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Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. called on Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to re-examine a law that limits foreign funding of human rights and pro-democracy groups, and expressed concern over the closure of the country’s biggest privately owned newspaper.
Aeroplan today announced that its members have donated more than 6 million miles as part of "Aeroplan Match Days" with the following Aeroplan Beyond Miles partners: Médecins Sans Frontières, Schools Without Borders, the Stephen Lewis Foundation and Veterinarians Without Borders.
Pakistani authorities were on Thursday questioning at least five US nationals with alleged links to Al-Qaeda, arrested on suspicion of plotting a militant strike, police and officials said.
The FBI said it was probing the case of five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan, one of whom made an extremist-style "farewell" video before leaving his home in the United States.
WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Patricia A. Hoffman, Mari Del Carmen Aponte, Donald E. Booth, and Larry Persily to key administration posts.
Recent rainfall has brought new vegetation to parts of Kenya that haven't seen rain for years, but aid workers say it's too little, too late to undo the damage caused by years of drought.
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Pakistani intelligence officials were Thursday questioning six men, at least three of them US citizens, arrested over alleged links to Al-Qaeda, security officials said.
Star Alliance is holding exploratory talks with Ethiopian Airlines and will discuss the African carrier's potential membership at its chief executive board meeting today in Brussels, Star CEO Jaan Albrecht confirmed to ATWOnline . "We have been talking to them as part of our strategy to fill in our white spots on the world map," he said, pointing out that that while small in market share ...
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Cheap drunk: Check out Ramona Emerson's Citysearch guide to grabbing a beer for $3 or less on Divis. She lists more than a dozen watering holes, and yes...
Secretary Clinton Presents the 11th Annual Awards for Corporate Excellence Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC December 9, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department. I think it’s a particularly appropriate setting since we know that Ben Franklin was many ...
As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
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At the beginning of the school year, two Kennedy School fifth-grade classes started raising money for a sister school in Ethiopia. The goal is to raise $5,000 to help build and stock a new library, and get desks for severely overcrowded classrooms.
The January 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the hypercompetitive showcase of indie cinema held annually in Utah, has announced a lineup that includes films inspired by Brooklyn Hasidism and the Holocaust.
As countries negotiate climate change solutions in Copenhagen, family planning and reproductive health should be among the adaption strategies on the table. At the same time, the world should not shy away from addressing population as a factor related to carbon emissions.
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