UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007.

UPI almanac for Monday, July 23, 2007.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has been convicted in absentia of genocide after a 12-year trial.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2006 with 110 to follow.

Today is Sunday, July 23, the 204th day of 2006 with 161 to follow.

NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Ethiopian playwright and poet laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, who wrote the anthem of the African Union, has died in New York at age 69.

Today is Monday, Sept. 12, the 255h day of 2005 with 110 to follow.

Today is Saturday, July 23, the 204th day of 2005 with 161 to follow.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Fans of reggae star Bob Marley have flocked to Ethiopia for a month of celebrations marking what would have been his 60th birthday.