The Week in Review

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Also:
- Weekend News and Updates
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BREAKING NEWS
-Haile Gebrselassie wins New York City Half Marathon in 59:24 to keep unbeaten record

-Still perfect, Gebrselassie wins NYC Half Marathon


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The Week in review

TOP STORIES FROM THE PAST WEEK

• U.N. elections consultant testifies for Daniel and Netsanet, says they "acted within law"
• Daniel and Netsanet's case will not wrap up before the millennium
• Four more Ethiopian journalists sentenced
• Obscure Dealings: the Ogaden
• Ethiopian rebel group (ONLF) says troops kill aid workers
• Letter from Senator Feingold to Condoleezza Rice on the Ogaden
• UN: Food Security Situation in Oromiya Worrying
• The Elders (Shimagilewoch) start negotiations to free OLF detainees
• Questions shower Ethiopian ex-leader Negaso Gidada
• Israel's Interior Minister says aliya from Ethiopia should stop
• Ethiopians slam comments of Israel's Interior Minister
• Civilians die in Mogadishu battle
• Exodus from Somali capital Mogadishu triples
• Ethiopia pledges to contribute troops to Darfur
• ‘Rahab S’nt Qen Yifejal?’ Reflections of a Well-Fed Visitor
• A New Battle in U.S. Congress: Lobbyists v Human Rights

Weekend News and Updates

-Mr. Obang Metho Addresses The Oromo Community in Minnesota and Asks the Question: Why Can’t We Unite?





-Addis Abeba: 'Mortar-Like' Explosion Kills One, Injures Three in Merkato
-Ogaden: New humanitarian crisis developing in the Horn of Africa
-Eritrea dismisses extension of UN border mission
-Somali gunmen slay district official
-Hussein Aided voted off Somalia parliament
-Cecafa seeks new sponsors





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