Athletes who suffered political persecution face an anxious wait to find out if their asylum claims are successful and they can resume their careers By Rick Maese The Guardian Genet Lire locked herself in a bathroom stall at Dulles International Airport and hid. The clock was ticking. If she was found, she would have to
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Athletes who suffered political persecution face an anxious wait to find out if their asylum claims are successful and they can resume their careers By Rick Maese The Guardian Genet Lire locked herself in a bathroom stall at Dulles International Airport and hid. The clock was ticking. If she was found, she would have to
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By JOHN H. LIENHARD V and KENNETH M. STRZEPEK CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and JOHN DANISZEWSKI UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an interview that the Mideast region needs to cooperate to defeat a worsening terrorist threat that has led to a “ferocious war” in Egypt and created the danger of some countries “sliding into failure.” In a wide-ranging interview
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CAIRO: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See will visit Ethiopia Saturday to celebrate the Feast of The Holy Cross, Al Masry Al Youm reported Thursday. During the visit, scheduled to last for six days, the Pope will meet with Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias I and will
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CAIRO: Egypt denied Thursday media reports claiming that the reservoir of Ethiopia’s controversial Renaissance Dam is being filled with Nile water and has caused water shortages in Egypt’s major cities. Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Hossam Moghazy said Wednesday in a statement that the ministry is following up construction works of the Ethiopian Dam and confirmed
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – While an Obgyn resident in Ethiopia, Lia Tadesse saw too many women suffer and die simply because they didn’t have access to proper care. She vowed she’d pursue a path in Obgyn to help prevent such deaths in her home country. Now, the former hospital executive will play a key role
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UNITED NATIONS: Broadband Internet is failing to reach billions of people living in the developing world, including 90 percent of those living in the poorest nations, a new UN report said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila). Fifty-seven percent of the world’s people remain offline and unable to take advantage of the enormous economic and social
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Recent rain shortages and possible effects of El Niño may intensify food insecurity in Ethiopia. Migration surged this summer as Ethiopians left for neighboring countries like Sudan, and farther, to Gulf and European nations in search of higher wages, better opportunities, and now, escaping shortages caused by a lack of rain. The UN projects that
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