In Ethiopia, big party looms for third millennium
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On midnight Wednesday, the country, which uses a modified Julian calendar, will kick off festivities.
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Thereâs an ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs better aid and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent.
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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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On the third and final day of the ruling National Democratic Party conference in Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak emphasized economic liberalization and several dramatic new economic reforms, but didn&#39;t address the demands of opposition groups.
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Ceremonies have been taking place to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami.
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Ethiopia will try to remove tens of thousands of beggars from the streets of Addis Ababa to create a more "conducive" atmosphere for coming Millennium celebrations, city officials said on Thursday.
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Egyptian authorities license a new party led by a former prominent member of the ruling National Democratic Party.
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Eritrea and Ethiopia are given a year to physically mark out their shared border or face having it set for them.
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The crisis in Kenya is set to dominate an African Union summit  in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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The ethnic divisions evident in the presidential vote raise a warning sign for parliamentary elections scheduled for next spring. Hamid Karzaiâs inauguration as Afghanistanâs first democratically elected president seems a foregone conclusion.
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The 3.3-million-year-old fossilised remains of a human-like child have been unearthed in Ethiopia's Dikika region.
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ISTANBUL, Dec 7 (IPS) - Turkey seems to have a far bigger  'cemetery' for political parties than many other  democratic nations. Its next occupant could be a controversial  pro-Kurdish party.
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With the election of its first president with Islamist roots, the country enters a new era. Just what that era will bring is the question
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Elections in the next few weeks  will bring new faces and new hope to a clutch of African  countries, but many of the poor, war-damaged continent's  nascent democracies face major hurdles in the coming year.
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The government approved the creation of a political party headed by a young ambitious lawyer, in only the third time that a new party was authorized in Egypt in almost three decades.
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Thousands of Bob Marley fans and  Rastafarians gathered in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on  Tuesday for the start of weeks of festivities to mark the 60th  anniversary of the reggae icon's birthday.
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Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.