Fidel Castro Awarded China’s Confucius Peace Prize

By KRISHNADEV CALAMUR Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been awarded the Confucius Peace Prize, China’s version of the Nobel Prize. The Global Times, an official newspaper, said Castro, 88, was selected for the prize because he did not use force while dealing with international disputes, especially against the U.S. The newspaper also reported that

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የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ገመና: ተመስገን ደሳለኝ (ከዝዋይ እስር ቤት)

መሐሙድ የሱፍ የተወለደው በ1980ዓ.ም ከሶማሌ ክልል ርእሰ-መዲና ጅጅጋ 500 ኪሎሜትር ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘውዶሀን ከተማ ነው፡፡ ለቤተሰቡ ሰባተኛ ልጅ ሲሆን፤ አምስት እህቶችእና ሦስት ወንድሞች አሉት፡፡ በጅጅጋ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ት/ቤት እስከ አስረኛ ክፍል ድረስ መዝለቁቢሳካለትም፤ ከዚህ በላይ ግን ሊቀጥል አልተቻለውም፡፡ ምክንያቱ ደግሞ የኢትዮጵያመንግስት የደህንነት ሠራተኞች የ1999ዓ.ም የግንቦት ሃያ በዓል በጅጅጋ ከተማ ስታዲዬም በተከበረበት ዕለት፣ የኦጋዴን ነፃአውጪ ግንባር

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Top 30 Coffees of 2014: Ethiopia and Kenya dominated the Top spot with 7 Coffees Each

We are pleased to present our Top 30 Coffees of 2014, Coffee Review’s second annual ranking of the most noteworthy coffees we reviewed over the past year. We selected and ranked these exceptional coffees and espressos based on quality (represented by overall rating), value (reflected by most affordable price per pound), and consideration of other

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Ethiopia and Other 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program

Map: The 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program By Max Fisher ,vox.com The CIA torture program was even bigger than the details released in the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report might suggest. The reason is that the CIA didn’t just have its own torture program, run out of its “black

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Ethiopia and Other 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program

Map: The 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program By Max Fisher ,vox.com The CIA torture program was even bigger than the details released in the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report might suggest. The reason is that the CIA didn’t just have its own torture program, run out of its “black

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The Cost of Ethiopia’s Infrastructure Spending

By Daniel Teferra (PhD)* Ethiopia has been borrowing billions of dollars for infrastructure projects. What is the cost of all this spending? The cost is measured in terms of the alternative projects that could have been undertaken with the borrowed money. Eliminating the threat of famine in Ethiopia tops the list of these foregone opportunities.

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Ethiopian official denies dam-related financial woes

Ethiopian official has denied claims that a multibillion dollar deal is facing financial problems and has said that the project will not encounter any such problems until its finalised. An Ethiopian official on Wednesday denied claims that a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam currently being constructed on the Nile River was facing financial problems. “The project has

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THE EBOLA FIGHTERS: Time’s Person of The Year 2014

By Nancy Gibbs, Time Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, says the proverb, but rather the hero’s heart. Maybe this is true in any battle; it is surely true of a war that is waged with bleach and a prayer. For decades, Ebola haunted rural African villages like some mythic monster that every few years

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THE EBOLA FIGHTERS: Time’s Person of The Year 2014

By Nancy Gibbs, Time Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, says the proverb, but rather the hero’s heart. Maybe this is true in any battle; it is surely true of a war that is waged with bleach and a prayer. For decades, Ebola haunted rural African villages like some mythic monster that every few years

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Britain calls on NATO allies to help in Russian submarine hunt

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – NATO allies sent patrol planes to help Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine’s periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, media reported. Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had received help from NATO allies in an operation, but

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