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NEWS & LETTERS, November-December 2005Our Life and Times by Kevin A. BarryEthiopian electionsIn November, demonstrators took to the streets to protest fraudulent elections last May, which returned to power the Stalinoid government of Meles Zenawi. As it had last spring, the Zenawi regime responded with gunfire against peaceful protesters. The latest demonstrations began as taxi drivers sounded their horns in response to a call by the largest opposition group, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD). As we went to press, 46 people had been killed by the regime, already more than last spring. As heavily armed police and soldiers patrolled the capital, Addis Ababa, demonstrations broke out in other cities. The CUD also called for a general strike. |
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