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...Regularly beset by drought and famine, Ethiopia is known more for emergency food rations than its own gastronomic fare. Yet the country has one of the most diverse and mouth-watering cuisines in Africa. A great place to sample the range of dishes is the Fasika National Restaurant, tel: (251) 1 509 912, located in a maze of dusty side streets off Bole Road in the capital, Addis Ababa. The food is served on injera, a large piece of flat bread made from tef, a grain unique to the region. Injera may look like foam rubber, but its slightly sour...
...blighted banlieues. A recent confidential report leaked by France's police intelligence unit estimates that more than 2 million French people now live in 300 of the most dire of these urban ghettos - cut off from mainstream society and beset by domestic violence and religious extremism. This potent mix of economic and social deprivation, combined with unfolding events - the Palestinian intifadeh, the Iraq war and perceived stigmatization of Muslims in the war on terror - has led some young people to channel their anger into outright anti-Semitism. "The perpetrators of anti-Semitic attacks that have been caught have usually been...
...size and the diversity of products to be Japan's first globally competitive financial institution. But it would not be a merger of equals. While most large Japanese banks have cleaned up their balance sheets and are profitable once more, UFJ, the country's fourth largest bank, remains beset by bad loans. After recently reporting its third straight year of losses, it may have to merge or eventually face a government-run restructuring. Critics of the proposed deal are worried that MTFG (arguably Japan's healthiest bank) might be dragged down by a basket case like UFJ. Says Nana Otsuki...
...packed up her PBH office and moved about 500 feet across the Yard to University Hall, she brought along with her the management skills and higher-education experience that had won her the PBH position in the first place. But she left behind much of the controversy that had beset her previous posts...
...Lost," from "Alias" creator J. J. Abrams, in which a plane crash-lands on an island, leaving the survivors stranded and beset by mysterious, hostile beings who inhabit the jungle. From the clips we saw here, next time you fly, sit next to the most attractive young person on the plane - if there's a crash, it seems, he or she is going to live...