Ethiopia law forces journalists to reveal sources (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Ethiopia’s new anti-terror law strips journalists of the right to protect the identity of their sources, a top official said in a statement carried Saturday by the national news agency ENA.

Two teens charged with murder in Seward killings (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

A pair of 17-year-olds from Minneapolis were charged in connection with the killings of three people last week at a south Minneapolis market. Hennepin County’s top prosecutor called it “a robbery gone bad.”

Three men shot to death in Minneapolis

The Somali community in Minneapolis woke up to a tragic incident this morning. In a shooting that occurred yesterday evening at a local Steward and Halal Meats Market frequented by Oromo and Somali immigrants, the owners – two cousins and a customer, were gunned down in a foiled robbery attempt according to the report. The police did not yet release the name of the three victims.

St. Paul school information fair will be Jan. 9 (Pioneer Press)

St. Paul Public Schools’ parent information fair is scheduled for 9:30 a.m

Ethiopia is party in the divide and conquer campaign at Copenhagen

Oromsis notes : Is history repeating itself? As the UN climate talk nears conclusion, Ethiopia, led by a tribal leader, finds itself siding with western/industrialized nations at the expense of alienating the rest of Africa. About two centuries ago, when the west decided to partition Africa, Ethiopia joined the ranks to amass its own share of colonial subjects in Oromo and other areas of present day Ethiopia

GCPD hosts communit workshop (The Garden City Telegram)

Officers at the Garden City Police Department are encouraging different groups and newcomers to the community to meet with police to receive information about laws and regulations in Garden City.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Art of War on Ethiopia’s Independent Press (The Huffington Post)

Use a sledgehammer to smash a butterfly! That is the exquisite art of war unleashed on Ethiopia’s independent press by the dictatorship of Meles Zenawi…

Ethiopia : Waving the Flag – Its Beauty And Contradictions (AllAfrica.com)

The Ethiopian flag contains the universally recognised tri-colours (green, yellow, and red).