Word: eritrean
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...Begin in the central market, framed by its delicate arches. Pick up some fruit or pungent Eritrean spices and wander through the back lanes toward the Catholic cathedral, an imposing red-brick edifice that dominates the skyline. Nearby Liberation Avenue, Asmara's main street, features the gorgeous Art Deco Cinema Impero and Italian-style cafes where craggy old men sip cappuccinos and smoke cigarettes. My favorite Art Deco building is on the outskirts of town: the fantastic Fiat Tagliero gas station, which has long horizontal overhangs that jut out like giant wings from the central building. It's painted...
...totally unsubstantiated." His case follows arrests in October 2001, when U.S. officials in Bosnia picked up six Algerians accused of plotting attacks on British and U.S. embassies, and later deported them to Guantanamo Bay. Meanwhile, four al-Qaeda suspects - two Algerians, a Frenchman and a Dutch national of Eritrean origin - went on trial last week in the Netherlands on charges of running a support network for planned attacks on the U.S. embassy in Paris. And in Britain, investigators detained, under the Terrorism Act, but later released Hassan Butt, 22, a member of the radical Al-Muhajiroun group. They...
...York City and drive up to Yale with me last Tuesday. Sydnee and I had dinner with the core members of P n' C, including Sweet Jimmy the Benevolent Pimp, Baby Gristle and a gay guy named Fruit on the Bottom. As we ate a large Eritrean meal, it dawned on me that I was the only moron using his real name...
...conflict between the Horn of Africa neighbors. Fighting continued to the north of Zalambessa late last week, despite the fact that Eritrea had said it would withdraw from all disputed territory to its prewar position. Ethiopia seems happy to press its advantage home and grind down the Eritrean army as a way to ensure future peace...
...Eritrean capital, Asmara, the mood was somber and uncertain. Colored lights and strings of flags hung in the streets, but these were leftovers from last Wednesday's celebration of independence day. There was no Champagne. The Eritreans, presumably, are saving that for the arrival of a real peace...