These casualties bring a different perspective to the first Gulf war (23,000 battle deaths in 1990-91) and the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea (50,000 over three years, 1998-2000).

这些伤亡人数使得第一次海湾战争(1990 - 1991，死亡2万3千人)与埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚的冲突(1998 - 2000,3年死亡5万人)展望有所不同。

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An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for damage done during a two-year war between the two countries.

海地的一所国际法院判处厄立特里亚向埃塞尔比亚支付数百万美元，以赔偿埃方在两国交战所遭受的损失，该战争持续了两年。

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In desperation, some nomads have crossed the borders into Ethiopia and war-torn Somalia.

一些牧民绝望地穿过边境，进入埃塞俄比亚和战火肆疟的索马里。

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Ethiopia has denied persistent reports that Ethiopian troops are actively engaged in Somalia's civil war.

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Bereket also expressed satisfaction with this week's verdict of an international commission settling claims arising from the war Ethiopia and Eritrea fought from 1998 to 2000.

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The ONLF has been fighting for greater autonomy or independence for the Ogaden since Ethiopia seized the mostly Somali speaking region in a war with Somalia more than 30 years ago.

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Eritrea's two ports of Masawa and Assab were the main ports used by Ethiopia until the war broke out in 1998.

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Eritrea also fights a proxy war against Ethiopia in Somalia and in Ethiopia's rebellious Ogaden region.

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The port of Assab in the south of Eritrea was used almost exclusively by Ethiopia and since the war, the port has been idle.

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