tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:32:06 +0000dereje destaethiopiaethiopian communityzethiopiaaddis ababaadvertisingamharicgala dinnerlife insurancewashington d.c.zethiopia newspaperzethiopia radiohttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-2596741394639172615Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:43:00 +00002009-02-22T18:44:01.591-08:00Sunday, 22 February 2009 Ayalew's surprise, Gebremariam's comeback highlight Ethiopia’s World Cross Country trials Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - African 10,000m bronze medallist Wude Ayalew’s shock defeat of cross country specialists Gelete Burka and Meselech Melkamu in the senior women’s 8km was the highlight of the 26th Jan Meda International Cross Country- Ethiopia’s trials for the World Cross http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/ayalews-surprise-gebremariams-comeback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-8825552568122635302Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:37:00 +00002009-02-22T18:37:20.912-08:00UK lawyer: Guantanamo inmate release due MondayLONDON (AP) — A human rights lawyer says former British resident Binyam Mohamed is due to be released from Guantanamo Bay on Monday.The Ethiopian national has been held at the U.S. military prison since September 2004. Terrorism charges against him were dropped last year.Britain's Foreign Office released a statement Friday saying Mohamed would be http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-lawyer-guantanamo-inmate-release-due.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-2710520586401328605Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:30:00 +00002009-02-22T18:30:38.169-08:00Ethiopian Rebels Clash With Government Forces; at Least 45 Dead By Jason McLureFeb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- At least 45 people died in clashes between Ethiopia’s army and the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front in the east of the country, government and rebel spokesmen said. The ONLF said its ethnic Somali fighters killed 140 Ethiopian soldiers and allied militia members in battles over the http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethiopian-rebels-clash-with-government.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-5775024583629486865Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:26:00 +00002009-02-22T08:26:44.508-08:00The high price of drought and lack of family planningBy Helene GayleSpecial to The TimesFATUMA Abrahim's mother never has had much in the way of choices. She can't make it rain, force crops to sprout from the parched earth or bring down the high price of food. Consider that the cost of a sack of corn in the Ethiopian village where Fatuma lives has increased eightfold in just two years. As 8 http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/high-price-of-drought-and-lack-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-7655683131537642757Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-02-22T08:14:26.896-08:00Planting trees in EthiopiaThe world is losing its natural forests. So much so that deforestation contributes more to global carbon emissions every year than the transport sector. Yet trees are a natural environmental power house. The oxygen they produce removes air pollution, lowers temperatures and adds moisture to the air. By holding soil in place and reducing run-off from streams, they preventhttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/planting-trees-in-ethiopia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-8741098574667906635Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:32:00 +00002009-02-22T07:33:17.022-08:00Ethiopian pop star jail term cut By Elizabeth Blunt BBC News, Addis Ababa Ethiopia's most famous pop singer, Teddy Afro, has had his sentence for manslaughter reduced on appeal. He was jailed for causing the death of a young homeless man through dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of the accident. The sentence was reduced from six years to two years, which means that - allowing forhttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethiopian-pop-star-jail-term-cut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-7685964236760517851Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:26:00 +00002009-02-22T07:28:37.181-08:00February 21, 2009Nigerian Accused in Scheme to Swindle Citibank By BENJAMIN WEISERSwindles in which someone overseas seeks access to a person’s bank account are so well known that most potential victims can spot them in seconds. But one man found success by tweaking the formula, prosecutors say: Rather than trying to dupe an account holder into giving up information, he duped the bank. And http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2009/02/nigerian-accused-in-scheme-to-swindle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-4011061802678180579Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:45:00 +00002008-09-29T05:46:02.053-07:00Sylvia Macbean The Leader-Post Monday, September 29, 2008MARYFIELD -- Farmers from the Crossborders Community Project in Maryfield in southeastern Saskatchewan and Kola, Man., came together recently to harvest fields of wheat to be shipped to Ethiopia -- before harvesting their own crops."These farmers that were harvesting were doing so with their own crops out on the field,'' said Jan Neufeld ofhttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/farmers-donate-wheat-crop-to-ethiopia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-4390139311215345655Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:43:00 +00002008-09-29T05:44:00.611-07:00JAMES CHRISTIE September 29, 2008TORONTO -- Mulu Seboka didn't listen to the advice from the master of the marathon, Haile Gebrselassie, but both wound up champions and record-setters on the same day.The 22-year-old Ethiopian woman set a course record of 2 hours 29 minutes 5 seconds, smashing the previous best for the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon yesterday morning in a romp across the shores ofhttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/seboka-smashes-record-in-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-4796071911370872118Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:42:00 +00002008-09-29T05:42:54.197-07:00ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopian police on Monday blamed an Islamist rebel group for a weekend explosion that killed four people and wounded 22 others in the country's eastern region.The police chief of the Somali province in eastern Ethiopian, where the incident occurred, said a suspect had confessed to being a member of the Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya operating in the region."We are in the process of http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/ethiopia-blames-islamist-group-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-1259299219438089400Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:41:00 +00002008-09-29T05:42:01.751-07:00Haile Gebrselassie smashed his marathon world record by 27 seconds, winning the Berlin Marathon in a city where he has had so much success. Gebrselassie, 35, of Ethiopia, took advantage of excellent conditions on a flat course to finish in 2hours, 3minutes, 59seconds. Despite an ailing calf, he shattered the mark he set in Berlin last year and became the first man to win this race three times. http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/ethiopian-breaks-own-world-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-4582366795529837847Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:21:00 +00002008-09-14T04:21:43.359-07:00Zethiopia: The Ethiopian Newspaper to Believe InNew America Media, Media Profile, Uzo Nnabuihe, Posted: May 14, 2008 WASHINGTON -- When Dereje Desta left Ethiopia seven years ago, he hoped the United States would afford him the press freedom he lacked as a journalist in his country. Today as the publisher, editor, marketing manager and reporter for Zethiopia, he does have that freedom, but it http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/zethiopia-ethiopian-newspaper-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-8299642156302815939Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:08:00 +00002008-09-14T04:09:11.705-07:00Please Join Us For"A Night in Ethiopia"To Support Hope for Children'sYouth Learning CenterFriday, September 26, 7 PMThe Ethiopian Embassy, 3506 International Drive, NW, Washington, DCHosted by Carol Rhees, Bonnie Harkness, Freda and Gary Temple,Ruthann Bates, Catie DupontPlease bring your friends and family!RSVP carhees@aol.com / 301.229.9591For more information, go to www.hopeforchildrenus.orghttp://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/hope-for-children-us-event-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-8825900119029183626Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:34:00 +00002008-08-17T13:34:29.768-07:00Tirunesh Dibaba after winning gold in the women's 10,000m at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium, Beijing. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFPBritain's women were left frustrated last night after the Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba powered her way to gold in the 10,000 metres. Dibaba added the Olympic crown to her two world titles with a stirring performance in 29min 54.66sec, beating Turkey's Elvan http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/08/olympics-dibabas-pace-leaves-pavey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-3716647344053679299Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:32:00 +00002008-08-17T13:32:48.634-07:00Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Video - Bekele storms to 10,000m gold Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele won the men's 10,000m gold, creating an Olympic record of 27 minutes 1.17 seconds, as compatriot Sileshi Sihine took silver. Micah Kogo of Kenya secured bronze, but Ethiopian veteran Haile Gebrselassie could only finish sixth, ending his dream of a third Olympic gold http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/08/bekele-storms-to-10000m-victory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-5987979121028599564Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:48:00 +00002008-03-09T16:49:22.330-07:00Ethiopian News Agency President Girma Woldegiorgis said the government is committed to empower women and enable them become self sufficient and confident citizens.The International Women’s Day (IWD) was colorfully marked at a national level at the Millennium Hall here on Saturday under the theme ‘Women ensure Ethiopia’s renaissance participating in and benefiting from development and good http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/03/ethiopia-marks-international-womens-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-7768478559586197146Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:46:00 +00002008-03-09T16:46:56.306-07:00ADDIS ABABA, March 7 (Reuters) - A British teacher avoided a prison term in Ethiopia on Friday despite refusing to comply with a court order to apologise to a Swiss charity for accusing it of covering up sex abuse at a children's home.Jill Campbell was convicted of defamation in 2001 and ordered to apologise to Terre Des Hommes-Lausanne (TdH) or face jail. But lawyers for the charity said it had http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/03/british-teacher-avoids-jail-in-ethiopia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-7542354928436958913Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +00002008-03-06T06:01:17.264-08:00http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/03/ethiopian-art-exhibit-in-takoma-park-md.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-6105621113198709812Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:01:00 +00002008-02-29T08:04:07.779-08:00ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopian exports to the United States have doubled since 2005 under the AGOA trade pact the Horn of Africa nation joined seven years ago, the US embassy here said Thursday in a statement. "Since the project's inauguration two years ago, Ethiopian exports under AGOA/General System of Preference (GSP) have increased by almost 100 percent to 8.9 million dollars (5.9 million http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethiopian-doubles-exports-to-us-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ZETHIOPIA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-5772177906096092887Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:34:00 +00002008-02-28T09:37:10.278-08:00Frequently Asked QuestionsHow often is Zethiopia Newspaper published?The Newspaper is published bi-monthly. In addition to the newspaper, one-page newsflash editions are published for special events.Zethiopia has a number of blogs that are updated regularly with community events and news.Zethiopia also has a weekly radio program – Sundays from 5:00-6:00p.m. Tune in to 1390 AM.How many Ethiopian http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/zethiopia-frequently-asked-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-1122450142420685633Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:08:00 +00002008-02-26T11:11:08.100-08:00Zethiopia Distribution Services Does your organization have flyers or brochures that need to be distributed?For more information or a copy of the distribution contract, please contact Dereje at dereje@zethiopia.com. Ze Ethiopia CorporationZethiopia Newspaper & RadioP.O. Box 2049Fairfax, Virginia22031http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/zethiopia-distribution-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-7087164575396790385Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:53:00 +00002008-02-23T18:56:55.347-08:00Do you want to subscribe to Zethiopia? Click HERE to be taken to an on-line checkout system that you can use to place your subscription order.http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/subscribe-to-zethiopia-newspaper-radio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-5478804957427450252Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:29:00 +00002008-02-22T20:44:11.415-08:00advertisingdereje destaethiopiaethiopian communitygala dinnerwashington d.c.zethiopiazethiopia newspaperzethiopia radioBy Jason McLureFeb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Locust swarms are invading parts of south-central Ethiopia's Oromia region, threatening crops and the livelihoods of farmers and herders, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency said. The swarms, as large as five square-kilometers (two square- miles), may also threaten Kenya, Eritrea, Djibouti and western Yemen, the agency said on its Web site today ``http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/locust-swarms-in-ethiopia-yemen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-5699610977070637410Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:29:00 +00002008-02-22T20:29:39.477-08:0023 February, 2008PARIS: Ethiopia's double women's world 3,000 metres indoor champion Meseret Defar leads a seven-strong squad for the World Indoor Championships at Valencia on March 7-9. However, the men's reigning world 3,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele will not be defending his title in Spain, though, his brother Tariku will be at the championships and compete in the 3,000m.Bekele, the 10,000m http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/athletics-meseret-leads-ethiopia-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275458082502699729.post-3098362915456895712Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:13:00 +00002008-02-22T17:13:29.262-08:00Since commencing a program of trademarking Ethiopia's fine coffee designations in 2004, support for the Ethiopian sector has continued to grow worldwide. Building on its unique coffee heritage and established reputation for producing some of the finest coffee in the world Ethiopia continues to welcome new coffee roasters to its network of licensed distributors.This month sees the addition to the http://zethiopia.blogspot.com/2008/02/uk-coffee-roaster-shows-support-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0