Pope Benedict Comes Out as Gay

· May 17th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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Barack Obama fires US tax chief over scandal

· May 17th, 2013 · 0 Comment
Will Obama return the public confidence on IRS? Share your thought Yes No Neutral Vote View Results Total Answers 3 Total Votes 3 Washington’s top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism in a scandal over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the initiative amid a series of controversies that have threatened his second-term agenda, Obama said new leadership was needed to restore public confidence in the IRS, whose reputation for political independence has suffered a major blow. With congressional investigations looming, Obama said he had told Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to seek the resignation of Steven Miller, the acting IRS commissioner, and Lew had done so. “I’ll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and new safeguards,” Obama told reporters in the White House’s ornate East Room. Read more…
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Venezuela is running low on toilet paper, and it’s blaming the media

· May 16th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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Google Buys a Quantum Computer

· May 16th, 2013 · 0 Comment
Is Ethiopia doing enough on technology innovations? Share your thought Yes No Neutral Vote View Results Total Answers 25 Total Votes 25 Google and NASA are forming a laboratory to study artificial intelligence by means of computers that use the unusual properties of quantum physics. Their quantum computer, which performs complex calculations thousands of times faster than existing supercomputers, is expected to be in active use in the third quarter of this year. The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, as the entity is called, will focus on machine learning, which is the way computers take note of patterns of information to improve their outputs. Personalized Internet search and predictions of traffic congestion based on GPS data are examples of machine learning. The field is particularly important for things like facial or voice recognition, biological behavior, or the management of very large and complex systems. read more…
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A 200 Million Birr, 5 Diamond Hotel is Built in Hawassa by a Former “Shiro” Retailer

· May 16th, 2013 · 0 Comment
Do you have a habit of staying at a hotel when you visit places in Ethiopia? Share your thought Yes No There is no hotel in places I visit Never visited any place Vote View Results Total Answers 28 Total Votes 28 A 200 million birr hotel will be inaugurated this Saturday in Hawassa. As the hotel’s public relation officer explained, the hotel built by Mrs. Amarech Zeleke has 70 rooms and it might be first of its kind in the southern region of Ethiopia. The Hotel has two assembly halls named after the late PM Meles Zenawi and Tabor mountain, swimming pool, manicure, beauty salon, night club, bar, gymnasium, office areas for banks and travel agencies, and a wide parking lot for customers. The 10-storey twin tower hotel has created job opportunities for more than 250 individuals in the city. Mrs. Amarech started her business journey buying Shiro with the small amount of money she had left after her husband’s death. She started a small Shiro retail store that eventually grew to a medium hotel named “central” in the down town Hawassa. Her resilience and hard work paid off eventually to a 200 million birr, 5 diamond hotel in the love city of Hawassa. Source: ShayBuna.com
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The Ethiopian Grand Millennium Dam will start the first trial energy generation in 2006

· May 16th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

· May 16th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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Al Amoudi and DanieliSpA inked a $600 million contract to finance construction of the largest steel mill in Ethiopia.

· May 15th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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Asabuyegeda religious group sues Filfilu along with 12 comedians.

· May 15th, 2013 · 2 Comments
Do you think Filfilu's lawsuit is Legit? Share your thought Yes it is No it is baseless Neutral Vote View Results Total Answers 52 Total Votes 52 13 Ethiopian comedians will appear in court on Tuesday for their comedy production “Eyangualele.” Asabuyegeda religious group accused comedians Bereket Bekele (Filfilu), Temesgen Melaku, Tilahun Elfineh, Wanosoch, Muluken Teshome, and others of defaming the religion and presenting it as an organization to promote prostitution. The group also indicates that the comedians misused the materials such as Jebena, coffee cup and burners in a way that disdains the Asabuyegeda religious group. According to Bereket Bekele, the comedians didn’t have an intention to disdain any religion and the comedy work is to entertain the society. Some spectators commented that the materials are Ethiopian traditional heritages and the law suit is ridiculous. Source: Maledatimes.com
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Egypt Dismisses Use of Force to Solve the Nile River Conflict

· May 14th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Do you trust Egypt's assurance of NOT declaring war on Ethiopia? Share your thought Yes, I do No, they might change Neutral Vote View Results Total Answers 139 Total Votes 139 Cairo, May 12 (Prensa Latina) Egypt will not resort to force to resolve the dispute with Ethiopia on the quota of the Nile river water, assured the Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah el Sisi in statements cirdulated here today. In the second half of last year Egyptian military sources denied that they were building landing strips in Sudan in preparation for a campaign to resolve any conflict with Addis Ababa by the construction of the Dam Renaissance. A technical report on the impact of that megareservoir suggests that Egypt, where annual rainfall is minimal and lacks other sources, could face a substantial decrease of the water supply and therefore the crisis for agriculture, industry and the supply to the population. These apprehensions were denied by official sources here, according to which the dam will not cause “water shortage, but meassures must be taken to get the amount that Ethiopia needed to store in the reservoir according to the needs and the Egyptians consent.” Source: plenglish.com
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823,000 Fuel-Efficient Biomass Stoves Distributed In Ethiopia

· May 14th, 2013 · 0 Comment
Do you think the Ethiopian government is doing enough to reduce deforestation? Share your thought. Yes No Neutral Vote View Results Total Answers 13 Total Votes 13 More than 823,000 fuel-efficient biomass stoves have been distributed among the public in Ethiopia during the last nine months, says Water and Energy Ministry Public Relation and Communication Director Bizuneh Tolcha. Bizuneh told the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) over the weekend that use of such stoves had helped to protect forests on nearly 3,176 hectares of land and prevented the emission of some 220,000 tonnes of carbon. Bizuneh said the stoves enabled its users to reduce fuel consumption and time and helped to prevent various diseases caused by smoke inhalation. More than 3.3 million stoves have been distributed among the public during the first half of the Growth and Transformation Plan period from 2010-2011 to 2014-2015. The Ministry will distribute more than 9.4 million stoves until the end of the plan period. Source: www.bernama.com
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Report reveals oil potential of 1.56-2.90 billion barrels in Ethiopia

· May 14th, 2013 · 0 Comment
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