An eight-course dinner at the G-8 summit bans Meles from dinner party

(RTTNews) - The G-8 leaders have sparked outrage after it was revealed they feasted on sumptuous food consisting of a six-course lunch followed by an eight-course dinner at the G-8 summit where the global food crisis was one of the topics high on the agenda. More on An eight-course dinner at the G-8 summit bans Meles from dinner party

Meles up, Mugabe down, Ethiopians can’t swim, they bound to drizzown

There are only two difference between Meles and Mugabe. The first is that Meles plays up to ferenjis studiously and dutifully and Mugabe does not. This allows Meles to feed at the trough of the aid generated by his enforced famine and poverty but either Mugabe is being watched more carefully or Meles is felt to have earned his graft honestly.

The second is clear from the following statement of fact: if Mugabe suddenly discovered a new front in the War Against Terror next door he would immediately be placed on the protected dictators list just like Meles

As Ethiopia boils, Minnesota’s Ethiopians feel the heat

He is desperate to discover the fate of his brother, who was abducted by men with guns last Saturday evening. Since then, his brother hasn’t been seen or heard from and Ali has sat by his telephone and computer at his home in Fridley, calling and emailing, gathering small scraps of information.

SOMALIA: Families displaced after homes destroyed

NAIROBI, 9 July 2008 (IRIN) – Hundreds of families in Mogadishu have been displaced after the government demolished their homes, residents told IRIN on 9 July.

“They [Mogadishu officials] have destroyed our homes by force and we have no place to go,” Fadumo Omar said. She said the affected area, Loyado in Abdiaziz district of north Mogadishu, was home to 450 families.

Omar, who is more than 60 years old, said she had lived in Loyado for over 40 years. “I had 13 children and the children have had their children here. Now all of a sudden they destroyed my home and displaced me.”

Ethiopia worried about Djibouti port tariff plan

ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Reuters) – Land-locked Ethiopia sent its top trade official to Djibouti on Wednesday after the Red Sea state said it would introduce a new tariff on port services.

An Ethiopian government source said Trade and Industry Minister Girma Birru was dispatched after Djibouti unveiled plans to introduce the tariff with effect from August 15. More on Ethiopia worried about Djibouti port tariff plan

Somalia’s American-Made Road to Perdition

By Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque

The on-going, American-backed atrocity continues to rage in Somalia, where George W. Bush has launched a third “regime change” front in his global Terror War, with the help of one of his many pet dictators, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. More on Somalia’s American-Made Road to Perdition