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| | SudanTribune article : Children as young as three registered for Ethiopian elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Mar 28, 2005 (AP) — Children as young as three have been registered to vote, the head of Ethiopia’s election board said Monday, adding those behind that and other abuses would be prosecuted. |
 | | The fraud ahead of May 15 general elections took place in the district of Hadiya, 200 kilometers (125 miles) southwest of Addis Ababa, where the 2000 national elections had to be rerun because of similar abuses, Kemal Bedri, the board’s chairman, told reporters. |
 | | Kemal said Hadiya was the only district so far where abuses have been confirmed and that those involved would be prosecuted. |
| www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=8752 (364 words) |
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