Former crown prince buried

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's one time Crown Prince, whose father, Emperor Haile Selassie, was murdered in 1975, was buried yesterday…

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's one time Crown Prince, whose father, Emperor Haile Selassie, was murdered in 1975, was buried yesterday in an elaborate ceremony where impoverished aristocrats rubbed shoulders with Rastafarians. Asfaw Wossen (80), who in 1988 crowned himself in exile Emperor of Ethiopia, died in the United States on January 17th.

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