Doomed to drown: the desperate last calls of the migrants no one wanted to rescue
Written by Peter Popham in Rome   
Friday, 25 May 2007
A young Eritrean looks straight at the camera, waving a red sweatshirt above his head. The mother in brown near the bow clasps her small baby as the propeller of the Yamaha outboard engine twists uselessly in the water. The sun beats down on the turquoise water as a swell begins to lift the waves over and into the woefully crowded boat.
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Eritrea blames U.S. for border impasse
Written by Jack Kimball (Reuters)   
Thursday, 24 May 2007
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Thursday a security buffer between the Red Sea state and arch-foe Ethiopia was "meaningless" and blamed the United States for a five-year border stalemate.
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Ruhus MaAlti Natsinet
Written by alenalki.net   
Thursday, 24 May 2007

Happy independence day

 
Escaped Eritreans recaptured
Written by Malta indpendent online   
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Three Eritrean men who had escaped from a detention centre some time ago were recaptured by sharp-eyed police officers in Birkirkara on Tuesday.
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Fighters struggle to rebuild battered Eritrea
Written by Peter Martell (AFP)   
Thursday, 24 May 2007
ASMARA --  On Asmara's streets draped with flags to mark the 16th anniversary of its liberation from Ethiopia, former fighters remember the cost of their bloody 30-year independence war.
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EU urged to adopt targeted sanctions against Issaias on eve of independence day
Written by Reporters without borders   
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
On the eve of the 16th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Union to rethink its policy towards what is one of the world’s most repressive and impenetrable countries and, in particular, to adopt targeted sanctions against President Issaias Afeworki.
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