Addis Art - Ethiopian Art

The guy responsible for bringing Bill Gates to speak in Des Moines last October is Frank Swoboda, who is 29 years old and one of four people under 35...

Welcome to Kansas City, basketball fans. Now, where do you want to eat? It would be impossible to name-check all of the places to chow down in town. But in the spirit of the hardwoods, we’ve compiled some culinary three-pointers for you.

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Like most fathers, Israeli Maj. Gen. Doron Almog imagined great things for his son, Eran. Named for Almog’s beloved brother who died in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Almog hoped Eran would inherit some of the humor and success that had defined his namesake.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Odyssey Marine Exploration , pioneers in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, today reported full year 2009 financial results.

Town Hall Walls provides a venue for local artists to share their work with the Brookline community.

For anyone unfamiliar with the group, Extra Life takes some explaining. The experimental Brooklyn-based band is headed by Charlie Looker, a musician that’s been in various experimental groups including Zs and the sensational Dirty Projectors. Looker’s music may dodge definition, often taking on elements of heavy metal, classical composition, jazz, math rock rhythms, medieval music, art-rock ...

Aparna Swarup, wife of diplomat Vikas Swarup, who wrote "Q & A," the original story behind Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," is showing her art in Tokyo. Born in Kanpur, India, she currently lives in Kobe. Swarup won several painting competitions in her childhood. However, she didn't consider art as a career until living in Addis Ababa during one of her husband's postings between 1997 ...

Adelphi Friends Meeting, a Quaker church in Adelphi, will host a gathering Friday night to benefit victims of January's earthquake in Haiti. "Haiti for the Long Haul" will feature Haitian- and Latin American-themed music, dance and art, as well as a discussion of Haitian culture.

ART LEAGUE GALLERY SHOWS, a biennial ikebana show by Sogestu School and "100.Tea.Bowls" ceramic exhibit by Art League Gallery artists. Opens 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; show continues, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Flower arranging demonstration, 1 p.m. Saturday;...

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NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade between the east African countries and their landlocked neighbours, officials said on Tuesday.

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a Ugandan soldier in Somalia's capital on Tuesday and masked gunmen murdered a man working for the United Nation's World Food Programme in the southwest of the Horn of African nation.

NAIROBI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels warned Malaysia's Petronas [PETR.UL] on Tuesday they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region, saying it would link the company to war crimes by the Ethiopian military.

BUJUMBURA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Burundi and Uganda said on Sunday they wanted their troops serving in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia to be allowed to take action against insurgents.

MOGADISHU, Jan 3 (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed in fighting between rival Islamist groups in Somalia on Saturday, one of the factions said.

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday the withdrawal of its troops was under way from Somalia, where they have been helping the transitional government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past two years.

MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has started pulling its troops out of Somalia, where they have been helping the Western-backed government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past two years, a senior official said on Friday.

MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A convoy of trucks loaded with Ethiopian soldiers, mattresses and other equipment was seen leaving Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said.