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Who said kids can't raise big bucks? In the last five years, students of the Austin Tennis Academy , which annually trains more than 100 tennis players aged 5 to 18, has raised more than $350,000 for A Glimmer of Hope , a Texas charity that provides clean water and other necessities to needy people in Ethiopia.

The executive director of the Orange County Labor Federation notices me peering at a bookshelf photograph, and explains it's of his father receiving his law degree. Then Tefere Gebre points at the other guy in the picture, the one conferring the...

On Sept. 1, the bank adjusted the exchange rate to 16.351 birr per dollar from 13.628, the third time it has devalued the currency in the past 14 months.

Lexington High School senior Amanual Abate recently reconnected with his  twin brother and other siblings in Ethiopia whom he had not heard from in seven years. Amanual and his adopted Lexington family are now trying to raise money to support his Ethiopian family.

Source: IRIN Pastoralists' disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia's economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise livestock tend to make the most of marginal land, according to experts, and are often proficient at adapting to changing circumstances.

INTERVIEW-Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away

Source: Reuters * Ethiopia to generate 10,000 MW by 2015 * Criticising dams is "income source" for NGOs * Will never go to war with Egypt over Nile By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Sept 2 (Reuters ...

Ethiopian distance runner Dejene Berhanu, who was reported dead at the age of 29 last Sunday by his management firm, took his own life. Two independent sources contacted by Race Results Weekly who had knowledge of the situation, one in the United States and one in Ethiopia, confirmed the news.

Tullow Oil Plc said it has bought a 50 percent stake in six exploration licences in Kenya and Ethiopia from Africa Oil Corp.

Ethiopian league champions Saint George have announced the appointment of Italian FIFA World Cup™ winner Giuseppe Dossena as coach on a two-year contract.