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>Abebe Alenayehu, 81, watched Italian troops seize the obelisk from
>Axum, but never expected to be alive to witness its return.

>"The memory still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth," he told the >Associated Press news agency.

>"Every day for the last 67 years I have thought about the obelisk."

I can only imagine how he feels

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Axum obelisk finally returned to Ethiopia [View all] , 40thStreetBlack, Wed Apr-20-05 01:01 PM
 
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This is damn near anchor worthy. Terrific. I'll read this lata
Apr 20th 2005
1
yeah, this is a really big deal for Ethiopia
Apr 21st 2005
8
that's a mighty fine obelisk right there
Apr 20th 2005
2
RE: this means so much, but this really got me...
Apr 20th 2005
4
sheeeeeit!!!
Apr 21st 2005
5
yeah, Italy only agreed to return it under a post-WWII UN agreement
Apr 21st 2005
9
      yeah, why 58 years specifically?
Apr 22nd 2005
13
           their excuse was that transporting the obelisk would damage it
Apr 22nd 2005
16
The British?
Apr 21st 2005
7
      the British have TONS more stuff than the Italians, or anyone else
Apr 21st 2005
10
yeah, that made me think of how my grandmother must feel
Apr 21st 2005
6
      YOU SHOULD TALK TO HER ABOUT IT...
Apr 21st 2005
11
           she doesn't speak English & I don't speak Tigrinya or Amharic
Apr 21st 2005
12
                cool!!! thanks n/m
Apr 22nd 2005
15
cool
Apr 22nd 2005
14
hooray for the return of AquamansWrath's big, black cock
Apr 23rd 2005
17
i recently chaperoned a field trip to DC for 5th graders (including
Apr 24th 2005
18

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