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BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia 'ready for Eritrea war'

BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia 'ready for Eritrea war': "Ethiopia's prime minister says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by long-time foe Eritrea.
'Our defence forces have the capacity to deter aggression and to repulse it if it occurred,' Meles Zenawi told MPs.
Eritrea has yet to comment. The two neighbours fought a border war from 1998-2000, in which hundreds of thousands of Ethiopia's prime minister says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by long-time foe Eritrea.
'Our defence forces have the capacity to deter aggression and to repulse it if it occurred,' Meles Zenawi told MPs.
Eritrea has yet to comment. The two neighbours fought a border war from 1998-2000, in which hundreds of thousands of "

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