ፕሬዚዳንት ግርማ ወልደጊዮርጊስ ለአቡነ መርቆርዮስ ደብዳቤ ፅፈው ሠረዙት-ቪኦኤ

4ኛው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ፓትርያርክ ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ መርቆሬዎስ፣ “ከነ ሙሉ ክብራቸውና ማዕርጋቸው ወደ አገራቸው እንዲገቡና መንበራቸው ላይ እንዲሆኑ” የሚጋብዝ፣ ከኢትዮጵያው ፕሬዚደንት ግርማ ወልደጊዮርጊስ የተፃፈ ደብዳቤ በማግኘታችን እውነት ስለመሆኑ ወደፕሬዚደንቱ ስንደውል፣ ፕሬዚደንት ግርማ «እውነት ነው፣ እኔ ነኝ የፃፍኩት» ብለው አረጋገጡልን።

አቡነ መርቆርዮስ
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የስልኩ ጥሪ ብዙም ጥራት ስላልነበረው እንደገና ስንደውል ደግሞ ቀደም ሲል ደብዳቤውን የፃፉት ሰዎች አሣስተዋቸው መሆኑን ጠቁመው የሻሩት መሆናቸውን ገለፁልን፡፡

ሁለቱም ውይይት ላይ ድምፃቸው አለ፤ የአዲሱ አበበን ዘገባ ያዳምጡ።

                        
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Ethiopia: Public Sector Investment among African Economy Booms

Africa’s rapid growth is not affecting the continent equally. Here’s a look at five African countries that represent some of the brightest spots.
In  May 2000, The Economist magazine declared that Africa was “the hopeless continent.” Eleven years later, in 2011, it referred to Africa as “the hopeful continent.” And on October 20, 2012, the magazine stated: “In recent years investors have been piling into Lagos and Nairobi as if they were Frankfurt and Tokyo of old.”
Clearly, gloomy skepticism has given way to glowing optimism about Africa, and for good reason—over the past 10 years, many of the economies within Africa are outpacing economies anywhere else in the world. In fact, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook released in October 2012, 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies are in Africa, and this booming economic growth has helped create the fastest-growing middle class in the world.
Of course, the major trends driving this growth—changing policy environments, a growing middle class that expects equitable social and economic policies, high commodity prices, robust domestic demand, and rapid mass urbanization—have not affected all countries on the continent equally. Here’s a quick look at five economies that have especially benefited from recent developments, and those that pose some of the best potential for the future.

የዲቪ ሎተሪ እንዲቆም ተጠየቀ

በዘካሪያስ ስንታየሁ

የአሜሪካ ምክር ቤት ዓመታዊው የዲቪ ሎተሪ እንዲቆም ለመጠየቅ የሚያስችለው ሕግ ባለፈው ዓርብ አፀደቀ፡፡ የአሜሪካው ፕሬዚዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ ለሁለተኛ የምርጫ ዘመን ከተመረጡ በኋላ ስደተኞችን በሚመለከት ለመጀመርያ ጊዜ የወጣው ይህ ሕግ፣ 245 የድጋፍ ድምፅ ሲያገኝ 139 ተቃውሞ ቀርቦበታል፡፡ ይህ ሕግ የዲቪ ሎተሪ ሙሉ ለሙሉ ቀርቶ በምትኩ በአሜሪካ በሚገኙ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች በማስተርስና ከዚያ በላይ ባሉ የትምህርት ደረጃዎች በሳይንስ፣ በቴክኖሎጂ፣ በምሕንድስናና በሒሳብ የትምህርት ዘርፎች ብቻ ትምህርት የቀሰሙ በዕድሉ እንዲጠቀሙ የሚያደርግ ነው፡፡

Ethiopian Housemaid slits woman's throat in revenge Also:another Ethiopian Maid stabs mom and daughter in Saudi

An Ethiopian maid was nabbed by airport security officials as she was attempting to flee the country after allegedly stabbing A Kuwaiti woman.

According to Al Watan Arabic daily, the accused was seeking revenge as the 25-year-old victim had mistreated her.

Recalling the gory details of the crime, the accused said that she attacked the victim while she was asleep. She slit her wrist and neck and stabbed her several times until she succumbed to injuries.

Later, the suspect hid the weapons she used on the rooftop, packed her bags and left for the airport.

Adopted Sand Springs Ethiopian Sisters Hear For The First Time

Ruby and Kate are not biological sisters, but they share a common bond: both are profoundly deaf

Two Sand Springs sisters heard their parents voice for the first time on Wednesday afternoon.

The 8-year-olds. Kate and Ruby Shasteen were both deaf but the world of sound opened up to them when their cochlear implants were activated at The Sholl Center in Tulsa.

The monumental day tops of a whirlwind year for the Shasteen family.

"It's been a year full of transitions for all of us," said Al Shasteen. Al and his wife, Chris, said that they met the girls at an orphanage in Ethiopia.

"We were in Ethiopia adopting our son Will," said Chris.

Kate and Ruby stole their hearts. The Shasteen's said that when they met the girls they knew they wanted to adopt them into their family of seven.

"We believe that each and every one of those children was meant to be part of our family," said Chris.
Kate and Ruby aren't biological sisters but they share a profound bond.

"They are sisters and whether that is biological or not they are connected to each other," said Chris.

The girls underwent back to back surgeries in Oklahoma City on November 20th to insert part of the cochlear implant.

Chris told FOX23 that she was so impressed with how her girls responded to the cochlear activation.
"It has been such a journey," said Chris, "You could just see it in their eyes, when they heard the sound you could see it in their eyes."

Speech pathologist, Nicole Steich, says that the girls have a long road ahead of them but are responding well. "They now have to work on detecting sounds, localizing sound, voice recognition and association," said Steich.
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Soccer-Eritrea withdraws from qualifiers against rival Ethiopia

* Matches would have been first since 1998-2000 war

* Ethiopia had ruled out travelling to Asmara

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Eritrea have withdrawn from their African Nations Championship qualifiers against bitter foes Ethiopia, a letter from the Confederation of African football (CAF) showed.

It was not immediately clear if Ethiopia’s request for the match to be played on neutral ground after ruling out travelling to Asmara was behind Eritrea’s move.

Over the weekend, 18 members of the Red Sea state’s national team, including Eritrea’s team doctor, disappeared in Uganda while playing in a regional tournament.

The two east African rivals were set to clash in the Eritrean capital around Jan. 14-16 with the return fixture booked for a fortnight later in Addis Ababa.

“We have just been informed by the Eritrean Football Federation that its national team is withdrawing from the … matches,” said a letter from CAF’s Competitions Deputy Director Shereen Arafa seen by Reuters.

The letter did not mention Eritrea’s reasons for its withdrawal. An Ethiopian FA official confirmed the letter and added that his country was now set to face Rwanda in Addis Ababa on June 21-23 in the next qualification round.

Ethiopia and Eritrea are entangled in a bitter border dispute that saw the countries go to war between 1998-2000, a conflict which cost tens of thousands of lives.

The African Nations Championship, played every two years, is the continent’s second biggest tournament in which only domestic-based players can take part.

Ethiopia and Eritrea were last drawn against each other in 1998 in a qualifying round for the 2000 African Nations Cup, just months after fighting broke out along their sun-blasted border.

Ethiopia declined to take part in those matches. (Editing by Richard Lough and Ken Ferris)

Ethiopian PM tells Al Jazeera he is open to Eritrea talks

Al Jazeera

Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has said that he is willing to hold talks with neighbouring Eritrea, with whom Addis Ababa fought a border war that ended in 2000.

If Desalgen follows through with Wednesday’s statement, it will be the first time a leader in Addis Ababa has held talks with Issaias Afeworki, the Eritrean president, since the end of the conflict which left at least 70,000 people dead.

“If you ask me, ‘Do you want to go to Asmara and sit down and negotiate with Isaias Afwerki?’ Then, I will say yes’,” Hailemariam said in an interview with Al Jazeera to be broadcast on Saturday.

The two countries remain at odds over the flashpoint town of Badme, awarded to Eritrea by a UN-backed boundary commission, but still controlled by Ethiopia.

“The most important thing for us is to fight poverty … to have regional integration. If we two do that, it will be much more productive,” Hailemariam added.

Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year struggle, that is considered among the continent’s longest and most bitter.

Hailemariam, who took office after longtime ruler Meles Zenawi died in August, said that reaching out to Asmara was following the policy of his predecessor.

“My predecessor Meles Zenawi had asked for more than 50 times even to go to Asmara and negotiate with Mister Isaias Afwerki,” he said.

Ethiopia and Eritrea routinely accuse each other of backing armed groups to destabilise the other.

In March, Ethiopia attacked an Eritrean military base after the killing of five European tourists in blamed on Asmara.