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/ 13 February 2006
Mary Kimani has searched for love at weddings and even funerals. Finally, tired of waiting for love in the conservative East African nation of Kenya, she broke with tradition and joined Kenya’s first dating website, hoping to meet someone who will send her chocolate and roses on Valentine’s Day.
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/ 25 January 2006
An Israeli rescue team pulled three more bodies from a collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya, early on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 17, as an officer said tests indicated anyone still trapped under the rubble is either dead or unconscious. Radar, acoustic tests and specially trained dogs indicated there is no sound or movement beneath the ruined building.
Ethiopia’s version of Pop Idol is a far cry from the glamour and glitz of its British and United States inspirations. Yellowed satin sheets and signs taped to the walls provide the backdrop. Frequent power cuts, feedback from poor sound equipment and even the ringing of cellphones compete with the singers.
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/ 7 December 2005
Eritrea has ordered the expulsion of United States, Canadian, Russian and other European staff of the United Nations peacekeeping mission that monitors the tense border with neighbouring Ethiopia, United Nations officials said on Wednesday. In a letter sent to the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the staff were told that they have 10 days to leave the Horn of Africa nation.
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/ 1 December 2005
Ethiopia has indicated its willingness to comply with a recent United Nations resolution demanding the country and neighbouring Eritrea reverse a worrisome military build-up on their tense border, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday.
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/ 18 November 2005
Authorities are investigating reports that at least 17 people were killed when inmates broke out of a military prison in eastern Ethiopia, a police official said on Thursday. About 30 prisoners were believed to have tried to escape from a prison in Kebre Dehar town.
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/ 2 November 2005
Clashes between police and protesters erupted in gunfire and grenade explosions on Wednesday, with police killing at least 33 people during a second day of renewed demonstrations against Ethiopia’s disputed elections, a rights group said. At least 81 civilians also were wounded in Wednesday’s clashes, including children.
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/ 2 November 2005
Riot police fired at protesters for a second day in Ethiopia’s capital on Wednesday, a day after eight people were killed and 43 wounded in renewed protests against disputed elections, human rights officials said. Clashes broke out early on Wednesday when police took action to disperse stone-throwing opposition supporters.
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/ 1 November 2005
African leaders and diplomats have resolved to continue pressing for United Nations Security Council reforms to include two permanent seats with veto power for the continent — a position that has held up the reform process in the past. The statement was issued by 48 African heads of state and officials attending a meeting on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2005
Ethiopia is concerned at the United Nations pull-out from some bases along the tense border with Eritrea, saying on Tuesday that the peacekeepers help ensure war does not break out again. The 3 300 UN peacekeepers have patrolled the border since a two-and-a-half year Eritrea-Ethiopia border war ended in 2000.