Travel Guide | May 12, 2010 What we need, at this critical juncture, is a leader with fine mettle and lucid vision(Part II) By Allelign Sisay | May 12, 2010 Editor’s note – A great article by journalist Abiye Teklemariam sheds more light on the life of Birtukan Mideksa, the jailed opposition leader millions of Ethiopians regard as the ‘hope of their country.’ Why did Meles Zenawi arrest Birtukan? The answer from Abiye’s article that reads like an epic novel.(The photo by Ethiomedia shows Birtukan and other top Kinijit and now UDJ leaders arriving in Seattle to a hero’s welcome). • Man arrested for allegedly smuggling khat into U.S. ‘Violence against foreigners after Cup’
