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I have decided to share this information with the wider world, for if I die - it will be lost forever should I bow to the desire of several family members who wish to continue to keep it all a secret within our bloodline for various reasons.

RA1 4ppell's black chat, Myrmecocichla melaena , RA1 4ppell, 1837, also known as the black chat, as RA1 4ppell's chat or, according to email from a reader, as the chiru by the indigenous Etritrean peoples, photographed at the Lalibela , northern Ethiopia .

Trevor and Marlene Janzen's first miracle took nine months. To the Saskatchewan, Canada, couple, that seemed a natural time to wait for a baby.

A boy stands next to a tree in Barmil in this recently taken handout photo released on July 21, 2011.

Africa has been described, variously, as a dark continent, under-developed, backward, ridden with diseases and so on.

Writing a book about Somalia has become a cotton industry of late. Countless pundits with little or no experience of the country try to reduce its extraordinarily intricate conflict to images of destruction, decay and death.

KHARTOUM: The 29 Chinese workers captured by rebels more than a week ago in southern Sudan should be released soon, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Monday.

The new African Union headquarters was inaugurated last week. It was "China's gift to Africa." China picked the entire USD$200 million tab for the building, fixtures and furniture.

Raising awareness and calling for the elimination of female genital mutilation were focuses of International Day of Zero Tolerance Monday, organizers said.

In the United States and other developed countries, fluoride is often added to drinking water and toothpaste to help strengthen teeth.

In October 2011, the African Union's Peace and Security Council at its 297th meeting authorised the opening of an AU liaison office in Tripoli.

Derba MIDROC Cement Plc, Ethiopia's biggest cement factory was inaugurated on Sunday in the presence of Prime Miniter Meles Zenawi and other invited guests in a groundbreaking ceremony held on the premises of the factory.

Ambassador of Ethiopia to China Seyoum Mesfin said dozens of Chinese investors will come to Ethiopia soon to invest in the country.

Terrorists across "Somalia" are gathering at the Buhodle town of far south-east Somaliland, to establish safe-haven for their illegal armed operations across Somaliland and Ethiopia.

Athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia, the two East African neighbours, rule the world of long distance running.

Passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight 500 out of Addis Ababa to Washington Dulles on Feb 3rd, were kept on the airplane for a total of 29 1/2 hours.

Right at the top of the wall in my office is hanged a plaque in reminiscence of the founding fathers of African Unity who met in Addis Ababa in May 25, 1963.

A senior Swedish delegation has met in secret with Ethiopia 's prime minister Meles Zenawi to discuss the case of two Swedish journalists jailed in the country for terror crimes, according to media reports.

You have done all that could be done to have your human dignity restored and country be free from the yoke of tyranny.

PRESS RELEASE Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada 138 East 39th Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-689-7810 Fax: 212-689-7168 Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/ February 2, 2012 ORIENTAL ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLIC DIALOGUE CONCLUDES The final ... (more)