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NEWS ABOUT: Ethiopia

Ethiopia stories: 26 news summaries

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 Desert Rift Creating 
 New African Sea—Slowly 

Crack created by volcanic eruption will eventually meet with Red Sea

Nov 3, 09 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Africa is getting a new ocean—in a million years, give or take. It's starting with a 35-mile rift in the Ethiopian desert caused by the eruption of a volcano in 2005. The rift will eventually meet with the Red Sea, allowing the waters to spill in, say scientists. The... More »

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Africa • Ethiopia • volcano • tectonic plates • Red Sea • new ocean in africa

(Newser) - Almost 25 years after Live Aid aimed to eradicate famine in Ethiopia, the country is facing new threats of malnutrition and mass starvation, the Independent reports. Ethiopia's erratic rains are the main culprit, failing to fall or coming too little too late, while recession-minded donors in wealthy nations are also... More »

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climate change • global warming • Ethiopia • famine • Live Aid • food aid • World Food Program

 US Brands Refugees 
 'Terrorists', Denies Asylum 

All armed groups considered "terrorists"

Jul 26, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Refugees hoping to stay in America are SOL if they backed armed movements back home—even if they fought dictators or have since worked for the United States, McClatchy reports. Following a Patriot Act provision, officials have denied more than 7,000 requests for green cards, refugee status, and asylum... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Zimbabwe • Ethiopia • dictatorship • Patriot Act • refugee • Burma • Obama administration • political asylum

How Twin Cities' 'Best' Somali Youth Ended Up Jihadis

Islamist sympathies take promising men from Minneapolis to Mogadishu

Jul 12, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - For a group of young Americans, the path to an al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group in Somalia led through the Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, where one planned to become a doctor; another, an entrepreneur. But now the students are at the center of what may be the most pressing domestic... More »

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Somalia • terrorism • Minneapolis • FBI • jihad • Ethiopia • Islamist

OPINION

African Adoption Without the Madonna Mess

Other countries with real need also have effective systems

Jul 6, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna’s second adoption made other adoptive parents cringe, Bess Rattray writes for Vogue—not because the adoption itself was a bad idea, but because the media circus and the lack of “an established, transparent adoption system,” in Malawi made it look like baby stealing. Oh, and the... More »

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media • adoption • Ethiopia • Malawi • Madonna • foreign adoptions

 Watershed Vaccine 
 May End Malaria Toll 

If trials work as expected, shots could save millions of children

Dec 9, 08 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have developed a promising vaccine against malaria, a devastating disease that kills a milion people a year, most of them young children. Trials of the breakthrough vaccine enter the final phase next year and it could be widely available by 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times. Successful trials have... More »

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Kenya • medical breakthrough • malaria • Ethiopia • GlaxoSmithKline • Tanzania • vaccine • mosquito • Zambia • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Rwanda • RTS,S • PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

 Ethiopian Tops 
 Own Marathon 
 Record 

Ethiopian breaks record in Berlin race

Sep 28, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(AP) - Haile Gebrselassie broke his own marathon world record on Sunday, becoming the first runner to finish in under 2 hours, 4 minutes, the AP reports. The Ethiopian clocked 2:03:59 to win his third straight Berlin Marathon, beating the mark of 2:04:26 he set last year over... More »

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Ethiopia • marathon • Gebrselassie • Berlin Marathon

 Brangelina Gives 
 $2M for Ethiopian HIV Clinic 

Center to be named for daughter Zahara, adopted from African nation

Sep 15, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $2 million to establish a center to care for children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, People reports. The center will be named after daughter Zahara, 3, who they adopted from the African nation. "It is our hope when Zahara is older... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Ethiopia • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • Jolie-Pitt Foundation

ANALYSIS

Biofuel Firms' African Land Grab Has Colonial Echoes

Western companies shower nations with promises met with some suspicion

Sep 5, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Africa is being seeded for a coming boom in biofuels, as Western companies buy thousands of acres to cultivate vegetable-oil-rich plants like the Jatropha curcas, Der Spiegel reports. In countries like Tanzania, Ghana and Ethiopia, firms are often securing century-long farming rights for nothing but a promise to invest in... More »

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Africa • Ethiopia • biofuel • Tanzania • colonialism • biodiesel • green technology • Ghana

 HIV Adoptions From 
 Abroad on Rise 

Ethiopia leads nations on finding US homes

Sep 2, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - More US families are adopting HIV-infected children from overseas, primarily in Ethiopia, the AP reports. Stats from one international agency show 38 adoptions of infected Ethiopian children this year, up from 13 in 2007 and four in 2006. HIV adoptions have also increased in China, Ghana, Haiti, and Russia, say... More »

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Africa • HIV • Ethiopia • public health • HIV/AIDS • foreign adoptions

(AP) - Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history of that nation to win an Olympic marathon. The 21-year-old negotiated the 26.2-mile course through Beijing streets in bright Sunday morning sunshine in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6... More »

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China • Kenya • Morocco • Ethiopia • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • marathon • running • Samuel Wanjiru • Jaouad Gharib • Tsegay Kebede

Foreign Adoption
Getting Harder

Could be boon
for thousands in
US foster care

Aug 14, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heightened awareness of child trafficking and improving economies abroad are making it harder for Americans to adopt foreign kids. US officials are taking a closer look at visa applications and discouraging adoptions from countries that don’t comply with a new international adoption agreement, USA Today reports. At the same... More »

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China • Russia • Africa • adoption • South Korea • Ethiopia • Liberia • human trafficking • foreign adoptions • foster homes

US Airstrike
Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

Ayro led Iraq-style insurgency; at least 12 others dead

May 1, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Cheruiyot, Tune Win Boston 

Kenyan racks up 4th victory; Ethiopian triumphs in closest women's finish

Apr 21, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Kenya • Boston • Boston Marathon • Ethiopia • marathon • Robert Cheruiyot • Dire Tune • Alevtina Biktimirova

10 Killed as Somalia Forces Battle Insurgents

Government fires on market as Somalia teeters on collapse

Mar 30, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Ethiopia Forces Untrained Civilians Into War

Clerks, teachers, administrators sent into action against Ogaden rebels

Dec 15, 07 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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United Nations • Ethiopia • soldier • humanitarian crisis • Ogaden

Law Firm's Lobbying
Dogs Giuliani

Company pushed law Bush opposed on anti-terror grounds

Dec 4, 07 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Foreign Adoptions
Down 15%

US families adopt fewer kids abroad due to
strict new policies

Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

Ethiopia, Mexico
lead UN agency's climate-change fight

Nov 28, 07 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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climate change • Kenya • Indonesia • global warming • Mexico • Ethiopia • UN Environmental Program • Wangari Maathai

Jolie's African Child Conceived in Rape, Mom Reveals

Says Zahara's lucky
to be with actress

Nov 21, 07 2:56 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Angelina Jolie • adoption • Ethiopia • rape • Zahara • Awasa • Mentwabe Dawit • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt

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