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...charity Oxfam last week accused Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks of blocking Ethiopian efforts to trademark three types of coffee beans in the U.S. Starbucks denies this, but the controversy continues to percolate. What does Ethiopia want? The Ethiopian government applied to trademark its most famous coffee-bean names - Harar, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe - in the U.S. last year. The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office estimates that controlling the names of the beans could earn Ethiopia an extra $88 million a year. How so? Owning the names, Ethiopia reasons, will enable it to build premium brands (with premium prices) by better controlling...
Boublil's followers, however, are not prepared to give up on the haredi presence in Neve Rotem. "This war will continue," says El-Harar, "until it is understood that we are in fact brothers, and we have to receive each other well." Until such a day arrives, the croaking of the frogs at dusk will continue to be only one of the sounds disturbing the quiet at Neve Rotem...
Worst hit was the far northern province of Eritrea along the Red Sea, where the crop failure exceeded 80%. More than 40% of the harvest was lost in Tigre, 44% in Wollo and 35% in Harar, the Ogaden desert region that juts into Somalia. Altogether, nine of Ethiopia's 14 provinces are suffering food shortages...
...dispatched 10,000 tons of food to Ethiopia on May 7, when crops failed in Harar. When the rains failed in the highlands in July, 10,000 tons were sent to bolster the country's reserves. And when it was certain that a new drought had begun in August, the U.S. approved the delivery of 115,000 tons, valued at $43 million. The first 30,000 tons are scheduled to arrive this month...
...remains vulnerable to guerrilla actions. A lightning strike by the Tigre People's Liberation Front in February freed hundreds of imprisoned rebels. Government forces have met heavy resistance in Tigre and adjacent Wollo province. The Oromo Liberation Front, another secessionist outfit, has mined roads as far east as Harar...