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As the
first edition of Fortune in the new Millennium goes
to press, we delve into our back issues and selected some
interesting quotes printed in the past year. High profile
figures comment on some of the leading issues of 1999 EC.
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Few Words from the Past Year |
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“We cannot be
the captors, prosecutors and at the same time the negotiators.”
Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi.
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Volume 8, Number 374, July 1, 2007 |
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“Our
customers know that some of the highest quality coffees in the world
come from Ethiopia.”
Howard Schultz,
Starbucks’ chairman.
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Volume 8, Number 373, June 24, 2007 |
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“Even
countries seemingly committed to competitive markets do not like
being beaten at their own game, and often trump up charges of under
competition.”
Joseph E.
Stiglitz, chief economist at the World Bank.
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Volume 7, Number 363, April 15, 2007 |
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“I would like to see a council of
economists, sociologists and experts, which do not earn their living
from the government, for they cannot sit on government’s payroll and
deliver critical assessment of crucial policies.”
Mesfin Namarra,
Member of Parliament from the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement.
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Volume 8, Number 375, July 8, 2007 |
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“I should not
have spent a day in Jail, let alone six years.”
Seeye Abreha,
former EPRDF official.
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Volume 8 Number 376, July 15, 2007 |
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“Ethiopia
shares and supports many of the US’s strategic goals on the
continent.”
Donald
Yamamoto. The US’s Ambassador to Ethiopia.
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Volume
7, Number 334, September 24, 2006 |
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