UN Secretary General condemns proposed Israeli settlements
ISRAEL UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has criticized Israel’s proposed new West Bank settlements, saying they’ll deal a “fatal blow” to peace. The comments follow Israel’s confiscation of tax and tariff funds from Palestine. Ban Ki-moon (pictured above) warned Israel Sunday, saying 3,000 new proposed settlement homes would harm the peace process with the Palestinians. […]
Read More →Fatal incident reflects new boldness among offshore smugglers
The death of a Coast Guard crewman after suspected smugglers rammed a U.S. craft shows the rising popularity of sea routes for marijuana and illegal immigrants. Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III suffered a fatal head injury attempting to stop a Mexican panga near Santa Cruz Island  Your take? Is Mexican drug violence spilling over […]
Read More →Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be “totally unacceptable” and that the country’s leaders would be held accountable. Obama said that if Syrian President Bashar Assad made the “tragic mistake” of deploying chemical weapons, there would be consequences. Obama stopped short of detailing those […]
Read More →Illinois Senate approves immigrant drivers licenses
SPRINGFIELD — Undocumented immigrants are a step closer to being allowed to have drivers licenses after the Illinois Senate approved the proposal today. Senators voted 41-14 to approve, helped by support from top Republicans. Related articles Curran to lawmakers: Approve licenses for undocumented immigrantsLocal clergy backing undocumented immigrant driver’s licenses More on the Web Licenses […]
Read More →Edward Kandler, US Board of Immigration: Stop the Deportation of Mother and Community Activist Dede Adhanom!
Petitioning US Board of Immigration click here to get the link Petition by Jen Wallis Seattle, WA Multiply your impact Turn your signature into dozens more by sharing this petition and recruiting people you know to sign. YOU YOUR FRIENDS 170 avg. THEIR FRIENDS 10,000 approx. Dede Adhanom was born in Ethiopia. In 1985, at the […]
Read More →petition for the peace & Reconciliation of our church Let us SAVE WALDBA! together Save Waldba International Coalition Temporary Committee
Hello, Dear Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church followers around the world, As you all know, the EOTC fathers separated from one another for the last 21 years and every Orthodoxawian looking for solution for the last many years. That solution is HERE today, however some group may not willing to see this happen. Please try your […]
Read More →At Least 8 People Dead After Japanese Highway Tunnel Collapses By Akiko Fujita
Enlarge PhotoABC News – At Least 8 People Dead After Japanese Highway Tunnel Collapses (ABC News) At least eight people have been confirmed dead, after a highway tunnel in central Japan partially collapsed Sunday morning, sparking a fire, and trapping three cars inside. Yamanashi police say the charred remains of five victims were pulled from a […]
Read More →Israel must explain targeting of journalists in Gaza
Israel must explain targeting of journalists in Gaza  December 2, 2012 Hon. Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 3 Kaplan St. P.O.B. 187 Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 91919 Israel Via email: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned that Israeli airstrikes targeted individual journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip […]
Read More →Karuturi to outsource Ethiopian land to Indian farmers Raghuvir Badrinath /
Karuturi Global, the city-based publicly-held floriculture major and one of the world’s largest exporter of roses which is aggressively rolling out an agriculture business venture in Ethiopia, is looking at outsourcing 20,000 hectares of farm land in the African nation to Indian farmers on a revenue-sharing basis. The company has leased 300,000 hectares in Gambela, […]
Read More →Minneapolis man, 22 year-old Ethiopian, injured in shootout with police
David Embaye, 22A man suspected in a shots fired call was injured overnight after he fired a handgun at officers who were pursuing him on foot while he fled his vehicle. Officers responding to a report of gunfire in the area of 37th Street and Elliot Avenue at about 11 p.m. saw a vehicle leaving […]
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