Books roundup: International voices (USA Today)
Three of these four novels are debuts, with authors sharing their stories from Norway, Italy, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.
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Aid millions for Ethiopia may have been used for arms purchases (Deutsche Welle)
Allegations implicating the Ethiopian government say that aid money intended to help the starving, including funds from the 1985 Live Aid Concert, was used to buy weapons and finance an attempted coup in the 1980s.
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Seattle woman reflects on letter sent to Jackie Kennedy (NorthWest Cable News)
SEATTLE - She wrote the letter more than 46 years ago. From Ethiopia, Ann Owens felt the pain and shock of President John F. Kennedy's death and put pen to paper in a touching letter to her mom. Owens writes, "Dear Mom, Even the Ethiopian sky is in mourning today and it was raining last night when President Kennedy died... I feel now as if a member of my family had died. In a very real sense he ...
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Ethiopian adoption went awry (The Australian)
AN Australian couple gave up their adopted Ethiopian children to authorities after being unable to cope with their being older than claimed.
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The BBC's allegations over Ethiopian aid: what is the truth? (The New Statesman)
Aid workers must be pragmatic - if food was getting to people, then the money was doing its job. The food shortage in Ethiopia is still on-going. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Ethiopian Jews in plea to Israel (Gulf Times)
AFP/Addis Ababa Ethiopia’s dwindling Jewish community, known as the Falash Mura, said yesterday their living conditions at home were desperate and appealed on Israel to keep its pledge to welcome them.
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Bob Geldof demands proof of BBC Ethiopia aid report (Mmegi)
Bob Geldof has challenged the BBC to substantiate its report that millions raised for famine relief in Ethiopia were diverted to pay for weapons.
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Ethiopian Jews in plea to Israel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ethiopia's dwindling Jewish community, known as the Falash Mura, on Tuesday said their living conditions at home were desperate and appealed on Israel to keep its pledge to welcome them.
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Ethiopian sisters reunited in Moncton (CBC New Brunswick)
Three sisters from Ethiopia were reunited in Moncton, N.B., on Monday after a three-year-long effort by a couple from Bouctouche.
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Ethiopian PM denies aid was diverted (Independent)
The prime minister of Ethiopia has stepped into the row between Sir Bob Geldof and the BBC which has claimed that 95 per cent of the $100m aid raised, by Live Aid and others, to fight famine in rebel-held northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted to be spent on weapons.
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