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  Ethiopia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ethiopia is 1,127,127 km² in size, and is the major portion of the Horn of Africa, which is the eastern-most part of the African landmass.
After the 1974 revolution, the economy of Ethiopia was run as a socialist economy: strong state controls were implemented, and a large part of the economy was transferred to the public sector, including most modern industry and large-scale commercial agriculture, all agricultural land and urban rental property, and all financial institutions.
Ethiopia's livestock population is believed to be the largest in Africa, and as of 1987 accounted for about 15 percent of the GDP.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ethiopia   (1786 words)

  
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Ethiopia held another general election in May 2005, which drew a record number of voters, with 90% of the electorate turning out to cast their vote.
Bordering Ethiopia is Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.
Ethiopia is the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari movement, whose adherents believe Ethiopia is Zion.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ethiopia   (2833 words)

  
 Demographics of Ethiopia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic regions (kililoch) of ethiopia....
Sidamo was a province in the southern part of ethiopia, with its capital city at irgalem, and later at awassa....
Afar is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of ethiopia....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/demographics_of_ethiopia.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He fought against Ethiopia in the Ogaden province battles under the banner of a group known as the "I...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop'iya, Amharic የኢትዮጵያ;) is a nation of northeastern Africa.
A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Ethiopia   (540 words)

  
 History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ethiopia has seen human habitation for longer than almost anywhere else in the world, with modern homo sapiens (homo sapiens: The only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain 1400 cc) perhaps evolving there.
It is now known that in ancient times the name Ethiopia was used to refer to the nation based in the upper Nile valley south of Egypt, also called Cush (Cush: more facts about this subject), which in the 4th century CE was invaded by the Axum from the highlands close to the Red sea.
In July 1977, sensing the disarray in Ethiopia, Somalia (Somalia: A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali Peninsula; subject to tribal warfare) attacked across the Ogaden Desert (Ogaden Desert: the ogaden desert region, also known as the ogadeni, is a region in ethiopia along...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/history_of_ethiopia   (4635 words)

  
 ethiopia at overstock-com.hard-and-core.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Ethiopia Did You Mean ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
British and patriot Ethiopian troops liberated the Ethiopian homeland in 1941, and Ethiopia's regained sovereignty was recognised by Britain upon the signing of the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement in December 1944.
Ethiopia held another general election in May 2005, though concerns were raised about vote rigging and intimidation on the part of the ruling EPRDF coalition.
Ethiopia is the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari movement, that believes Ethiopia is Zion.
www.did-you-mean.com /Ethiopia.html   (2038 words)

  
 Ethiopia Resource Center - ethiopia map
ethiopia ethiopia history Within Ethiopia is a massive highland complex of mountains and dissected plateaus divided by the Great Rift Valley, which runs generally southwest to northeast and is surrounded by lowlands, steppes, or semidesert.
The Axumite international adoption ethiopia Kingdom was one of the timket and ethiopia and 2006 first nations to officially adopt ethiopia neighbor Christianity, when St. Frumentius of Tyre converted Ezana of Axum during the fourth century CE.
Islam in Ethiopia dates ethiopia life,culture back almost to the founding of the religion; in 616, a band of Muslims were counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca capital of ethiopia and travel to Abyssinia, which was ruled by, in the Prophet's estimation, a pious Christian king.
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 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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demographics of england from the 2001 united kingdom census
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 Ethiopia
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic ኢትዮጵያ Ityop'iya) is a country situated in the Horn of Africa.
Islam in Ethiopia dates back almost to the founding of the religion; in 616, a band of Muslims were counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Abyssinia, which was ruled by, in the Prophet's estimation, a pious Christian king.
In April 2005, the Axum obelisk, one of Ethiopia's religous and historical treasures, was returned to Ethiopia by Italy [5].
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 Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ('''Ityop'iya''', Amharic ኢትዮጵያ;) is a country situated in a n area known as the Horn Of Africa.
Ethiopia is a ecologically diverse country with land below sea level and above 10,000, Lake Tana in the north is the source of the Blue Nile.
Ethiopia is the oldest Secular State in the world Christianity was officially adopted by Emperor Ezana in the early centuaries BC, however the eastern lowlands and some regions of the highlands still remain Muslim.
ethiopia.kiwiki.homeip.net   (616 words)

  
 Military of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has approximately 100,000 personnel, which makes it one of the largest military (military: The military forces of a nation) forces in Africa (Africa: The second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean).
This number is significantly smaller than the 250,000 plus troops that existed during the Derg (Derg: the derg was the ruling committee of ethiopia from 1974 until 1987....
Ethiopia (Ethiopia: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/military_of_ethiopia   (267 words)

  
 Food Crisis in Ethiopia: Why Is Famine a Recurring Threat?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For every 1,000 people in Ethiopia, an estimated 180 hectares of land are used for crops- significantly less than the average for sub-Saharan Africa, which is 288 hectares.
Forty-seven percent of Ethiopia's children under the age of five are malnourished.
Ethiopia's population is expected to increase from 67 million to 100 million in less than 20 years.
www.ifpri.org /media/Ethiopia/ethiopiafacts.htm   (351 words)

  
 Demographics of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oromo, Amhara, and Tigreans make up more than three-fourths of the population, but there are more than 80 different ethnic groups within Ethiopia.
Ethiopia: A Model Nation of Minorities (accessed 6 April 2006)
Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, DC (accessed 6 April 2006)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Ethiopia   (343 words)

  
 TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for half of GDP, 85 percent of exports, and 80 percent of total employment.
Under Ethiopia's land tenure system, the government owns all land and provides long-term leases to the tenants; the system continues to hamper growth in the industrial sector, as entrepreneurs are unable to use land as collateral for loans.
Despite this limitation, strong growth is expected to continue in the near term as good rainfall, the cessation of hostilities, and renewed foreign aid and debt relief push the economy forward.
www.tradeport.org /countries/ethiopia/01grw.html   (679 words)

  
 The Political Economy of Ethiopia — www.greenwood.com
She gives a staggering delineation of the problems of state formation in Ethiopia, focusing on boundary disputes around the turn of the century, on Ethiopia's insistence on holding on to Eritrea after WW II, on Ethiopia's lack of democracy, and on its inability to maintain law and order.
She points out that Ethiopia faces all of these problems at once and that the military "revolution" of 1974 has not been able to remedy any of these conflicts or the additional problems of the economy.
History, demographics, and climate are also examined as contributors to the current crises in both politics and economics.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/C3472.aspx   (634 words)

  
 Share and Discover Ethiopia Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Book of Axum, Ethiopian chronicles dating from the country's Christian era, state that the name is derived from "'Ityopp'is", a son of Cush, son of Ham (unmentioned in the Bible) who according to legend founded the city of Aksum.
The early 20th century was marked by the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I, who undertook the rapid modernization of Ethiopia andmdash; interrupted only by the brief Italian occupation (1936andndash;1941).
Ethiopia held another general election in May 2005, which were deemed by one international observer team (EU) to fall substantially short of international standards for fair and free elections.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/ethiopia   (2665 words)

  
 Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Main article: Demographics of Ethiopia Ethiopia is home to many different groups of people, the three largest groups being the Oromo, Amhara (whose Amharic language is used for official purposes), and Tigrawot.
Ethiopian Orthodox priests playing sistra and a drum.]] Main article: Culture of Ethiopia In April 2005, the Axum obelisk, one of Ethiopia's religous and historical treasures, was returned to Ethiopia by Italy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4458105.stm.
Ethiopia at The Index on Africa - Ethiopia pages in the Index on Africa, the number 1 Gateway to Africa on the Web.
ethiopia.ask.dyndns.dk   (1174 words)

  
 Ethiopia
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop'iya, Amharic ኢትዮጵያ;) is a country situated in the Italian army invaded the country.
In 2004, the government began a drive to move more than two million people away from the arid highlands of the east, proposing that these resettlements would reduce food shortages news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3640227.stm.
* Ethiopia at The Index on Africa - Ethiopia pages in the Index on Africa, the number 1 Gateway to Africa on the Web.
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 Global Voices Online » Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
AddisFerengi, one of Ethiopia’s most controversial bloggers, was back in business this week with a load of back-dated posts, after temporarily shutting herself down and leaving the country amid claims of threats and warnings over her safety.
Ethiopia is one of only four African nations that were never colonies of a European power.
Weblog Ethiopia was not the only one to notice the unsatisfactory coverage from old-school media – with the honourable exception of Reuters and the New York Times.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia   (9609 words)

  
 Ethiopia Deforestation Rates and Related Forestry Figures
In total, between 1990 and 2005, Ethiopia lost 14.0% of its forest cover, or around 2,114,000 hectares.
Ethiopia is home to at least 6603 species of vascular plants, of which 15.1% are endemic.
Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, accounting for half of GDP, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment.
rainforests.mongabay.com /deforestation/2000/Ethiopia.htm   (779 words)

  
 Demographics
The biggest surprise for demographers in the past 20 years is that in not one country did fertility stop falling when it reached the replacement rate - 2.1 children per woman.
In a handful of developing countries such as India, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Nigeria, where population growth is slowing, the reason isn't increased education or family planning but because more people are dying.
Williams Inference does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness or assume responsibility for actions taken with respect to information presented here.
www.williamsinference.com /Anomalies/demographics.htm   (1961 words)

  
 Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ethiopia: Amnesty International condemns treason trial opening in...
Ethiopia's Meles hopes for progress in border talks
Ethiopia says Japanese premier's visit will boost ties
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 ipedia.com: Ethiopia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a country of northeastern Africa, the oldest independent nation in the continent and one of the oldest in the world.
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop'iya, Amharic የኢትዮጵያ;) is a country of northeastern Africa, the oldest independent nation in the continent and one of the oldest in the world.
University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center Ethiopia Page [1]
www.ipedia.com /ethiopia.html   (258 words)

  
 IDMC : Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ethiopia : Government recognition of conflict IDPs crucial to addressing their plight
Internal displacement due to conflict occurs in different parts of Ethiopia.
It is caused mainly by ethnic tensions exacerbated by the government’s regionalisation policy along ethnic lines, tight political control from the centre, and widespread resource shortages in a chronically food-insecure country.
www.internal-displacement.org   (342 words)

  
 Demographics...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
El Hor still exists today, but does not constitute a significant political force.
As a result of this trip, Rep. Wolf wrote the former Executive Director of the NAACP, Benjamin Chavis, a letter on July 15, 1993, and stated: "I visited southern Sudan in February of this year, my third trip to Sudan since 1988.
The conditions I witnessed on this recent trip -- the starvation, the disease, the indiscriminate bombing by government forces, the utter hopelessness –were more distressing than anything I have seen in Ethiopia, in Somalia, or anywhere else in the world.
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 Blog
But the fact that most people are politically negligent does not entitle government to trample their rights.
This is the same church family that sent her parents to Ethiopia over 50 years ago.
2) The victims of religious persecution in Ethiopia are meeting in the mud after their churches are burned to the ground.
www.daveblackonline.com /blog.htm   (7967 words)

  
 Dynamic Demographics
Gregory Spencer, a Census Bureau demographer, March, 1996.
Last season, 172 Major League baseball players had been born in Central or South America, Mexico or the Caribbean.
In 1993, the "Top Ten" countries from which the U.S. received refugees were: the former Soviet Union, Vietnam, Haiti, Laos, Somalia, Iraq, Cuba, Iran, Ethiopia, and Liberia.
www.diversitydtg.com /articles/demogs.html   (1154 words)

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