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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Addis Ababa , the capital ofEthiopia .
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Born in a dirt-poor village near Asela, 110 miles south of Addis Abeba, Haile led a typical rural African life of drudgery and dim prospects.
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In the Catch-22 diplomatic netherworld of Addis Abeba, the strategy is obvious: "It is better to deal with a devil you know than an angel you do not know."
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It is agonizing to finally come face to face with the banality of depraved Western diplomatic indifference in Addis Abeba.
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On November 3, 2005, during an alleged disturbance at the infamous Kality prison near Addis Abeba, guards sprayed more than 1500 bullets into inmate cells in 15 minutes killing 17 and severely wounding 53.
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That is apparently the scuttlebutt on Embassy Row in Addis Abeba.
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That is apparently the scuttlebutt on Embassy Row in Addis Abeba.
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In 1984 – 1985 seven thousand seven hundred were airlifted from the Sudan to Israel in Operation Moses and 14,400 were airlifted in twenty-four hours from Addis Abeba to Israel in Operation Solomon in 1991.
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That is apparently the scuttlebutt on Embassy Row in Addis Abeba.
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In the annual "Great Ethiopian Run" that was held last week in Addis Abeba, one can see a fitting metaphor for a long and hard run for freedom in Ethiopia.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Great Ethiopian Run to Freedom 2009
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Addis Abeba were representatives of the United Nations, the
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