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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others.
Imagine the world’s two fastest men — Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay — crouching into the starting blocks for the 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field. Or the staccato claps descending from the East Grandstand as Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva takes aim at a world record in the …
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Negotiations ahead of next month’s summit on global warming are “not very encouraging,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said, as leaders from Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda met to finalize Africa’s negotiating position on the issue.
Piecing together fragments from the Eritrean-Ethiopian border.
DALLAS -- The shoe apparently fits.
Ethiopia's 300-MW Tekeze hydroelectric project, the largest public works project in Ethiopia's history, is complete, said Colorado-based MWH, the engineering and construction firm that oversaw the design and construction.
As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
As of late Friday, 40,000 tickets had been sold to MLS Cup 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle. Some tickets are still available for purchase. Seattle Sounders FC, the host club, set an MLS record by averaging more than 30,000 fans per game this season.
The Rev. Shim Habte, shown here with his wife, Misrak, followed a tortuous route in becoming pastor of Gilroy's historic United Methodist Church. Secular people often talk of "fate" or "destiny" being in charge of their lives. People of faith, however, are more likely to see God at work, guiding them at various junctures to do His will. The Rev. Shim Habte, newly-appointed pastor of the Gilroy ...
HARGEISA, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - Aden Muhumed Hassan, 46, a divorced father of one, lost his hands 11 years ago after he accidentally picked up unexploded ordnance [UXO] planted during fighting between the Somali National Movement (SNM) and former President Siad Barre's army in Somaliland's liberation struggle between 1981 and 1991, and during the Ogaden war between Somalia and Ethiopia in ...
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African demands for climate change compensation and emission cuts by rich nations are unlikely to be met in next month's Copenhagen summit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Tuesday.
Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel have been crowned the "Decade Child Rights Heroes" in a vote cast by children from all over the world.
Jeff Lake Yordanos Refu Riverstone International School , which boasts many international students within its student body celebrated International Education Week this week, giving students a chance to show off their cultures with song and dance. Performances ranged from African drums to a spirited tribute to Michael Jackson. The keynote speaker for the event was Riverstone alumnus Yordanos Refu ...
Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 20, 2009 MR. TONER: Good afternoon. It’s my great pleasure to introduce Deputy Assistant Secretary Michele Bond, who has been our Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Directorate for Overseas Citizens Services since July 2007. Previously, she was ...
GRINNELL — Former Israeli Ambassador Asher Naim will describe his role in the 1991 Operation Solomon on Monday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center on the Grinnell College campus.
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