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Facebook snaps up server security start-up
After a year filled with news of government spying and massive cyberattacks, Facebook is stepping up its defenses.
The social network announced Thursday that it was acquiring cybersecurity...

Around 765 thousands birr damaged due to heavy flood in Addis Ababa
As Fire and Emergency Prevention and Control Authority Communication Office head Ato Nigatu Mamo told ; yesterday at 10 O’clock local time in Bole sub city woreda 13 in Sunrise building property of...

Bottled water producing companies got five months limitation for product standardization
Ethiopian Quality and Standards Agency give bottled water producing companies five months for fulfilling standard criteria and use standard signal.
Kasahun Mulat Inspection and Regulatory...

Ethiopia has been selected as East Africa’s animal health service provision center
African Union selected Ethiopia as a center for animal health services programs it delivers in Africa.
Training on capacity building of preventing cross-border animal diseases laboratory in Sebeta...

Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw, has been called up for the reserves
The Israeli Army is in great shape.
Miss Israel, Yityish Aynaw, has been called up for the reserves.
The Miss Israel of 2013 certainly fills out the uniform nicely and it’s great the she...

Bolivian golden bat revealed as ‘new species’
A golden bat from Bolivia has been described as a new species by scientists.
Myotis midastactus had previously been classified as another bat found in South America called Myotis simus.
But...

Ethiopia Downplays Alleged Support for S. Sudanese Rebels
Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian government on Sunday dismissed allegations that it was providing support to opposition forces led by South Sudanese former vice-president, Riek Machar.
Last week,...

Ethiopian maid hangs herself
An Ethiopian housemaid has hanged herself in Tabarjal province at her employer’s house, local media reported.
Family members said the maid did not emerge from her room at her usual hour,...

Mariam Ibrahim, Ethiopian Sudanese woman sentenced to death for her Christian faith, met with Catholic pope in Italy
Pope Francis has met Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting to Christianity, just hours after she arrived in Rome following a successful appeal.
Ms Ibrahim...

Elfinesh Werku, Shortest woman in Ethiopia
Elfiniesh Worku is Ethiopia's Shortest Woman. The Woman from Welayta is 32 Years old and her hights is only 65CM. She is identified by the people in the village when she attend school for the first...

FAA Prohibits US Planes in Ethiopian Airspace
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 87 - Prohibition against Certain Flights Within the
Territory and Airspace of Ethiopia.
a. Applicability. This Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR)...

Ethiopian authorities charge nine journalists with terrorism
Nairobi, July 17, 2014--An Ethiopian court charged nine Ethiopian journalists arrested in April with inciting violence and terrorism, according to local journalists and news reports. The nine...
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