October 2013

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Maria Hagan interviews Dan Damissie and Biruk Fikadu about the documentary Town of Runners Maria Hagan | Contributing Writer Dan Demissie and Jerry Rothwell’s thought-provoking documentary Town of Runners looks at Ethiopian society in an unconventional and celebratory way. Producer Dan visited Trinity last week as part of the Suas 8×8 Film Festival. He led …

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MOUNT VERNON, WASH. – A Washington state couple convicted of manslaughter in the death of a teenage girl they adopted from Ethiopia is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday. Larry and Carri Williams of Sedro-Woolley were convicted Sept. 9 in the 2011 death of Hana in the backyard of their home. The teen died of hypothermia, …

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Addis Fortune /Addis Ababa Three people in the first indictment file read at the Federal High Court on Monday, October 21, which includes 31 people and 26 counts, were granted bail today in the high-profile corruption case launched by the Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC). Semere Negussie, the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority’s (ERCA) …

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Addis Fortune /Addis Ababa Melaku, former director general of the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA) and Gebrewahed W. Giorgis, the-then deputy to Melaku in the law enforcement division, have passed orders for the imports by some companies to get an inspection clearance without actually being inspected and thus avoid paying appropriate customs duties, reads …

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