| | Does Meles Zenawi's five-point plan include coffee? |
 | | The people, who were ordered to attend the meetings Derg-style (warning anyone staying behind would face penalties), responded fearfully that they had lost their children in the previous wars, and were now living in utter poverty, and they were not ready at any cost to hear about another round of war with Ethiopia. |
 | | Given the endless 'festivals' and seminars in Eritrean communities both inside and outside of Eritrea, the talk is always centred around Ethiopia, and how to deal with the country Eritrean war fanatics see as their enemy that blocked Asmara from becoming golden-state Singapore in the Horn of Africa. |
 | | And we are optimistic that the outcome would be positive in favor of Eritrea, like the handing over of the people of Badme and Irob-Alitena to Eritrea was done before we woke up from our sleep, and had time to make coffee. |
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