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West endorsing cooked elections
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:07 PM ed
By Thomas C. Mountain–Ethiopia held another “election” in late May, 2010 and the sort of “democracy” the powers that be in the West support with annual “aid” and “loans” to the tune of billions of dollars was the only winner. Western aid dependent Ethiopia, population 80 million, is one of the poorest, most underdeveloped countries in the world.
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New opportunities for the opposition
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:07 PM ed
By Eskinder Nega–Ethiopia’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, this week passed a ruling against Medrek’s legal bid for a re-run of the election in unyielding words: “No substantial case for a re-run has been presented,” it said concurring in almost exact words with an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court. But surprisingly enough, Medrek did not even feign an outrage.
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