Ethiopia bogged down in Somalia Meles Admits

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Ethiopia bogged down in Somalia: Meles
BBC

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has acknowledged that his troops cannot withdraw from the conflict in Somalia. Mr Meles said he had expected to withdraw his soldiers earlier in the year, after Islamists had been driven out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.(More...)

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Keepers of the Lost Ark?
Smithsonian magazine



Through the centuries, Ethiopians have claimed that the ark rests in a chapel in the small town of Aksum, in their country's northern highlands. It arrived nearly 3,000 years ago, they say, and has been guarded by a succession of virgin monks who, once anointed, are forbidden to set foot outside the chapel grounds until they die.(More...)

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