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  • May 2008

    • US Airstrike Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 1, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      US Airstrike Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

      American war planes killed more than a dozen people in a town in the west of Somalia today, including one said to be the leader of that country's branch of al-Qaeda. Reuters reports that the airstrike on a band of Somali insurgents killed Aden Hashi Ayro, whose militants are blamed for an Iraq-style insurgency, complete with unprecedented suicide bombings, against the Somali military and its Ethiopian allies. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Africa  • Somalia  • Ethiopia  • Horn of Africa  • Council of Islamic Courts

  • April 2008

    • Cheruiyot, Tune Win Boston

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 21, 08 1:38 PM CDT

      Cheruiyot, Tune Win Boston

      Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya became the fourth man to win the Boston Marathon four times today, crossing the finish line on 2:07:46, 32 seconds slower than his own course record, the AP reports. Dire Tune of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:22:25, squeaking past Russian Alevtina Biktimirova by just 2 seconds in the tightest women's finish ever. More »

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      Kenya  • Boston  • Ethiopia  • marathon  • Boston Marathon  • Robert Cheruiyot

  • March 2008

    • 10 Killed as Somalia Forces Battle Insurgents

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 30, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      10 Killed as Somalia Forces Battle Insurgents

      At least 10 people were killed and 35 seriously injured in Somalia’s capital yesterday as insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace, where Somalia’s president and Ethiopia’s foreign minister were meeting. The government responded by firing artillery shells and mortar in the direction of the attack, a crowded Bakara market that has served as a rebel base, reports the New York Times . More »

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      insurgents  • Somalia  • Ethiopia  • attack  • Islamist  • civil affairs

  • December 2007

    • Ethiopia Forces Untrained Civilians Into War

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 15, 07 11:08 AM CST

      Ethiopia Forces Untrained Civilians Into War

      Ethiopa's overstretched army is forcing untrained civilians into the bush to fight guerrillas, the New York Times reports. Office clerks, teachers, and other white-collar workers face imprisonment or torture if they refuse to comply, but many have been killed in battle, say aid workers. “We don’t know how to operate guns, but the government sent us to the front lines,” said one civil servant. More »

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      United Nations  • soldier  • Ethiopia  • humanitarian crisis

    • Law Firm's Lobbying Dogs Giuliani

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 4, 07 1:49 PM CST

      Law Firm's Lobbying Dogs Giuliani

      Rudy Giuliani's law firm lobbied Congress last year in favor of a law the White House said would undermine the war on terror, the New York Times reports. The firm represented Ethiopian political parties pushing for legislation to withhold American aid if their government doesn't share power. The administration supports the Ethiopian government as an ally against terrorism and considers the legislation detrimental to that effort. More »

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      George W. Bush  • election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • election  • lobbying  • Ethiopia

    • Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST

      Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      US adoptions from abroad have sunk for the third straight year, mostly because China and Russia have tougher policies, AP reports. A drop in adoptions from Haiti and South Korea have also added to the 15% decline since 2004. But a spike in adoptions from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Vietnam have partly balanced the scales, experts say. More »

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      China  • Russia  • South Korea  • Vietnam  • babies  • adoption  • Haiti  • Ethiopia  • Guatemala  • foreign adoptions

  • November 2007

    • 1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

      newser  |  AFP  |  Nov 28, 07 7:39 PM CST

      1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

      A UN-sponsored initiative exceeded its goal of having one billion trees planted in 2007, AFP reports. Developing nations are leading the charge: Ethiopia tops the list with 700 million plantings, and Mexico, Kenya, Rwanda, and Myanmar all made substantial contributions. The UN Environment Program said it had confirmation of 1.56 billion trees planted, out of pledges for 2.24 billion. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Mexico  • Kenya  • Indonesia  • Ethiopia  • Wangari Maathai

    • Jolie's African Child Conceived in Rape, Mom Reveals

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 21, 07 2:56 AM CST

      Jolie's African Child Conceived in Rape, Mom Reveals

      The sickly Ethiopian baby adopted by actress Angelina Jolie was conceived after a knife-point rape, revealed the child's biological mother, Mentwabe Dawit, who said she's happy her daughter has found a good home. Her attacker "pulled a dagger, put one hand on my mouth so that I could not scream," raped her and disappeared, the 24-year-woman told Reuters. More »

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      rape  • Angelina Jolie  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt

    • Ethiopia Stirs Up Coffee Industry

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Nov 10, 07 3:33 PM CST

      Ethiopia Stirs Up Coffee Industry

      Ethiopia is trademarking its distinctive coffee crop, a move that could bring $88 million a year to the impoverished country, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Coffee connoisseurs happily pay up to $10 per pound for beans from Ethiopia’s Yirgacheffe region, but less than $1 of that goes to farmers growing it. Obtaining the trademark could change all that, much to the chagrin of distributors such as Starbucks. More »

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      coffee  • Ethiopia  • branding  • developing world

  • September 2007

    • Gebrselassie Sets Record in Berlin Race

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 30, 07 6:58 PM CDT

      Gebrselassie Sets Record in Berlin Race

      Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie set a new world record at the Berlin marathon today, beating the previous record of close friend Paul Tergat by 29 seconds. Tergat called to congratulate his rival 10 minutes after he crossed the finish line. The champion’s response? “Sorry, Paul, try next year” reports the New Y ork Times . More »

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      race  • Berlin  • Ethiopia  • marathon  • running

    • Floods Devastate Africa

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 20, 07 3:04 AM CDT

      Floods Devastate Africa

      Several of Africa's poorest countries have been devastated by a catastrophic deluge of rain, washing away lives, communities and crops. As many as 18 of the normally driest countries in the world, from Senegal, Mauritania, Mali and Burkina Faso in the west, to Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia in the east, will be inundated with floods for weeks. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Sudan  • flood  • natural disaster  • Ethiopia  • rain  • Senegal

  • August 2007

    • Lucy Debuts in Houston

      newser  |  Houston Chronicle  |  Aug 29, 07 5:20 AM CDT

      Lucy Debuts in Houston

      Lucy kicks off her public debut  at the Houston Museum of Natural Science tomorrow amid controversy that the world's favorite human ancestor should never have left her home in Ethiopia. The public wants the chance to the 3.2 million-year-old remains, but scientists say Lucy's too fragile to travel. More »

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      evolution  • fossil  • Houston  • Ethiopia  • human evolution  • Lucy

  • May 2007

    • Ethiopia Pushes for Somalia Pullout

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 15, 07 7:54 AM CDT

      Ethiopia Pushes for Somalia Pullout

      Ethiopia wants its troops out of Somalia, where the UN says the refugee crisis is now worse than the situation in Darfur, the BBC reports. But a pullout now could spell disaster for the estimated 300,000 Somalis displaced by recent fighting between the Ethiopia-backed government and the Islamist resistance, which troops from the neighboring country helped put down last year. More »

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      United Nations  • Africa  • aid  • refugee  • African Union  • Somalia  • Ethiopia  • Mogadishu

  • March 2007

    • Quickie Adoption for Angelina

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT

      Quickie Adoption for Angelina

      Vietnamese officials say the paperwork on Angelina Jolie's adoption is nearly complete—just days after it was submitted in early March. Vietnamese officials say their efficiency was spurred by the child's age and complete files and not by preferential treatment, but the speed up likely has a simpler explanation: anticipation of a massive donation, like the ones Jolie dropped on Cambodia and Ethiopia after adopting children there. More »

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      children  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • Vietnam  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • Cambodia  • families

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