Ethiopia trying to influence Kenyan Free press Regarding the OLF Fighters' Documentary Video

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Kenya/ Ethiopia: One Man's Terrorist is Another Man's Award Winning Documentary
The CPJ that the Ethiopian government is trying to force Kenya's private broadcaster, Nation Television (NTV), to drop a four-part exclusive report on separatist rebels, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), who "allegedly" are fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromos, the largest ethnic group in the south of the vast Horn of Africa nation -- all the NTV videos are posted on www.nazrett.com or direct link to the Video is http://www.nazrett.com/Radios.html
Zenawi's government, whose leaders were once guerilla fighters allied with the OLF, is saying that by "airing the program confirmed suspicion of a larger conspiracy by NTV to “speak for these terrorist elements in our sub-region, leading us to question NTV’s covert or overt political agenda”. Whatever.A reader sees the report as:
...a mere publicity stunt by NTV, trying to imitate Al-Jazeera. OLF is a bankrupt organization whose leaders are divided as well as disillusioned, that is a fact one can search on the wide web. NTV just wanted to make a name for itself. It should have reported about OLF years ago when it was alive and kicking if the media group was that genuine. NTV must first deal with Kenya's own internal problems before it meddles with neighbor's affairs. We know how f-ed up most things are in Kenya as it is in Ethiopia. So why not report that one first. Obviously, crossing a border is more appealing/newsworthy and generates unimagined publicity.A reader takes the other view:
The Meles regime in Ethiopia is one of the brutal dictators of the world today. Anyone with a little common sense can easily imagine how the dictator is abusing and jailing and silencing journalists in Ethiopia by simply looking at its behavior to try to silence Kenya's media. In Ethiopia today there is no free press and no one would dare to speak their mind freely. It is an absolute dictatorship. Ethiopia today has become a police state under a brutal dictatorship with no private internet service, no private radio, no private TV, no independent media etc. We have to expose the Meles regime for what it is! One of the worst dictatorships found on the planet today! GO NTV!

Gender discrepancy at world championships (Were our Ethiopian female athlets compiting with a male athlet?)

Caster Semenya took home the gold this week in the 800-meter female race at the track and field world championships in Berlin. There only lies one problem for this South African teenage superstar, the track and field governing body thinks she might be a man and has imposed a gender test on her to clear up any confusion.
If that doesn’t ruin your day then I just don’t know what will. For anyone who has been to races with runners from Kenya or Ethiopia, you know they can keep their hair really short, almost buzzed. But this is not primarily based on appearance, that would just be rude. Semenya has recently burst onto the running scene in dominating fashion winning the world championship while being a virtual unknown prior. Red flag? How about this, an uncharacteristic muscular build for a girls body. Are we getting warm yet? Factor all this in and it may trigger a little suspicion by some. Plus, after her race she didn’t speak to any reporters or attend the news conference. That didn’t help either. Did we mention she has a deep voice too?
A story like this triggers memories of old sports movies where the struggling girls team enlists a boy, who puts on a wig and talks with a high voice, then goes on to win the championship. This is a little different. This is not a movie where Rodney Dangerfield has to coach a girl’s soccer team then cheats by dressing up his stepson as a girl. This is different. For one, this isn’t funny. If Semenya had put on a cheap blond wig, then it would be funny. Sadly, this is not the case.
Caster Semenya will have to wait until the results get back to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation). If they do come back positive, her gold medal could be stripped. Best case scenario for Semenya, she is proven innocent, retains her dignity, and goes home a world champion. Worst case scenario, she’s outing for being a man dressed a woman, stripped of her gold medal, banned for life from competition, and returns home a disgrace. For the sake of the sport, lets hope this is all a misunderstanding and Semenya keeps her medal. We all know cheating will always be a part of professional sports for a long time to come, but lets keep it with down to age discrepancies and illegal drug use, leave the gender impersonators out of it for now.

Police Identify Texas Victim in Murder Suicide as Ethiopian

Above: A woman found dead in a Williamson County, Texas,on Monday has been identified as Senait Worku Abebe, 26,according to the County sheriff’s office. “Abebe appears tobe the victim of a murder-suicide at the Rattan Creek LuxuryApartment Homes, at Parmer Lane and Dallas Drive, accordingto sheriff’s reports. The body of a man believed to have killedAbebe also was found in the apartment. The sheriff’s office hasnot released the man’s name pending notification of his family.”Police say both the woman and the man are of “Ethiopian descent”

Somali fighters retake two towns

Heavy fighting in Somalia has left at least 15 people dead as government soldiers and al-Shabab fighters battle for control of strategic towns.
Fighting started in Bula Burte, a town north of Mogadishu, the capital, on Thursday when government soldiers moved into the town which had been dominated by the opposition group.
Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim, an al-Shabab commander, said: "They attacked us this morning with a large army, but they sheepishly retreated and many of their fighters are strewn in the street now."
Abdirahman Ali, a local nurse, said: "The dead are from both sides [fighters and civilians]."
Al-Shabab fighters also moved into Balad Wayne, a town near the border with Ethiopia.
One resident, Daud Haji Ibar, said: "There was no big fighting, but the government soldiers have left the western part of Balad Weyne and the al-Shabab men are in control."
Witnesses said they saw Ethiopian troops entering Somalia, identifying them by their uniforms and vehicle licence plates. However, Ali Mohamed Gedi, a spokesman for the regional government of Balad Wayne, denied the claims.
Control of Balad Weyne gives a military advantage because of its proximity to Ethiopia, which has sent troops over the border in the past in support of government troops.
Balad Weyne also serves as a link between southern Somalia and the agriculturally rich central region.
The latest clashes come amid a vast counter-offensive against al-Shabab strongholds in the centre and south of the country.
Somalia has been under a state of emergency since Wednesday.
Emergency rule allows Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the president, to make major decisions without consulting the parliament.
Violence in Somalia has killed at least 18,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and displaced at least one million others

Ethiopian fighter jets hit Somali airports

Ethiopian warplanes attacked two Islamist-held airfields in Somalia on Monday, witnesses said, wounding at least one person and further escalating a conflict that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa in war. The attacks came the morning after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi formally declared war on the Islamists, saying he was protecting his nation's sovereignty against a movement Addis Ababa accuses of being run by terrorists.A MiG fighter struck Mogadishu International Airport with machine-gun fire, injuring a cleaning lady, said the airport's MD, Abdirahim Adan. He said reports a bomb had fallen were wrong.Three MiGs later attacked Somalia's biggest military airfield, Baledogle, about 100km west of Mogadishu. "They are targeting the runway and I can see it being hit," said an Islamist fighter who asked not to be named.A week of fighting between Islamists and Somalia's Ethiopian-backed government has intensified long-running hostilities. Addis Ababa and the United States say the Islamists, who control most of southern Somalia after seizing Mogadishu in June, is a terrorist group backed by Ethiopia's enemy, Eritrea.Ethiopia has vowed to protect the Western-backed interim government, which is virtually encircled by Islamist fighters in its south-central provincial base of Baidoa.Fighting continued for the seventh day on Monday near Daynunay, outside Baidoa, between fighters loyal to the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) and government troops backed by Ethiopian tanks, artillery and air strikes. In Baidoa, the virtually powerless interim government said it was closing all of Somalia's land, sea and air borders. Government spokesperson Abdirahman Dinari said the administration approved of Ethiopia's attack on the airport. "Anywhere terrorists use to bring in arms and ammunition deserves to be hit," he said.Ethiopians take townThe interim government's Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, said 8Â 000 foreign fighters had poured into Somalia to back the Islamists. He concurred with a recent US accusation the Islamists' top echelon was being controlled by al-Qaeda