Ester Rada: Israel’s rising Ethiopian Jew, music star

18 April 2014 BBC Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in

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Ester Rada: Israel’s rising Ethiopian Jew, music star

18 April 2014 BBC Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in

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Africans pay twice as much to send money Home

April 17, 2014 By Massoud Hayoun Al Jazeera Sub-Saharan African expatriates working in the U.S. and Europe pay twice as much to wire money home than their Southeast Asian or Latin American counterparts, according to a report from a British economic

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Africans pay twice as much to send money Home

April 17, 2014 By Massoud Hayoun Al Jazeera Sub-Saharan African expatriates working in the U.S. and Europe pay twice as much to wire money home than their Southeast Asian or Latin American counterparts, according to a report from a British economic

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What makes Jerusalem so holy?

April 17, 2014 BBC Tour guide Shraga Ben Yosef gives us a quick trip around Jerusalem’s holiest sites While Christians around the world are enjoying the Easter holiday, Jews everywhere are celebrating the holiday of Passover – a convergence of

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What makes Jerusalem so holy?

April 17, 2014 BBC Tour guide Shraga Ben Yosef gives us a quick trip around Jerusalem’s holiest sites While Christians around the world are enjoying the Easter holiday, Jews everywhere are celebrating the holiday of Passover – a convergence of

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Retired army general wants Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery demolished

Ahmed Ragai Attiya says that the historic UNESCO site in South Sinai poses a threat to Egypt’s national security, after the monks turned it into ‘a place for foreigners’ Sherry El-Gergawi, 18 April 2014 Ahram Online The holy monastery of

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President Kiir, Ethiopian PM Meet Over South Sudan Crisis

BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE 18 APRIL 2014 Sudan Tribune Addis Ababa — The South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, on Thursday arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn on the political turmoil

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Dubuque Students Flood Twitter for Ethiopian Town

18 April 2014 Kcrg.com DUBUQUE, Iowa – A group of 7th grade students spent much of their time between and after classes posting messages to social media sites Thursday. Every one of more than 1,300 tweets by students at Washington

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Why is Good Friday called Good Friday?

April 18, 2014 BBC It is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. So why is it called Good Friday? According to the Bible, the son of God was flogged, ordered to carry the cross on which he would

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