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ERITREA-ETHIOPIA DEADLINE EXPIRES TODAY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Public Statement
(On Danile and Netsanet's case)
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[CIVICUS - Whiteband] Ethiopian anti-poverty activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie will remain in prison for at least another 24 days, as Judges in Ethiopia's High Court today delayed their verdict for the third time in two months, postponing it until 24 December.
"We are deeply dismayed by the court's decision to delay the verdict yet again. These numerous postponements are unacceptable and infringe the rights of these innocent civil society leaders to a fair and swift trial. But we will not be deterred - we and others around the world will continue to insist on their immediate and unconditional release ," said Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of CIVICUS and Co-Chair of GCAP.
After 25 months in prison, Daniel and Netsanet, both coordinators of the Global Call to Action against Poverty in Ethiopia , are the last two accused in the high profile Ethiopian treason trial that originally charged 131 politicians, journalists, organisations and civil society leaders in the wake of the country's May 2005 parliamentary elections. They were due to hear their verdict this morning in Addis Ababa, on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government, specifically, "outrage against the constitution and constitutional order," which carries a possible sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty.
In delaying the verdict, the court announced that one of the judges is ill and must be replaced. The postponement is allegedly to allow the replacement judge to familiarise himself with the case.
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Dr. Yacob Hailemariam to speak at Norfolk, December 5, 2007
(Event sponsored by Tidewater Peace Alliance and Amnesty International)
Dr. Berhanu Nega to speak at an Upcoming Conference - Linking Human Rights and Development: A strategy for Africa (December 6, 2007) (Sponsored by Amnesty International)
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US department of state
Released on November 29, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Travel to Ethiopia Next Week 
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Secretary will attend a meeting with leaders from the African Great Lakes states to discuss issues of regional peace and security on December 5. She also will hold bilateral meetings with the Government of Ethiopia.
Also see: Rice to visit Ethiopia in rare Africa trip
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Dueling Dictators: Newsweek
Newsweek - If there were an award for the most pointless war of the last 25 years, Ethiopia and Eritrea's 1998-2000 border battle might well take the prize.(More...)
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ETHIOPIAN GOVT. FORCING UNTRAINED CIVILIANS TO FIGHT REBELS, REFUGEES SAY
McClatchy Newspapers 
Ethiopian soldiers have forcibly drafted hundreds of civilians to fight separatist rebels in the desolate, predominantly Muslim Ogaden region in a shadowy military campaign supported by the Bush administration, according to more than a dozen refugees and former recruits who've fled to neighboring Kenya.(More...)
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Today's Top Stories
-Revenge drives young Somali militant-Ten more killed in north Mogadishu fighting
-Kenya arrests 12 suspected Ethiopian rebels
-Ethiopia, Eritrea tread a thin line
-Atrocities alleged in eastern Ethiopia
-Meles denies rights abuses in Ogaden
-Ethiopia: UN Humanitarian Chief Concludes Visit
-Somali PM works to put cabinet together
-Call to attack Uganda peacekeepers divides insurgency
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES
Kasparov Warns of ‘Chaos’ in Russia - Released from jail after serving a five-day sentence for leading an opposition march, Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion, warned today that Russia was heading toward chaos under President Vladimir V. Putin.(More...)
-New Ebola Strain Blamed for Killing 16 in Uganda
-Sudan protesters: Execute teacher
-Musharraf Is Sworn In as a Civilian President
-Australia's new prime minister names his own cabinet
-Power Grab or Reform? Venezuelans Debate Vote
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