ጥቁሩ ወንድማችንን የገደለው ነጭ ፖሊስ በነፃ ተለቀቀ/A St. Louis County grand jury has brought no criminal charges against Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown

CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis County grand jury has brought no criminal charges against Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, more than three months ago in nearby Ferguson.

The decision by the grand jury of nine whites and three blacks was announced Monday night by the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert P. McCulloch, at a news conference packed with reporters from around the world. The killing, on a residential street in Ferguson, set off weeks of civil unrest — and a national debate — fueled by protesters’ outrage over what they called a pattern of police brutality against young black men. Mr. McCulloch said Officer Wilson had faced charges ranging from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter.

Ethiopian to partner South Sudanese government in new carrier

Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) has reportedly reached an agreement with the government of South Sudan over the establishment of a new national carrier there. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told the Wall Street Journal in an interview that his airline will hold a 49% stake in the airline with Juba holding the remaining 51%.

Following a tender process in 2012, Atlasjet Airlines (KK, Antalya) was selected as the preferred partner for a new South Sudanese carrier only to pull out of the project in early 2013.

Since independence in 2011, South Sudan has seen a variety of start-ups with South Supreme Airlines (JUA, Juba), owned by local tycoon Ayii Duang Ayii, the most prominent.

For its part, the establishment of a carrier in Central Africa is in line with Ethiopian's strategy of setting up subsidiaries in Africa's West, South and Central/East regions to provide feeder services to its Addis Ababa intercontinental hub.

Thus far, Ethiopian's regional operations include ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) based out of Togo and Malawian Airlines (3W, Blantyre) based out Malawi. Ethiopian has also announced plans to develop a carrier based out of Kinshasa N'Djili though the status of that project is currently unknown.

ድንቅ ነሽ (LUCY) ከተገኝች አርባ አመት ሆናት:: Famed “Lucy” Fossils Discovered in Ethiopia, 40 Years Ago

While hunting for fossils in Ethiopia’s Afar Triangle on November 24, 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray stumbled upon the partial remains of a previously unknown species of ape-like hominid. Nicknamed “Lucy,” the mysterious skeleton was eventually classified as a 3.2 million-year-old “Australopithecus afarensis”—one of humankind’s earliest ancestors. The headline-grabbing find filled in crucial gaps in the human family tree, but it also shook up ideas about early human evolution and upright walking. Forty years later, learn the story behind the fossil that permanently changed scientists’ understanding of human origins.
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A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis on display in 2007. (Credit: Dave Einsel/Getty Images)

እስኪ ወንድ ከሆኑ እርስዎና ቤትዎ አንድ አይነት ልብስ ይልበሱ

እስኪ ወንድ ከሆኑ እርስዎና ቤትዎ አንድ አይነት ልብስ ይልበሱ

Lionel Messi breaks La Liga’s all-time scoring record in style

When you’re Lionel Messi, you don’t just tie a venerated, 60-year-old record. You tie it with a sweet free kick in the first half, then break the record in the second half, throwing in yet another goal just to complete the hat trick. Oh, and you do it against one of your tougher opponents.

The Barcelona superstar showed again Saturday why so many regard him as the finest soccer player in the world, as his side trounced Sevilla, 5-1. Barcelona remained in second place in La Liga, behind Real Madrid, while Sevilla remained in fifth.

But the story was Messi, who topped Athletic Bilbao legend Telmo Zarra’s mark of 251 goals all time in La Liga play, set from 1940 to 1955. Messi tied the record on this superb free kick:

በአለም ታላቁ የሙሽራ ቀሚስ

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

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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.

UNHCR starts relocation of 15,000 stranded South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

MATAR WAY STATION, Ethiopia, November 18 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for a few months at a way station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due to live was flooded.
A first group of 125 refugees left Matar Way Station on Monday and headed along the Baro River to the Itang Transit Centre, where they spent the night before resuming their journey on Tuesday by road towards Pugnido Refugee Camp, some 300 kilometres away.
They were expected to reach the camp, home to some 45,000 mainly South Sudanese refugees, later on Tuesday. A further 29 refugees with special needs, including pregnant women, lactating mothers, the blind and older people will be flown to Pugnido on a helicopter.
Two boats were chartered by the International Organization for Migration for the maiden relocation voyage – one for passengers and the other for luggage. The refugees were provided with water, high energy biscuits, and relief items such as blankets as they boarded the boats wearing life jackets.
The refugees seemed to be happy that this particular ordeal was coming to an end. "I'm glad that we are leaving this place. I have never been happy here. Now I can smile again," said 26-year-old Nyapal, who arrived at Matar pregnant with her first child after fleeing the violence in South Sudan. She flew on the helicopter to Pugnido.
Nyapal walked through the bush for 20 days before arriving in Ethiopia in July. "It was very tough. We drank any water we saw on the way," she recalled. Her husband, medic Baro, made his way to Ethiopia separately. "It was very risky for the family to be together while fleeing," he explained: "I saw a lot of people who were shot dead."
Another young couple, Biel and Nyabol, were also happy to leave. "We just want to relocate and stay in Ethiopia in peace," said Biel, fighting back tears. Both she and her husband lost their parents.
The refugees had been stranded at Matar close to the border with South Sudan after heavy rains and floodwaters from the Baro River swamped the Nip Nip refugee camp, where they were originally destined to live. The floods also made access roads impassable.
Valentin Tapsoba, UNHCR's recently appointed representative in Ethiopia, was present at the launch of the operation and thanked the government and people of Ethiopia for taking in the refugees and sharing their meagre resources. He also presented two four-wheel-drive vehicles and an ambulance to the government's Administration for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) for the relocation.
More than 190,000 South Sudanese refugees have sought refuge in Ethiopia's Gambella region since conflict broke out in South Sudan in mid-December 2013. Some 100 refugees continue to cross into Ethiopia every day, mainly through the Burbiey border point from Jonglei and Unity states in South Sudan. The new arrivals cite food shortages and insecurity, including sporadic fighting between rival warring factions, as reasons for their flight. Ethiopia is currently Africa's largest refugee-hosting country with more than 600,000 refugees.
UNHCR is currently working with the Ethiopian government to find land where some 50,000 flood-affected refugees can be relocated. Most of the refugees in Leitchour and Nip Nip camps had moved to higher ground.
By Reath Riek at Matar Way Station and Sulaiman Momodu at Itang Transit Centre, Ethiopia