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President Obama is Taking Action on Immigration (live)

ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ ነገ ከ5 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ ህገ ወጥ ስደተኞችን ምህረት ይሰጣል ተብሎ ይገመታል። Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday in primetime speech

Fixing the System
President Obama is Taking Action on Immigration

America’s immigration system is broken. The President is taking executive action to fix what he can to help build a system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

ሳንድያጎ ከተማ ምክር ቤት የሽንት ቤት እጣቢ ውሃን አጣርቶ እንደገና ለመጠጥ ለማዋል የሚያስችልውን ፕሮጄክት ለማካሄድ ያለውን እቅድ አፀደቀ::San Diego to turn toilet water into tap water

ሳንድያጎ ከተማ ምክር ቤት የሽንት ቤት እጣቢ ውሃን አጣርቶ እንደገና ለመጠጥ ለማዋል  የሚያስችልውን ፕሮጄክት ለማካሄድ ያለውን እቅድ አፀደቀ::

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SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council Tuesday unanimously approved renewing a federal permit needed to continue operations of the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant and committed the city to begin a $3.5 billion project to recycle wastewater for potable use.

" የውሃ ግፍ ከሽንት  ቤት  እጣቢ ያስጠጣል"

አገራችን ግን ውሃ እንደ ቀልድ በእግራችን መሃል እንደ ጎርፍ እየፈሰሰ ጎረቤት አገርን ያለማል። ይህን ነው "ከሞኝ ጓሮ ሞፈር ይቆረጣል" የሚሉት

Supporters hope the project — called Pure Water San Diego — will result in recycling enough purified water to account for 30 percent of San Diego’s drinking water needs by 2035.

City officials also plan to build a water-purification plant on North Harbor Drive to supplement efforts to recycle wastewater, but no timeline was given.


“We can no longer afford to use water just once here in this region,” Councilwoman Marti Emerald said.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer called the Pure Water San Diego program “innovative and ambitious.” The water will be reliable, drought-resistant and less expensive than importing 85 percent of water the city relies on, he said.

“Our city’s presented with an incredible opportunity — to gain water independence, the ability to control our own water supply for the very first time,” Faulconer said.

Halla Razak, the city’s Public Utilities Director, said the 20-year program would provide a “safe, reliable and local drinking water supply for San Diego” and “uses proven water purification technology and is environmentally sustainable.”

Environmental groups like San Diego Coastkeeper, Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter, Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation and the San Diego Audubon Society all back the city’s approach.

“This vote represents a critical step towards solving San Diego County’s water supply issues, and forms the basis of a new paradigm for water treatment and reuse in arid regions throughout the U.S. and Southern California,” said Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Executive Director Marco Gonzalez.

Often derided with names like “toilet-to-tap,” a multi-step cleansing process being tested by the city 1 million gallons daily produces water cleaner than what residents drink now and meets or exceeds quality standards, according to backers of the plan.

“This agreement will significantly reduce the outflow of treated wastewater in our ocean, while providing a local, reliable water source for the City of San Diego,” said Roger Kube, Chair of Surfrider Foundation San Diego County Chapter.

The project will be paid for by a mix of state and federal grants, and rate increases on consumers.

The handful of city residents who spoke in opposition to the plan cited costs, environmental concerns and worries that toxins, such as those from prescription medications, could be left in the water.

“I do not believe San Diego needs to sacrifice the health of our ocean in exchange for diluting our sewage for an easy supply for potable water,” Ellen Shively said.

ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ ነገ ከ5 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ ህገ ወጥ ስደተኞችን ምህረት ይሰጣል ተብሎ ይገመታል። Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday in primetime speech

President Barack Obama will make an announcement about his expected executive action on immigration on Thursday evening.

In a video posted on Facebook, the president said that the current immigration system is "broken" and that he will address "the things that I can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system work better, even as I continue to work with Congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem."

The speech at the White House is scheduled for 8pm ET.

The Thursday evening announcement will be followed by a rally at a Las Vegas high school on Friday afternoon. Obama will be accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at that event, a source told NBC News.

A new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll shows that the country is divided about whether Obama should take executive action to address the issue of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Nearly half - 48 percent - oppose executive action, while 38 percent support it.

Republicans have slammed the president's approach, calling it an overstep of his constitutional power.

"If 'Emperor Obama' ignores the American people and announces an amnesty plan that he himself has said over and over again exceeds his Constitutional authority, he will cement his legacy of lawlessness and ruin the chances for Congressional action on this issue - and many others," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner.

Bill Cosby faces growing chorus over sex abuse claims

This time it started with a stand-up comedy video that went viral and an ill-considered Twitter campaign.

Now Bill Cosby, oft-celebrated comedian and star of one of the highest-rated US television programmes in the 1980s, is being asked to once again publicly deny allegations that he committed multiple sexual assaults over the course of his career.

For the moment the comedian is only commenting through his lawyer.

"Over the last several weeks, decade-old, discredited allegations against Mr Cosby have resurfaced," writes Mr Cosby's lawyer, John P Schmidt, in a statement on Mr Cosby's website. "The fact that they are being repeated does not make them true. Mr Cosby does not intend to dignify these allegations with any comment."
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CBS report: 135,000 Ethiopians living in Israel at end of 2013

The report also stated that in 2013, 1355 new immigrants arrived from Ethiopia, nearly a 50% reduction in aliya from the previous year.

The Ethiopian population in Israel stood at some 135,500 at the end of 2013 – 85,900 who were born in Ethiopia and 49,600 born in Israel to Ethiopian fathers, according to a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, the eve of Sigd, a national holiday marked by Ethiopian Jews.

The majority of the Ethiopian population lives in two central localities – 38 percent in the Center and 24% in the South, with Netanya having the largest Ethiopian community at 10,900, followed by Rishon Lezion with some 7,400; Beersheba with 7,100; Jerusalem with 5,900; and Tel Aviv with 2,300.

Ethiopia says China's ZTE could lose part of $800 mln in row over terms

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has told Chinese telecoms firm ZTE Corp it risked losing part of its deal worth $800 million to expand the nation's network because of differences over costs of upgrading existing systems, an Ethiopian minister and executive said.
The deal last year with monopoly state-run operator Ethio Telecom was part of a $1.6 billion package, split between ZTE and another Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
The African nation of more than 90 million people wants to double mobile subscribers to 50 million in 2015 and expand its 3G service. The overall contract includes a plan for Huawei roll out a high-speed 4G network in Addis Ababa.
"We have contractual issues unresolved," Communications and Technology Minister Debretsion Gebremichael told Reuters. "Swapping existing technology with no additional costs is one."
He said Ethiopia's government expected the firms to upgrade existing equipment without extra charge, but added ZTE had said this would cost an additional $150 million to $200 million.
"Discussions with Nokia and Ericsson is plan B in case it does not work out," the minister said in Paris, where he was attending a business forum.