<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Ethiopia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><description>Ethiopia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ethiopian, Russian Win in Belgrade]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11569-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11569-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Derba Bedada Medeksa of Ethiopia won the Belgrade Marathon on Saturday, ahead of Kenyan runners David Chepkwony and Collins Edep.]]></description><author>APOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ndereba, Ethiopia's Negussie Rule Boston]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62865-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62865-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BOSTON, April 18  --  In a city famous for its athletic dynasties, one reign continued Monday at the 109th running of the Boston Marathon while another suffered what could prove to be a symbolic blow.]]></description><author> Dan Steinberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Bekele, Lion of Ethiopia, a Nation Shares Its Sorrow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45451-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45451-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Last September, Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele was celebrating a spectacular year, in his running career and in his life. He had won two Olympic medals in Athens  --  gold in the 10,000 meters and silver in the 5,000  --  and shattered three world records set by his legendary countryman Haile Gebrselassie. He had won both races at the world cross-country championships for an unprecedented third consecutive year. He was the subject of a hit song, "<em>Anbessa</em>"  --  meaning "Lion" in the Amharic language. And he was engaged.]]></description><author> Sabrina Yohannes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into Ethiopian Air]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18935-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18935-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["I'm a good actor."<br>"How do you know?"<br>"Watch," he said.]]></description><author> John Auchard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Back on the Lessons of Crises]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18655-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18655-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sadako Ogata , a quiet scholar of diplomatic history and political science, found herself plunged into horrific humanitarian crises from the Balkans to Iraq to Somalia when she was plucked from academia in Tokyo in early 1991 to become the U.N. high commissioner for refugees.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethiopians Drawn Back by Success]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10400-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10400-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Far-flung Ethiopian emigres begin to rediscover their home as the business climate blossoms.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stumbling Blocks and a Move to Help Ethiopia's Young Democracy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64448-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64448-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  As democratic currents flow through the nearby Middle East, Ethiopia is trying to overcome its own hurdles as a nascent democracy.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Ravages Mothers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36283-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36283-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Ethiopia's infection rate of 4.4 percent for HIV is far lower than many other African countries, an alarming number of the nation's women are dying of AIDS, often after passing the disease to their children.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass Protests Against Togo's President Turn Violent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19794-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19794-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LOME, Togo, Feb. 12 -- Thousands of people opposing Togo's army-installed president burned tires and threw jagged pieces of metal at police Saturday during a second day of demonstrations in the capital of this West African country.]]></description><author> Bryan Mealer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decades After His Death,  Bob Marley's Vision Unites]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A78-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A78-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA -- With pilgrims from around the world in attendance, Rastafarian yellow, green and red flags unfurled around the city to celebrate what would have been reggae hero Bob Marley's 60th birthday.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Belatedly Accepts Ruling on Eritrea Border]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13213-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13213-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told parliament Thursday that Ethiopia had decided to accept "in principle" a disputed ruling on its border with Eritrea, made as part of peace deal that was reached four years ago.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somali Leader Seeks African Peacekeepers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57466-2004Oct23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57466-2004Oct23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Somalia's newly elected president has asked the African Union to send 20,000 peacekeepers to disarm militias controlling his lawless Horn of Africa country, a spokesman for the organization said Saturday.]]></description><author> Tsegaye Tadesse</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aid Worker Signs Own Pink Slip]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48131-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48131-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Abdul Kamus, head of the Ethiopian Community Development Council in the District, was struggling recently with a budget shortfall and realized he'd have to cut a member of his staff.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethiopian Band's International Chords]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43366-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43366-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Between classes, jobs and teaching Sunday school at their church, the four members of AFG Gospel Band squeeze in practice time, usually Saturday mornings.]]></description><author> Arielle Levin Becker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Runners Collect Some Gold]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40036-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40036-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ATHENS, Aug. 27 -- China enjoyed two sweet surprises on the Olympic Stadium track Friday, one unfolding in fewer than 13 seconds and another in half an hour. Two youngsters likely to be full-fledged stars by the 2008 Summer Games got the world's attention with gold medal performances.]]></description><author> Amy Shipley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winners With Wallets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40079-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40079-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Economic size wields major influence over how well a nation does at the Olympics.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bekele Goes the Distance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19991-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19991-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Propelled by a stunning sprint over the last lap of the Olympic 10,000-meter final Friday night, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele won the first of what he hopes will be two gold medals in distance events.]]></description><author> Amy Shipley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling to Ethiopia For Clues About D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) will spend the next month in Ethiopia to learn more about the culture and language of a large segment of immigrants who live in his ward.]]></description><author> Dakarai I. Aarons</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Sift for Clues In Deadly Fairfax Fire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45481-2004Jul12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45481-2004Jul12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With flames shooting from all directions and neighbors pleading for him to jump three floors below, Hassen K. Beshir, 35, leapt for his life early Sunday from the balcony of his burning Fairfax County condominium. Even as he lay seriously injured on the ground, his pants on fire, witnesses said Beshir pleaded for someone to save his family.]]></description><author> Eric M. Weiss and Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Answer Humanitarian Call]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23718-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23718-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/africa/eastafrica/ethiopia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[That gnawing feeling won't go away -- the one that says, I ought to work to help the world's poor.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item></channel></rss>