ETHIOPIA: PRESS RELEASE, FORMER PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE/JOURNALISTS

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(Serkalem Fasil, baby son Nafkot, born June 2006, while she was in
prison and husband Eskinder Nega who was detained separately
holding a copy of their newspaper Menelik, which was shut down when they were arrested - Amnesty International photo)

[PRESS RELEASE FROM FORMER PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE/JOURNALISTS: ADDIS ABEBA]
TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES

SOMALIA PEACEKEEPERS 'NOT VIABLE': UN HEAD (The idea of deploying UN peacekeeping troops to Somalia is "neither realistic nor viable", the UN head has said)

US URGES RESTRAINT TO AVERT NEW ERITREA-ETHIOPIA WAR (The United States on Friday urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to pull back troops from key border areas and use "maximum restraint" to avert a new war)

--AUDIO REPORT: VOA on the vigil for Daniel, Netsanet
--AUDIO REPORT: DW on the vigil for Daniel, Netsanet
--DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF SEN. INHOFE'S OFFICE OKLAHOMA
--Military build-up continues on Ethio-Eritrea border
--Corpses litter Mogadishu after overnight battle
--DEAD ETHIOPIANS DRAGGED IN MOGADISHU - AGAIN! (AFP)

• Crowd drags corpse, echoing 1993 brutality (CNN)
• Insurgents drag dead Ethiopians in streets (Reuters)
• PICTURE-REUTERS (Warning: graphic Pic.)
• Somalis drag Ethiopian soldier's body (Associated Press)
• Bodies dragged through Mogadishu (BBC)
• Ethiopian soldier dragged in streets (SA)

--ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL REPORT (English)
--AUDIO –Dr. Befekadu Degife on the kinijit crisis (VOA)
--AI Urgent Action (5 Ethiopians at risk of torture)
--FREED JOURNALIST DONATES PRIZE TO AMNESTY
--ETHIOPIA'S REVISED ELECTION LAW (Many are already referring to it as the “Kangaroo Election Law”; judge for yourself)
--Relief agencies bolster operations in the Ogaden
--AFRICOM Commander Rejects Militarization Charge

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

-Merkel, Bush to focus on Iran in talks at Texas ranch
-Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan
-Faint hope for Myanmar as Suu Kyi meets her party
-US Senate Confirms Mukasey as Attorney General
-Georgian parliament approves state of emergency





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