http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Nigist Alemu has registered 150 more voters than the 600 projected to be eligible the in Bole Lemi area. Farmers such as Zenebech Tessema, Tesfaye Tamiru, and Bekele Jiru were all registered to vote early during the start of the registration process. However, they have as yet to be enlightened about the agenda of the candidates for whom they are to vote into office in their respective areas. The platform that the candidates run from as well as policies of the political parties remain unknown to these registered voters. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews .htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Eshetu Fantaye, Vice President of Awash Bank, was sentenced to six months of imprisonment and a fine of 4,000 Br on February 3, 2010, for causing the loss of the life of a pedestrian in a car accident two years ago on February 6, 2008. http://www.addisfortune.com/Awash Bank Vice President Sentenced to Six Months.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Family Flour Factory, which has been operating in Adama Town with six machines, is doubling its production with new machinery imported from Bengle, a Chinese company. http://www.addisfortune.com/Family Flour Factory Flourishes Twofold .htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, the newest food growing company formed by Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, is to acquire 100,000sqm of land in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) this week, its senior official disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Saudi Star to Swallow 100,000sqm of Bishoftu Land .htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Four bidders have offered tenders for the acquisition of the 47-year old Ethiopia Hotel with a wide margin of nearly 40 million Br between the largest and smallest offers. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ethiopia Hotel Entertains Privatisation Bids from 52m Br to 91m Br.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Federal High Court, Ninth Criminal Bench, fined Mohammed Kemal 500 Br for negligence related to issuing cheques with insufficient balances and closed accounts to another individual, Jemal Omer. http://www.addisfortune.com/Defendant Charged 500 Br for Bad Cheques .htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300There are 79 parties legally registered with the board, but only 55 have so far announced that they are fielding candidates for the election. The Federal Government has allocated seven million Birr to support the contending parties. http://www.addisfortune.com/Electoral Board Begins Funding Participating Parties.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is to launch its website later in February 2010 as part of the Public Relations Department’s preparation for the upcoming elections this May. http://www.addisfortune.com/Electoral Board to Launch Website.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Addis Abeba City Administration is preparing to hire an international company for the supply and installation of a geographical information system (GIS) for the management of land. http://www.addisfortune.com/City to Hire Int’l Firm for GIS Project.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300A husband and wife duo involved in a corruption scheme involving over half a million Birr were sentenced to 15 years and five years of rigorous imprisonment, respectively, on Thursday, February 18, 2010, by the Federal High Court First Instance Bench; the husband, who used to be an accountant and acting head of the Finance Department at the Federal Courts Judgment Execution Department also landed a 20,000 Br fine. http://www.addisfortune.com/Couple Sentenced with Rigorous Imprisonment for Corruption .htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300