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Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr addresses a session of the talks over the Nile Dam in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 18, 2013. Ethiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam that the Horn of Africa nation is building o
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr attends a session of the talks over the Nile Dam in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 18, 2013. Ethiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam that the Horn of Africa nation is building on
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom attend a session of the talks over the Nile Dam in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 18, 2013. Ethiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam t
