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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China has loaned Ethiopia $349 million for the construction of a 79-kilometer expressway between the capital Addis Ababa and Adama, the Ethiopian News Agency said.
At a church fundraiser in Central California on Saturday night, the musician who made a name for himself in the 1960s with the Byrds shows he still has a lot of good music in him. At a church fundraiser in Central California on Saturday night, the musician who made a name for himself in the 1960s with the Byrds shows he still has a lot of good music in him.
PASCO For the second straight year, Port Townsend runners went 1-2 at the Class 1A state cross country meet. Bereket Piatt won the state title and Habtamu Rubio took second Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course. Last year, Quinton Decker, who is now running at Montana, won and Piatt was second. Piatt and Rubio are both originally from Ethiopia. Piatt came over when he was 11 years old ...
Madagascar's political rivals struck a deal late Friday on the make-up of a unity government, paving the way for an end to a 10-month political crisis that has rocked the Indian Ocean island.
As the Earth's tectonic plates shift and grind miles below our feet, we feel the effects on the surface in the form of earthquakes and volcanic activity. As Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science and Chris Rowan of Highly Allochthonous explain, earthquakes far from tectonic plate boundaries may be aftershocks of more violent seismic events along mid-continental faults that occurred hundreds of ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Kenya's Josephat Kipkurui won the Athens Classic Marathon Sunday, in a race tracing the ancient course that gave name to the event.
OSSINING - The hats fit snugly in the palm of a hand, tiny knitted caps in brilliant colors and patterns meant for needy babies in faraway places.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -(Dow Jones)- China's premier pledged Saturday to deepen trade ties with Africa, further open Chinese markets to African goods and accelerate aid to areas including agriculture and education.
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Hundreds of Magic City residents rocked out to some of the biggest names in Christian music on Sunday night, all for a good cause.
Scientists studying a crevasse in the Ethiopian desert say we may be witnessing the birth of a future ocean. In 2005, a 35-mile-long rift broke open as two parts of the African continent separated. Researchers from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the Ethiopian rift are nearly identical to those at the bottom of the world's oceans. They say it is ...
Josephat Kipkurui has won the Athens Classic Marathon, leading a Kenyan sweep in a race that traces the ancient course that gave the event its name. Kipkurui crossed the finish line at the Panathenian stadium in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 44 seconds on Sunday. Edwin Kipchom placed second in 2:14:18 and Mutuku Pius Muasa took third in 2:14:39 in a race run in rainy conditions.
The Esther Bone Memorial Library will offer a workshop on international adoption on Saturday at 10 a.m. Don Fox, the regional office director, for Great Wall China Adoption, will present an overview on how to adopt a child from another country.
Master gardeners The New Mexico State University Sandoval County Extension Master Gardeners present "Pruning Plants and Trees for Winter" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Winter is the best time to prune most plants and trees in Sandoval County. Learn the basics of correct pruning during winter from a certified arborist. The free event features Elizabeth Gardner, veteran Sandoval County master ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Africa $10 billion in concessional loans over the next three years on Sunday, saying China was a "true and trusted friend" of the continent and its people.
Naturally, the top two defensive teams in MLS fought to a scoreless tie for 90 minutes with their seasons on the line.
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