oromia Special
Zone Land Administration and Environmental
Protection Office this January 2010. |
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Matti Multiplex to Go 3-D |
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Nearly four years ago, Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of
the most influential persons in American Cinema, was
inspired while watching the adventure-filled
Christmas animated movie, “The Polar Express” in
three dimensions (3-D). The DreamWorks Animation CEO
gathered his team immediately afterwards. “I have
seen the future of cinema, and it is 3-D,” he said.
“…Whoever gets into it at the beginning … is going
to profit the most.” |
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DECEMBER 13 2009
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Nib Insurance Over-invests |
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Nib Insurance S.C. has not complied with the
National Bank of Ethiopia’s directive which limits
an insurance company’s investments in company shares
to no more than 15pc of its total admitted assets,
the independent auditor’s report indicated. |
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Dashen Bank Clouds
Unionization Efforts |
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The organisers of the labour union also submitted a
certificate of recognition given to them by the
Addis Abeba City Government Labour and Social
Affairs Bureau the following day. They say they had
worked on it secretly for six months, assisted by
the Industrial Federation of Banking and Insurance
Trade Unions. |
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Yangfan Motors Joins Ranks of
Local Auto Assemblers |
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Yangfan Motors Plc,
registered in Ethiopia by Lifan Motors, the Chinese
auto manufacturer, has unveiled its new model
automobiles during the launching ceremony held on
Tuesday, December 9, 2009, at the Sheraton Addis.
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African Talent: Jewel in the
Making |
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It all started with MTV's African Music Awards
organisers' attempt at placing Ethiopia on the world
music map. Determined to expand its competitor base,
the award organisers approached US based Ethiopian
record producer and fashion designer, Rozy Bruck.
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