AFP - Ethiopia has unblocked Web sites critical of the regime after a U.S. human rights report rapped the government, a media watchdog said Thursday.

Daily Nation - Ethiopian government has issued a new regulation barring newspapers and magazines publishers and property owners from holding positions of editor or deputy editor in their media houses.

PlusNews - Yehualshet Getu, 22, excitedly freshens up and changes his clothes: today is a big day. "I have a first date with a girl I've known for a long time at school," he tells his best friend. "After I talk to her for a while I will kiss her."

Daily Monitor — Senior government officials and Opposition MPs reviewing the draft APRM report debated issues surrounding media access for information and usage during the run up to the May 2005 election campaigns.