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ADDIS ABABA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010.
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India’s leader was the guest of honor at the Obamas’ first state dinner, which they infused with distinctive touches.
The ancient hymns brought tears to the eyes of Solomon Ayeli, as well as memories of his native Ethiopia which he left two decades ago for Israel -- a country he loves but where he often feels rejected.
Haron Lagat of Kenya and Lubbock, Texas, who finished second in last year's Manchester Road Race, won the 4.748-mile race Thursday in 21:39.
Manila - The principal suspect in the grisly killing of at least 57 people in the southern Philippines surrendered Thursday to a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Datu Andal Ampatuan Junior was turned over by the members of his family...
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained an Indonesian woman who was found in the same flat as a man who was brutally killed and had his genitals severed, news reports said Thursday. The victim, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, was foun...
Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong were Thursday trying to trace the founder of a Chinese-language Facebook group whose members claim to be planning a mass suicide on December 21. The investigation was triggered after a 15-year-old member of the group w...
Islamist militants in Somalia have warned a United Nations agency to buy food from Somali farmers or stop sending aid to the impoverished African country.
Wellington - New Zealand, which promotes itself as 100 per cent pure in its publicity aimed at foreign tourists, has one of the most polluted rivers in the Western world, according to research published on Thursday. The North Island's 182-kilometre...
Berlin - This year marks not only the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall it also marks the beginning of the city's unique club scene. Right now Berliners are celebrating two peaceful revolutions; that of the wall and the second one that ...
Hamburg - Jogging pants have become standard attire on the street, at fitness studios and in holding rooms at police stations. The casual loose pants are hip in part thanks to idols of the rap and hip hop scene. They have long been the choice of such...
Klokocevac, Serbia - Charcoal piles are smoking in the narrow valleys of Klokocevac, a small village in eastern Serbia 15 kilometres south of the Danube River near the Romanian and Bulgarian borders. The grilling season in Western Europe is long over...
Venice - Is Venice, the lagoon city of canals and gondolas, in danger of becoming an open-air museum teeming with foreign tourists and devoid of Venetians? The fear may seem exaggerated, but it is true that the number of natives keeps sinking. In Oct...
Munich - Herta Heuwer was stuck in her snack stall in the western Berlin district of Charlottenburg. She was finished cleaning up for the day but it was raining cats and dogs and she had no umbrella. So she started to experiment. There was no more mu...
Bhopal, India - Flashbacks of the ghoulish drive through Bhopal, with sick and blinded gas victims imploring him for help, still haunt autorickshaw driver Jeevan Shinde. Now 59 years old, Shinde has not got over the horrors that unfolded before him t...
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