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Family spends year volunteering in Ethiopia

Riverside Suburban Life - Tue Dec 8, 3:28 pm ET

For those looking for an unusual family vacation, the Kulbis family has a suggestion — volunteer in Ethiopia.

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After talks, new Madagascar government still in doubt
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:41 pm ET
Three of Madagascar's leading powerbrokers said Tuesday they want to press ahead with a transition government, but their five days of talks were undermined as the island's leader refused to attend.
Old Brothels, Labs Reveal Melbourne Bars’ Colorful Past: Review
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 9:31 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Fancy a martini amid the trappings of a turn-of-the century opium den? Or perhaps a nip of Grey Goose vodka in a former laboratory? And how about an Ethiopian beer at a bar named after a brothel owner from the 19th century?
Maria Eitel: Onward and Upward - Girls' Issues Make an Impact at TEDIndia and in Ethiopia
The Huffington Post - Wed Dec 2, 3:30 pm ET
I recently returned from some wonderful, eye-opening, and unforgettable experiences in India and Ethiopia. In my previous blog I talked about the incredible energy at...
In Laos, Restoring the Traditional Way
New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 7:02 pm ET
Allison Brown decided to create a business dedicated to preserving and restoring traditional Lao buildings.
Management capacity is needed to tackle blindness in sub-Saharan Africa
EurekAlert! - Mon Dec 7, 8:27 pm ET
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest regional burden of blindness and visual impairment in the world (it has 11 percent of the world's population, but around 20 percent of the world's blindness).
Kansas City roasters go to great lengths to buy a sustainable brew
The Kansas City Star - Tue Dec 8, 3:22 pm ET
Coffee is the world’s most widely traded commodity after oil, yet millions of those who produce it are mired in poverty. Americans have responded by demanding what can be called coffee with a conscience — coffee that in some way benefits those who grow it.
Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:05 pm ET
The last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo won the right Tuesday to see documents his lawyers believe will show that he was tortured. The British government immediately announced an appeal.
My City: Ethiopian eats, coffee, hot kicks and comedy
The San Francisco Examiner - Sun Dec 6, 2:08 pm ET
Faves and raves by Yayne Abeba Personal stats AGE: 39 YEARS IN THE CITY: 39 NEIGHBORHOOD: Haight-Ashbury OCCUPATION: Stand-up comedian SELF-DESCRIPTION:
Climate change already driving migration: IOM
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 12:00 pm ET
Climate change is already forcing people to migrate, with most moving within their countries or to a neighbouring country, a report by the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday.
Toroitich, Rotich win Las Vegas Marathon
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Sun Dec 6, 3:12 pm ET
Kenyan runners Christopher Toroitich and Caroline Rotich won the Las Vegas Marathon on Sunday, topping a field of more than 27,600 on a frigid morning in the desert. Toroitich finished in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 15 seconds to beat Terefe Yae of Ethiopia by 1:27. Assefa Tesfaye of Ethiopia was another second back in third.
Ethiopian paper quits under government pressure
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:39 pm ET
A leading Ethiopian newspaper said Friday it had closed down as a result of months of government "persecution and harassment" against its staff.
Eritrea shamed by media rights watchdog
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 11:24 am ET
New York based media rights watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday that Eritrea tops the list of African countries that jail journalists for their work.
A tourist's Christmas in Midtown: First, the tree
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 10:35 am ET
A tourist's Christmas in midtown Manhattan has a logical starting place: Rockefeller Center, with the famous tree and ice skating rink, Radio City Music Hall, and the view from Top of the Rock, the observation deck at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Toxic Ecology of African Dictatorships
The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 7, 12:13 am ET
The inconvenient truth about Africa today is that dictatorship presents a far more perilous threat to the survival of Africans than climate change. The devastation...
Funds from fast to aid Ethiopians
The Whitworthian - 2 hours 56 minutes ago
By: Andy Song, Staff Writer In the Bucs for Books program planned by Leadership Studies 350, students had the opportunity to raise money through a hunger strike which began on Dec. 1 and lasted until Dec. 3....