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Ethiopians are voting to elect a new parliament

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Michael BärMay 23, 2010

Ethiopians are voting to elect a new parliament in polls that are expected to return long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to power. +++LM-rein+++ Ethiopia is one of Africa's poorest countriess with an average annual wage of 280 dollars. The economy has been improving, +++LM-raus+++ but opposition leaders accuse Zenawi's Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front of routinely intimidating and jailing critics. It's the first ballot since a disputed poll turned violent in 2005.

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