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  Harrar - LoveToKnow 1911
S.S.W. of the ports of Zaila (British) and Jibuti (French) on the Gulf of Aden.
With Jibuti it is connected by a railway (188 m.
Harrar is built on the slopes of a hill at an elevation of over 5000 ft. A lofty stone wall, pierced by five gates and flanked by twenty-four towers, encloses the city, which has a population of about 40,000.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Harrar   (752 words)

  
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JIBUTI (DJIBOUTI), the chief port and capital of French Somaliland, in 11° 35' N., 430 10' E. Jibuti is situated at the entrance to and on the southern shore of the Gulf of Tajura ?!tau* 15o m.
The town is built on a horseshoe-shaped peninsula partly consisting of mud flats, which are spanned by causeways.
Jibuti was founded by the French in 1888 in consequence of its superiority to Obok both in respect to harbour accommodation and in nearness to Harrar.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=35980&locale=en   (331 words)

  
 Georgia Today on the Web
The issue of controlling and monitoring mechanisms of the local budgetary units also includes defects and should be revised, the both Georgian and foreign experts agreed.
Jibuti says the law accepted the worst version of equalization formula proposed by the experts, as the formula is based on the deficit of revenues alone and doesn’t include the factor of expenditures altogether.
The idea of budgetary equalization is to cover 70% of the deficit between the revenues and expenditures of the central budget and the budgets of the self-governance units.
www.georgiatoday.ge /article_details.php?id=1533   (1097 words)

  
 Tezeta: The Franco-Ethiopian Railway and Its History
Jibuti had a small trading population, but possessed plenty of good water and an excellent harbour, and had the additional advantage that the French were believed not to have any ambitions of expanding inland.
The transfer of the line between Jibuti and the Hawash, the building of any other line in that area or the dissolution of the Company was prohibited except with the permission of the Ministers for the Colonies and Foreign Affairs.
The temporary or permanent transfer of part or the whole line between Jibuti and the Hawash as well as the dissolution of the Company was expressly forbidden except with the approval of the Ministers for the Colonies and Foreign Affairs acting on the advice of Minister of Finance.
www.tezeta.org /37/the-franco-ethiopian-railway-and-its-history   (16529 words)

  
 Obok - LoveToKnow 1911
The port is separated from the open sea by coral reefs, but is only partially sheltered from the winds.
This led to the practical abandonment of the town by the French, who in 1896 transferred to Jibuti, on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Tajura, the seat of government of the colony.
Obok is connected with Aden and Jibuti by submarine cables.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Obok   (137 words)

  
 Mikheil Jibuti Striped Of His Powers
Tbilisi, February 15 (Prime-News) – Georgian Parliament has deprived Mikheil Jibuti, Chairman of the National Commission for Securities, of his powers.
Termination of Jibuti’s powers was supported by 124 Members of Parliament on the basis of the voting held at the plenary session on Wednesday.
According to the present legislation, this termination of Jibuti’s performance of the Chairman of the National Commission for Securities duty became essential after he was appointed the Dean of Economic Faculty at TbilisiStateUniversity.
eng.primenewsonline.com /print.php?a=6103   (78 words)

  
 S O M A L I L A N D
The Jibuti army has this morning been put on alert along the country' s border with the self- proclaimed Republic of Somaliland.
The Jibuti authorities fear a flare- up of clashes between the Somaliland army and the Issa militias of the United Somalia Front [untraced; in French: Front de la Somalie Unifiee].
Jibuti, for its part, has put its troops along the border with Somaliland on a state of alert in order to prevent any fighting from spilling over the border.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/HB7895_SML.html   (2196 words)

  
 BBC News | MONITORING | French defence minister announces troop cuts in Jibuti
French Defence Minister Alain Richard has arrived in Jibuti to discuss with government leaders planned cuts of over 20 percent in the number of French troops based there.
"Jibuti is in fact one of our main defence partners because it is the place where France will keep its main overseas military presence," Richard told Radio France Internationale in an interview.
I am going to meet the government and the president of Jibuti and examine with them the modalities that will accompany this moderate reduction of troops from 3,300 to 2,600 men," he said.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/monitoring/73896.stm   (193 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Somaliland
However, European influence has made itself felt in Somaliland since 1829 when the Red Sea was first used as a route to India; but it is only of late years that France, England, and Italy have taken actual possession of the Somali coast.
Jibuti has been united by a railway with the fertile districts of the Harrar and of Abyssinia.
England is established to the east on the entire coast facing Arabia as far as Cape Guardafui; its principal towns are Zeila and Berbera.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14139a.htm   (626 words)

  
 JIBUTI (DJIBOUTI) - Online Information article about JIBUTI (DJIBOUTI)
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Somaliland, in 11° 35' N., 430 10' E. Jibuti is situated at the entrance to and on the See also:
Jibuti was founded by the French in 1888 in consequence of its superiority to See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JIBUTI_DJIBOUTI_.html   (655 words)

  
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News broke on August 30 that Georgian citizen Merab Jibuti was arrested by Azeri border guards for alleged illegal crossing of the Georgian-Azerbaijani border on August 26, Georgian and Azeri media sources reported.
Merab Jibuti is suspected by the Azerbaijani security service of being linked to Ruslan Bashirli, chief of the Yeni Fikir youth organization, who was arrested on August 3 and charged with plotting a coup in Azerbaijan.
The Azeri media reported that Jibuti planned to meet with Ruslan Bashirli, but as the detention of Jibuti occurred on August 26, by that time Bashirli had already been arrested (on August 3) by the Azeri security service.
www.civil.ge /eng/print.php?id=10653   (322 words)

  
 La Vie Diplomatique, 2
French trade with Ethiopia passed mainly through the French Somaliland Protectorate, and was based for the most part on the Franco-Ethiopian railway, which ran from Addis Ababa to Jibuti, and was the only railway in the entire country.
Many were to be found, not only in Addis Ababa, but also in many parts of the countryside, particularly in the west.
Ethiopian exports to Egypt in 1904 were estimated at about seven million francs, and trade in the opposite direction at almost four hundred thousand.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/09-01-04/La.htm   (1971 words)

  
 Horn of Africa Bulletin (HAB) Vol.6 No.3 May-June 94
The incident was seen as the latest in a conflict between Jibuti's Afars, and the authorities and security forces dominated by Issas, the main ethnic group in Jibuti.
In Jibuti the former chairman of the [Government] Council, Ali Aref Bourhane, who was recently released from prison, has been prevented from leaving the territory.
In Jibuti, the FRUD [Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy], which yesterday denied the existence of a new leadership, decided today to expel Ougoureh Kifle, who said that he headed the revolt and even announced the opening of negotiations with the Jibuti government.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/HAF_Win_94.html   (20338 words)

  
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 A Chapter in the History of the Ethiopian Patriots, Part 2
Negotiations with the French Government over a possible Fascist annexation of Jibuti (referred to in last week's article) meanwhile continued.
He now speaks openly of entering the war on the side of Germany and even defines our course of action: defensive in the Alps, defensive in Libya, offensive in Ethiopia against Jibuti and Kenya, aero-naval offensive in the Mediterranean".
The plan of campaign is this: defensive action on all fronts and offensive action toward Jibuti; aerial-naval offensive in grand style"/
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2002/03/08-03-02/Chapter.htm   (1727 words)

  
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The Jibuti Railway Another important step taken by Menilek at this time was the granting to Ilg, in 1894, of a concession for the construction of Ethiopia's first railway, to link Addis Ababa with the French Somaliland port of Jibuti.
Railway construction was accompanied by the installation of the country's first telephone and telegraph line, which followed the railway track from the capital to the coast.
This important proviso was intended to legalise the entry of weapons through Jibuti and the French Somaliland Protectorate.
www.chatarea.com /ETHIOPIA.quote735149   (12100 words)

  
 Sites near - GeoURL (2.0)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
HDAG: Assa-Gueyla, DJ (Great Circle Location) Near Jibuti 9 more from gc.kls2.com
Ab`a, Djibouti - glosk (9.8 km E) Near Jibuti 55 more from www.glosk.com
Djibouti, Djibouti - Bollettino meteorologico e previsioni del tempo per i prossimi 5 giorni (91.6 km SE) Near Jibuti
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METAR Site Information for HDAM (0.9 km E) Near Jibuti 1 more from weather.gladstonefamily.net
Djibouti, Djibouti - Bollettino meteorologico e previsioni del tempo per i prossimi 5 giorni (1.0 km W) Near Jibuti
Oued Galé, Djibouti - glosk (8.9 km W) Near Jibuti
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 WILL TBILISI FACILITATE AN ANTI-ALIEV REVOLUTION IN AZERBAIJAN? - Eurasia Daily Monitor
On August 26 Azerbaijan's State Border Service detained a Georgian citizen, Merab Jibuti, for illegally crossing the border of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani law-enforcement officials claim that Jibuti was connected with the Azerbaijani opposition youth movement Yeni Fikir (New Thinking), and he reportedly admitted to attending a secret meeting with Yeni Fikir leader Ruslan Bashirli and his associates in Tbilisi on July 28-29.
Moreover, Bashirli, who was arrested on August 3 on charges of plotting a coup in Azerbaijan, met with an Armenian special services agent in Tbilisi and received cash from him to organize public unrest in Baku.
jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2370201   (774 words)

  
 Hurricane Relief Supporters, Hurricane Relief Meetups, events, clubs and groups near Jibuti
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 Djibouti Locations List - Jalelo to Jibuti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
/ Explore / Djibouti / Locations / J / Jalelo to Jibuti
Locations in Djibouti begining with J - Jalelo to Jibuti
Jibuti, Djibouti, Captial Of A Country (pcld, Pclf, Pcli, Pcls)
www.traveljournals.net /explore/djibouti/locations/j/1.html   (77 words)

  
 AITRP Fellows: Dr. Thea Jibuti
Emory International Training and Research Programs : Dr. Thea Jibuti
Dr. Thea Jibuti works in Georgia's National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, where she is responsible for the registration and reporting system of the TB Control Department.
She trained as a pediatrician at the Tblisi State Medical University, receiving her M.D. in 1995.
www.sph.emory.edu /EITRP/jibuti.php   (141 words)

  
 Jibuti: Xanga Metros
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