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116th edition of America's oldest marathon. The event, part of the five-race World Marathon Majors series, is scheduled for Monday, April 16, Patriots' Day in the state of Massachusetts. April 18, 2011: Watch the end of the men's race at the 2011 Boston...
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Barnaba Benjamin, South Sudan's information minister, said an unidentified Texas company could start working on a new oil pipeline in six months, the independent Sudan Tribune reports. The announcement followed the signing of a memorandum of...
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Ethiopia's Meseret Defar (C) poses for photographs with fans after winning the women's 3000 meter run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012. View Photo »
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Canada is proud to be working with the World Bank and other donors to support Ethiopia's Agricultural Growth Program. Well-targeted investments in areas such as rural infrastructure and stronger linkages to markets can help to transform subsistence farmers into commercial producers
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Services in Addis Ababa. He sees an emerging pattern of climate change-induced drought slowing chipping away at the stability of rural areas. "The frequency of drought is eroding resources, so people don't have that much to save for the 'problematic'...
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Diageo offered fewer promotions on lower-priced brands, leading to a loss of market share in the country, Mahlan said. Sales in so-called emerging markets now represent almost 40 percent of the business, the company said today. Diageo has acquired...
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Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba crosses the finish line of the women's 3000 meter race during the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012. View Photo »
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I’m telling the TFG to not lose this opportunity; they can defeat al-Shabaab without Ethiopia and Kenya. Sheikh Sharif was the Islamic Courts leader who fought against Ethiopia and the people were supporting him, so how he can persuade them that Ethiopia are helping Somalia?
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Diageo offered fewer promotions on lower-priced brands, leading to a loss of market share in the country, Mahlan said. Sales in so-called emerging markets now represent almost 40 percent of the business, the company said today. Diageo has acquired...
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Defar of Ethiopia is going for an unprecedented fifth straight 3000m title at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March, after taking gold at every edition of the biennial championships since 2004. Watch as Meseret Defar of Ethiopia wins her...
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Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ ʾĪtyōṗṗyā), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa (landlocked as of May 24, 1993). It is the third-most populous nation in Africa, bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the southeast, Kenya to the south, and Sudan to the west. ... Full Article
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(L-R) Ethiopia's Hagos Gebrhiwet, Kenya's Silas Kiplagat, Ethiopia's Dejen Gemremeskel and Kenya's Caleb Ndiku compete in the men's 3000 meter run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012.
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Meseret Defar, center, of Ethiopia, poses with supporters after winning the women's 300-meter run at the Boston Indoor Games athletics competition in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.
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Tirunesh Dibaba, of Ethiopia, competes in the women's 3000-meter run at the Boston Indoor Games athletics competition in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Dibaba finished first with at time of 9:18.63.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (C) arrives for the 18th African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2012.
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Fantu Magiso of Ethiopia wins the womens 800 Meter Run in 2:07.54 at the U.S. Open Indoor athletic meet on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in New York.
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Fantu Magiso of Ethiopia, right, rounds the turn on her way to win the women's 800 Meter Run in 2:07.54 at the U.S. Open Indoor athletic meet on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in New York.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi addresses a news conference during the 20th Extraordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of state meeting in Addis Ababa January 27, 2012. The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan tried on Friday to resolve a dispute over oil exports that has pushed South...
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (2nd L) walks ahead of Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (3rd R) during the 20th Extraordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of state meeting in Addis Ababa January 27, 2012. The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan tried on Friday to resolve a dispute over oil...
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Ethiopia's President, Meles Zenawi (L) and his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Mayardit Kiir (R) arrive at the venue of scheduled talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa January 27, 2012 hosted by an East African peace bloc, to resolve an oil dispute with former foe South Sudan that...
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Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia Medessa and her compatriot Ayele Abshero pose with their trophies after winning the women's and the men's Dubai Marathon respectively in the Gulf emirate on January 27, 2012.
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Maggie Vessey of the U.S. (R) crosses the finish line in the Women's 800 meter run ahead of compatriot Erica Moore (L) and Ethiopia's Fantu Magiso during the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 26, 2012.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priests hold candles on January 21, 2012 during mass in an frankincense-filled tent during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia, which celebrates Epiphany -- the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the...
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An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrim leaves the rock-hewn church Bete Giyorgis after attending a mass before the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia which celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, on January 19, 2012. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the...
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priests and monks are pictured during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia which celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, on January 19, 2012. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the Ark of the Covenant is taken out of every...
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Christian Orthodox worshippers from Ethiopia and Eritrea, are baptized in the Jordan River during Epiphany celebrations at Qasr-el Yahud near Jericho, in the West Bank, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
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Christian Orthodox worshippers from Ethiopia and Eritrea, are silhouetted during Epiphany celebrations at the baptismal site of Qasr el Yahud, in the Jordan River, near the West Bank town of Jericho, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki addresses the audience during the closing ceremony of the 18th African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 31, 2012.
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki stands during the national anthem shortly after the closing ceremony of the 18th African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 31, 2012.
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African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping (L) and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, newly elected African Union president, talk shortly after the closing ceremony of the 18th African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 31, 2012.
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Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, newly elected African Union president, addresses a news conference shortly after the closing ceremony of the 18th African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 31, 2012.
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South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma looks on as she leaves the African Union (AU) building in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2012.
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Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba crosses the finish line of the women's 3000 meter race during the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012.
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