Ethiopia/Eritrea: West tries to cool row

Western powers are stepping up mediation to end a simmering border row between Eritrea and key American ally Ethiopia less than four years after the Horn of Africa neighbours fought a brutal border war. The latest official to ask the former foes to cool months of angry rhetoric is Britain's Minister for Africa Chris Mullin, who met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa late on Friday after talks in Eritrea and Djibouti.