Higher Calling Sep 1, 2008
"Tevel b'Tzedek is growing rapidly. For the next session, beginning in early September, Odenheimer has accepted 20 volunteers, among them a man and wife in their 70s, out of more than 60 applicants. With funding from numerous foundations - including the Schusterman, Pears, Rochlin, Wolfensohn, Blaustein, Slifka, Shapiro and Orion foundations - as well as from the UJA Federation of New York, he is hopeful that the program will continue to develop sustainable projects, work on short-term projects... (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Crisis camps Aug 29, 2008
But the fighting between the Islamist insurgents on the one hand and Ethiopian forces backing the Transitional Federal Government on the other, has grown ever more bitter over the past few months. Dahawa and her family managed, but only just. (BBC News)
10 hot spots for the college-age crowd Aug 28, 2008
Located next to the Shadow Lounge, Abay Ethiopian restaurant is still considered off the radar among college students. The food is excellent, and the cuisine calls for an eating style that is ideal for social bonding. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sudanese warning on peacekeepers Aug 25, 2008
He was more forthright than any other Sudanese spokesman has been so far about the effect a possible indictment might have on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Darfur, says the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Mr Malual suggested Unamid could become a kind of Trojan Horse, bringing the threat of arrest into Sudan's own sovereign territory. (Yahoo News -- Sudan)
Ethiopian fears after land battle Aug 25, 2008
The Ethiopian Red Cross says peace-building in the area is essential. SEE ALSO 06 Apr 06 | In Pictures 06 Apr 06 | Africa 12 Jun 06 | Africa 02 Feb 06 | Africa. (Yahoo News -- Ethiopia)
If We Want To Win Aug 16, 2008
A Michael Phelps or any of the Ethiopian or Brazilian greats who run or dribble their way out of poverty are not products of a national system. They are sportspersons with an exceptional hunger for success. (India Times, India)
Mini movie reviews Aug 15, 2008
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Ask the pilot Aug 15, 2008
The fact that virtually all overseas carriers, from Air Canada to Ethiopian Airlines, outclass their U.S. counterparts is something many Americans still fail to grasp. ( was snapped on board a Virgin Atlantic 747. (Salon)
Obscuring the Sun Aug 6, 2008
A quarter of the population is made up of new immigrants: Russian-speakers constitute the largest group, 53 percent; Ethiopians, 10 percent; French and North Americans, 15 percent each ... 7 percent); ties forged with other cities (Cocoa, Florida and Ramapo, New York); the mutual benefits of having a popular modern Orthodox yeshiva in town (Raishit Yerushalayim) as well as a privately-run program in which American teen volunteers work with disadvantaged Ethiopian youths. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Ancient glories Jul 22, 2008
The whole team - Ethiopian and Italian - are impatient to see the obelisk finally in place. The last section should be placed in position in early August, ready for an official ceremony on the fourth of September, just before the end of Ethiopia's millennium year. (BBC News -- Africa)
Ethiopia: Another Nation Under a Groove Jul 18, 2008
"I sent tapes of it to all my radio and DJ friends and they all replied 'What is that? Where is it from?' Nobody knew it, not even those specializing in African music." Starting at Paris's only Ethiopian restaurant, Falceto set out to find Ahmed and to rescue as many recordings of the music he could lay hands on ... Will this new series of concerts heralds a Buena Vista Social Club kind of renaissance for Ethiopian music. (Time.com)
Culture of eating well has blossomed in China Jul 16, 2008
Greek, Vietnamese, Italian, German, French, Ethiopian, Spanish, Singaporean, even kosher. the list goes on. (CNN -- Travel)
Olympians and superpowers, and the games they played in a roman arena Jul 16, 2008
Still, no one recounting the Rome Olympics can ignore one of its very best stories, the triumph of the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila in the marathon. Nobody had heard of him when he arrived in Rome as part of the 12-man Ethiopian team. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Close encounters with North Korea Jul 8, 2008
Jenkins tells of an Ethiopian who slips him Western movies on videocassettes. He describes various market activities, such as his sales of honey to augment his family's meager rations. (Asia Times Online)
Ethiopia: Debate Swirls Around Fate of Holy Sites Jul 4, 2008
"The people expected some sort of beautiful design, not this plastic roof that still holds stagnant water," says Desale Sisay, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest in Lalibela who serves as the keyholder of the Bete Gabriel church ... "For the Ethiopians this is an important issue, this is a holy place," says Nada Al Hassan, a programme specialist with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre Culture Sector. (allAfrica.com)
Anthropology chair found 'Lucy's Daughter' Jul 1, 2008
Zeresenay (Ethiopians use first names as their formal names) named her Selam, which means "peace" in the Amharic language, and her bones are now safely under study by his team in his country's National Museum in Addis Ababa ... Thirty scientists applied, and after search committee members vetted the records of them all and interviewed several, they chose the Ethiopian scientist from Germany ... Zeresenay, 39, was born in Axum, the Ethiopian city where the biblical Ark of the Covenant is believed... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Smoggy smoggy smoggy, oi oi oi Jun 23, 2008
Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie already knows he's asthmatic. He's pulled out of the marathon due to fears about air quality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Asthmatic athletes face twin pressures Jun 18, 2008
The Ethiopian has pulled out of the Olympic marathon, though he hopes to run in the 10,000 metres in Beijing. Experts believe there is good reason to worry. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
* Israeli MP recommends lighter sentences for French prostitutes, Dutch potheads HCG@kkB}gl Jun 17, 2008
Ethiopian child brides, the Dutch doing soft drugs, French women and prostitution. These situations were all brought up by Shlomo Mula, an Israeli MP. He has an interesting viewpoint on criminal sentencing. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Learning to be Michelle Obama Jun 15, 2008
In one devoted to the Ethiopian Relief Fund in 1985, and dubbed "Secret Fantasy," she modeled a sleeveless red velvet ball gown. In the other, which benefited a local after-school program, she was clad in a yellow Caribbean peasant skirt. (Boston Globe)
East African leaders urge unity in volatile region Jun 14, 2008
"I wish to urge the sister states of Djibouti and Eritrea to exercise restraint and to resolve the dispute amicably through dialogue," Kibaki said at the IGAD meeting in the Ethiopian capital ... The group also praised recent progress in reaching a peace agreement in Somalia, but made repeated calls for a U.N. force to replace the Ethiopian army and a small, flagging African Union peacekeeping force. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Ethiopia says rights report fabricated Jun 13, 2008
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Western donors on Thursday of failing to condemn systematic atrocities committed by Ethiopian forces in the country's eastern Ogaden region ... HRW accused Western donors, including the United States, Britain and the European Union, of maintaining a conspiracy of silence over the behaviour of the Ethiopian military. (International Herald Tribune)
Top Islamic leader rejects UN-brokered Somali peace deal Jun 10, 2008
The Somali government and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed late Monday to end months of violence and set a timetable for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops called into back up Somalia's fragile government ... A main sticking point is the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops who have been in Somalia since 2006 to help government forces battle Islamic fighters ... The opposition sees the Ethiopians as an occupying force. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Rivals in Somalia sign peace deal Jun 10, 2008
The main opposition demand has been that Ethiopian soldiers helping the government fight Islamist rebels leave Somalia. The aide said that Monday's deal planned for Ethiopian forces to leave within 120 days, but that their withdrawal was conditional on "sufficient" United Nations troops' being deployed ... Fighting between the guerrillas and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops killed at least 28 people over the weekend in the city. (International Herald Tribune)
Somali Islamist head rejects U.N.-sponsored pact Jun 10, 2008
But Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, who along with Aweys is on U.S. and U.N. lists of al Qaeda associates, said those who signed did not represent those fighting the insurgency against the government and its Ethiopian allies ... The sticking point is the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia, who are fighting with the government against the Islamist-led insurgents ... The pact called for the replacement of the Ethiopians by U.N. troops. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Fighting kills at least 12 in Somalia's Mogadishu Jun 8, 2008
Artillery battles between allied Somali-Ethiopian troops and Islamist insurgents killed at least 12 people on Sunday around Mogadishu's sprawling Bakara Market, residents said ... "Ethiopian and government soldiers wanted to raid Bakara this morning but the insurgents confronted them, firing rockets," shopkeeper Ali Osman told Reuters by telephone ... The rebels are waging an Iraq-style insurgency of roadside bombings, ambushes and assassinations against the fragile interim government and its... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
ELCA’s top bishop attends local assembly Jun 7, 2008
of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, preached at the ordination of Moua, a Hmong immigrant, Thursday evening at the annual assembly of the La Crosse Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. And Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, head of the national church body, saw a foretaste of what he said the church must become: increasingly multicultural, increasingly global, increasingly diverse. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Israel's Ethiopians Forced to Give Up Traditional Bread Jun 6, 2008
The crisis that has sent around the globe is causing Ethiopian Jews now living in Israel to give up something priceless: a piece of their culture ... Teff, a nutritious and hardy cereal domesticated in thousands of years ago, is the primary ingredient in injera, a round flatbread that accompanies most Ethiopian meals ... The price increases hit 's Ethiopian community particularly hard, as it is a struggling group with about three-quarters living below the poverty line, according to official... (National Geographic)
She's got plans for life after 'Model' Jun 5, 2008
Siad was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, to an Ethiopian father and Somali mother. As a young girl, Siad enjoyed playing with her friends on red-hued dunes that dot the shores of the Indian Ocean. (Boston Globe)
Bekele set for pre-Olympic 5K in London Jun 5, 2008
"I feel it is vital for me to win this as it would be a great boost for my confidence just before heading off to defend my Olympic 10K title," the Ethiopian runner said Thursday. The Crystal Palace meet is July 26. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Memorize this Jun 5, 2008
After all, they argued, Ethiopian students lived in a "pre-Biblical" culture, for which rote was perfectly appropriate. Trying to wean them off this method was worse than futile; it was ethnocentric. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Zimbabwe says Mengistu to remain as guest May 27, 2008
Matonga said there had been no formal request regarding Mengistu from the Ethiopian government. "Even if they make the request, he's not going anywhere.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Ethiopia, Uganda deny breaking U.N. Somali arms ban May 24, 2008
Dumisani Kumalo, chairman of the U.N. Security Council's Somalia sanctions committee, accused "elements" of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Somalia and Ethiopian and Somali government troops of arms trafficking. "We want to assure the world community that this accusation does not have an iota of truth," Wahade Belay, spokesman for the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Reuters ... Kumalo said 80 percent of the ammunition on sale in Somalia's numerous arms markets comes from... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
For asthmatic marathoner Gebrselassie, the 10K will do May 23, 2008
After deciding against running the marathon in Beijing because of concerns about air pollution there, Gebrselassie is seeking to win a place on the Ethiopian 10,000-meter team for the Olympics with a sterling race at the FBK Games on Saturday ... He will certainly have plenty of opposition, since the Olympic silver medalist Sileshi Sihine and Abebe Dinkesa are other top Ethiopians in the race, and they could drive him on toward a great time ... 75 seconds, Gebrselassie is the second-fastest... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Little voiceWhy San Marino chose to climb onto the Eurovision stage May 20, 2008
Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger. Phone calls database considered. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
613 comments May 18, 2008
While you are at it why don't you mentions the Ethiopian Jews, Russians and women. It really doesn't matter (I have had plenty of being treated like a second class citizen out there because I was female). (Human Events Online)
Out of Africa May 18, 2008
Could the surprise stars of the festival season be a group of Ethiopians whose haunting records were made 40 years ago ... At 60 years of age the singer has lived out a career that has taken him from teenage Elvis impersonator to national stardom as Ethiopia's answer to James Brown, from singing under duress for North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung in the Eighties to his trans-American tours of today, playing for the booming Ethiopian communities of Washington DC, Atlanta and beyond ... Falceto's... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Birth of a nation May 5, 2008
It's also a nation of immigration, attracting an influx of Ethiopian and Russian Jewish immigrants, she said. "It's a melting pot just like we are here," Reba said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Ghana gets fresh chance to re-examine democracyAccra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's political elite have billed this year'spresidential and parliamentary elections as achance to re-examine the country's democracy and to ensure the fullparticipation of the electorate in the running ofthe West African country's affairs. 04/05/2008 Full Text... May 4, 2008
Late January this year, President Kufuor bid farewell to African leaders at their summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, calling his tenure at the pan African organisation's top political post his highest political honour. He said his leadership of the continental body was a befitting farewell to his political career, which started from sports management and eventually shoved him to Africa's top diplomatic position, during which he initiated a peace process on Kenya's post poll crisis. (Panapress.com)
Somalia: 15 Dead in U.S. Strike, Militia Vows 'Holy War' May 2, 2008
He was a key figure in the al-Shabab movement, which aims to impose Islamic law and launches daily attacks on the shaky Somali government and their Ethiopian allies ... But troops loyal to the U.N.-backed interim Somali government and the allied Ethiopian army drove the group from power that December ... The insurgents usually withdraw after a few hours but continue to target Ethiopian and Somali forces in an Iraq-style insurgency. (allAfrica.com)
A walk through the desert in the shoes of the people May 2, 2008
Someone volunteered her name, along with fellow nurse and church friend Rowene Brooker, for the Sudan Interior Mission's relief effort for the Ethiopian famine ... A quick-tempered, outspoken advocate of justice, she was labelled a persona non grata by the Ethiopian government in the 1970s for documenting its human rights abuses and reporting it to the BBC. And Djibouti authorities put her face on "wanted" posters in the early 1990s for her camel-convoy mercy missions that were running medical... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
An age to begin anew Apr 23, 2008
Adopted Ethiopians strive to adjust to life in Lexington ... The four siblings have all been adopted from Ethiopia, and figuring out their Ethiopian age, US age, and school age require some calculations ... The traditional Ethiopian calendar, which is seven to eight years behind that used in the West, only adds to the confusion. (Boston Globe)
SOMALIA: Intervention needed to avoid "impending catastrophe" Apr 23, 2008
Combined Ethiopian and Somali government forces have been engaged in fierce fighting in Mogadishu against insurgents sympathetic to the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and clan militias since UIC forces were ousted in late 2006. According to human rights groups, at least 6,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the conflict since 2006. (AlertNet)
Racial reconciliation: creating our future together as a people Apr 20, 2008
Ethiopian: (the black race). Racial classifications suggested that there are divisions within the human species created by nature and passed on from generation to generation. (Florida Times-Union)
2008 International Festival straight ‘Out of Africa’ Apr 16, 2008
We ll have a replica of an Ethiopian church, museum exhibits, a coffee ceremony and cultural performances ... Blue Nile restaurant is one of many food vendors at the festival, but owner Tina Ameblue assures that her food will be very spicy, very good, traditional Ethiopian fare. (Pearland Journal, TX)
Multimedia Fashion Tribes of Melbourne | People like us Apr 12, 2008
In fact, the music originated in Jamaica in the 1960s and has a complicated provenance, bound up in the principles of Rastafari, a religious movement based on the philosophies of 20th-century Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie ... One linking theme: among all of the young women and their highly individual interpretations of the subculture, the colours of the Ethiopian and Jamaican flags recur in bangles, belts, hair bands and clothing. (The Age, Australia)
Newsweek: Ethiopia's PM on U.S. alliance Apr 11, 2008
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is easily Washington's most important African ally in its war on terrorism ... The Ethiopian forces ousted the UIC but have been bogged down since then fighting an Iraq-style insurgency by Somali Islamist and clan militias ... Only a quarter of the 8,000 peacekeeping troops promised by the last year have shown up to relieve the Ethiopians. (MSNBC -- International)
How brothers fell out Apr 11, 2008
Torturous and twisted, the stretch is known as the "Heart of Tigray", after the neighbouring Ethiopian province that was once an ally in Eritrea's fight for independence, now the enemy ... Looking back across the centuries, the Eritreans mulled over the bloody raids staged by Ras Alula, the ruthless 19th century Tigrayan warlord and slave trader who crushed any local chieftain foolish enough to stand up to his employer, Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV. ... Like the vitriolic exchanges on Eritrean... (BBC News -- Africa)
Film and food Apr 8, 2008
Free Ethiopian food will be provided. The film itself shares much in common with restaurant owner David Kadine, a native of Eritrea (a northern neighbor of Ethiopia). (Daily Iowan, IA)
Somali Islamists seize key town of Jowhar Mar 27, 2008
Seven people including a child were killed in the attack, which highlights the government's inability to assert its authority on Somalia despite support from Ethiopian and African Union troops. Islamist-aligned troops have taken over towns from local administrations that usually amount to little more than militias, only to give them up or be routed by Ethiopian or Somali government forces who arrive later ... Meanwhile, elders in the strategic port town of Merca, 100 km south of the capital,... (International Herald Tribune)
Read the 'The Journal' transcript Mar 25, 2008
They will start offing rare coffees like Ethiopian and Guatemala. To me, this is amazing. (Fox News)
Larson to step down as La Crosse Synod bishop Mar 23, 2008
February 1997: Leads the first La Crosse Area Synod delegation to its companion synod, the Central Synod of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. July 1997: A delegate to the assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Hong Kong, where she presided at the Eucharist marking the federation s 50th anniversary. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Somali Islamists say U.S. terror listing forges unity Mar 21, 2008
Somalia's Western-backed interim government and its Ethiopian military allies have faced an Iraq-style insurgency of assassinations, grenade attacks and roadside bombings since they routed the Islamic courts group from the capital in December 2006 ... "Al Shabaab has tried to conflate the anti-Ethiopian agenda with their terrorism agenda and it's very dangerous," she said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Somali insurgents overrun government bases; 7 killed Mar 20, 2008
The insurgent attack was the latest brazen move by fighters linked to an Islamic extremist group that was driven out in December 2006 by Somalia's Western-backed government and its Ethiopian allies. In recent weeks, the insurgents have taken over government positions, marched into towns and even released prisoners from jail before retreating. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
A withering African Union; Crackdown in Tibet; Lessons learned? Mar 19, 2008
Meanwhile, in the Horn of Africa, the AU mission to Somalia finds itself in Mogadishu with a mere 1,600 Ugandan peacekeepers together with a Burundian skeleton force of 150 to patrol against thousands of Ethiopian troops in what the UN has described as "the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa.". Today in Opinion. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Gebrselassie expects more athletes to bow out of Olympics because of air pollution Mar 18, 2008
"The 10,000 presents a lot less problems. It's four times shorter, it's being run in the afternoon, it'll be less hot with less humidity," the Ethiopian said. Gebrselassie also expressed his desire to end his career with a gold medal at the 2012 London Games, though he didn't expect the world record to drop under two hours by then. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Celebrated chef to open restaurant in East Liberty Mar 1, 2008
" Mr. Chen trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., before moving to Chicago, where he worked at the Ritz-Carlton under Chef Sarah Stegner and as Chef de Cuisine and Manager of Shanghai Terrace at The Peninsula Chicago. He has been at Wing Lei since 2005. The Chens' restaurant will be the latest addition to Eastside, which in addition to Whole Foods now includes a Starbucks, PNC Bank branch, Borders bookstore, a premium state Wine and Spirits store, Walgreen's and a bike... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Somalia: President Denies Rift With Prime Minister Feb 29, 2008
But President Yusuf has adamantly refused to talk with "extremist groups" waging a guerrilla war to uproot his Ethiopian-backed interim government ... Both President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Adde returned to the capital Mogadishu today, where an Ethiopian army hit a landmine planted by insurgents. (allAfrica.com)
Bible Society of Ghana should address these issues Feb 18, 2008
None of the three thousand people baptized on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:41) changed or added to his/her name; neither do we read about the Ethiopian Eunuch (Act 8: 26-40) taking on biblical name after his baptism by Philip. One expected that fifty years after political independence Christians would take the lead as Odinga Odinga did in Kenya and baptise new converts in their own names. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Newsweek: Grim economic, political toll in Kenya Jan 31, 2008
And while Kenya will be a much-discussed topic at this week's African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, few think the talk likely to have much impact on the situation. If anything, the summit might raise tensions; Kibaki is planning to attend as Kenya's official head of state, a move that has enraged Odinga. (MSNBC -- International)
WIll AU tackle Kenya issue? Jan 31, 2008
It was pointed out that time was running out as the Ethiopian government had invited all the ministers to dinner and it would be discourteous to be late. A foreign minister from West Africa then asked: "Would it not also be discourteous to wine and dine while Kenya burns?". (BBC News -- Africa)
Mottram busts Haile's record Jan 28, 2008
His time bettered Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's 2004 indoor US all-comers record of 7:35. 24 and topped the outdoor best of 7:35. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Gastronomic Sydney| Jan 24, 2008
One last spot is worth a mention, however the food market at Entertainment Quarter markets, where Ethiopian butter chicken with dhal and lentils in a soft pancake, sits alongside a Turkish stand offering a spinach or beef filled fried nan-bread, and where chorizo sausage mopped up with salsa verde, and washed down with garlic prawns, simply reinforces the view that in a country with this much variety on offer, there can't be many better places to eat on the planet. You'll be able to spend a... (iAfrica.com)
A home away from home Jan 22, 2008
Hashi acknowledged that coming from a family that emphasized education helped her establish herself quickly in the United States, and credits her father, who took two years of night classes at Cambridge College to earn a medical translation degree and today translates at local hospitals for Somali and Ethiopian patients, for setting an example. Cultural adjustment. (Boston Globe)
* Dengue Fever: the most infectious band Jan 21, 2008
It too offers a cultural mash-up; beyond the obscure Cambodian pop you can hear psychedelia, spaghetti western guitars, the lounge groove of Ethiopian soul and Bollywood soundtracks. Seeing Hands, on the new album, has an almost Funkadelic groove, while Sober Driver is an all but emo complaint about a guy who drives the cute girl everywhere and gets nowhere. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
