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“Food Price Crisis” means “no food again today” for many older Ethiopians

News / June 5, 2011

By Alison Rusinow The global food price crisis: It’s rightfully making headlines in the international media, causing grave concerns amongst international donors and humanitarian agencies world-wide and even focusing the attention of leaders at the G8 summit. But what does it mean for the most disadvantaged people in one of the poorest countries in the …

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How Ethiopia taught me to be a better mother

News / June 2, 2011

LIANE BEAM-WANSBROUGH From Thursday’s Globe and Mail The road was steep and barely wide enough for our jeep as we inched along amid a throng of donkeys, goats and farmers. Our driver negotiated another nausea-inducing hairpin turn and I clutched my five-month-old daughter’s car seat. The car seat was attached to nothing – cars in …

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Ethiopians hold off Kenyans to remain atop the 10K Bolder Boulder class

Sport / June 2, 2011

(Danver Post) BOULDER — It’s an important running rivalry, the Ethiopians vs. the Kenyans, each vying for road race supremacy. In recent years at the Bolder Boulder, Ethiopia has been dominant in the men’s team race. Monday was no different as Ethiopia won for the fifth consecutive year, but the victory was razor-thin. Ethiopia used …

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Cellphones a ‘possible’ carcinogen — like coffee

Health / June 1, 2011

(yahoo) A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee. The classification was issued Tuesday in Lyon, France, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer after a review of dozens of published studies. The agency is …

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