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		<title>VIDEO: Witness &#8211; Blooming Business (in Kenya)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see the documentry BLOOMING BUSINESS! Filmmaker: Ton van Zantvoort A bouquet of flowers can bring delight to its recipient &#8211; but for many Kenyans living around Lake Naivasha&#8217;s huge commercial flower farms, these sweet-smelling blooms bring human exploitation and ecological destruction. The flower farms on the shores of Lake Naivasha produce tonnes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: 3 x Ethiopia = Africa&#8217;s Great Hope + Kicking the Aid Habit + Endless Famine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHl7tgN1gH0[/youtube] Africa&#8217;s Great Hope September 2005 Only a few months ago, Ethiopia was being touted as Africa&#8217;s great hope. So why was its first , marred by political assassinations, widespread fraud and intimidation? &#8220;This could potentially explode at any moment. It is a very, very dangerous situation,&#8221; warns EU Ambassador Tim Clark. Following elections dominated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Coffee Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7rShq4rqk[/youtube] June 2003 Coffee farmers of Ethiopia are facing destitution. The collapse in world coffee prices means that prices no longer even cover growing costs. Farmers in Ethiopia are now lucky to make $10 a year. Prices have fallen 70% in the past four years and since the collapse of the International Coffee Organisation, farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia Investor Newsletter JULY (Precise Consult International)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[E.I Business News E.I Business Opportunities &#62;&#62; Swiss Vendor Bags CBE’s 70m Br IT ContractThe long overdue IT procurement by the largest and oldest bank in the country, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), was signed and sealed two weeks ago by an international technology vendor based in Switzerland, Temenos Group AG. Read more&#8230; &#62;&#62; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARTICAL: Ethiopia: Minallesh Terra &#8211; Leftovers of World&#8217;s Largest Open-Air Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not Merkato still has any claim to being the largest open-air market in Africa is debatable. If one goes to Merkato today, they will more likely see big, new shopping malls as well as demolished sections of open-air stalls awaiting their own modern buildings.]]></description>
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		<title>ARTICAL: Ethiopia: Sheraton to Finally Displace 3,000-Plus Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, work is to begin on the relocation of residents of more than 3,000 houses on the 42ht of land that has been designated for the expansion of the Sheraton Hotel; the cash strapped administration has been given 151 million Br from Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi to expedite the process.]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Land of tomorrow + Lucrative Investment (open for business)</title>
		<link>http://abeshaunited.com/index.php/2010/04/ethiopia-land-of-tomorrow-part-1-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[10-minute documentary highlighting the investment opportunities in Ethiopia today and tomorrow. Produced for the Saudi-East African Forum]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS: Ethiopia launches electric car despite power shortages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia has launched an electric car, despite suffering from power shortages. It is only the second African country to do so, after South Africa.

Two versions of the Solaris Elettra will be manufactured in Addis Ababa, costing around $12,000 and $15,000.

The cars will be sold in Ethiopia and exported to Africa and Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>LAND GRABBING: The new way of bio-colonialism in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://abeshaunited.com/index.php/2010/03/the-new-way-of-bio-colonialism-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zekarias Ezra Land is finite. There is so much of it and that is it. So, food-importing countries with scarce arable land but lots of cash, mainly in Asia and the Middle East, are increasingly looking overseas to secure food supplies after the prices of staple foods rocketed last year. They are scouring Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Abesha maids abused in arab countries (this is OLD news!!!!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abesha united</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulf labour laws fail to halt abuse Every year thousands of women arrive in the Gulf to take up jobs as domestic workers. The majority of them leave behind their families on a huge financial gamble to try to earn enough in remittances. But behind closed doors, in the homes of their employers, some find [...]]]></description>
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