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  • Ethiopians Want Ancient Monument

    01/17/2002 10:53:12 AM PST · by RightWhale · 22 replies · 374+ views
    AP ^ | 17 Jan 02 | MATTHEW ROSENBERG
    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-ethiopia-obelisk0117jan17.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dworld%2Dheadlines Ethiopians Want Ancient Monument By MATTHEW ROSENBERG Associated Press Writer January 17, 2002, 2:24 PM EST AXUM, Ethiopia -- More than 60 years ago Seguare Abaye and thousands of other Ethiopians watched as Italian invaders carted away a towering 1,700-year-old stone monument to the nation's glorious past. "We didn't fight to keep our treasure," says the 101-year-old former priest, now bedridden in a crumbling house in this ancient town. "It is my deepest regret in life." Seguare's personal humiliation has, over the years, become a national humiliation for Ethiopia, the only African country never colonized by Europeans. The monument ...