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...banner of China's robust economy shows signs of fraying just as the government prepares to run it up the Olympic flagpole. Inflation, contaminated goods and industrial pollution all underscore the fact that China, too, is bound by the laws and limitations of economic development. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, world-record holder in the marathon, won't run that event in Beijing for fear that the foul air could damage his health...
Parfitt's final hunt for the ngoma, which dropped from sight in the 1940s, landed him in sometimes-hostile territory ("Bullets shattered the rear screen," of his car, he writes). Ark leads had guided him to Egypt, Ethiopia and even New Guinea, until one day last fall his clues led him to a storeroom of the Harare Museum of Human Science in Zimbabwe. There, amidst nesting mice, was an old drum with an uncharacteristic burnt-black bottom hole ("As if it had been used like a cannon," Parfitt notes), the remains of carrying rings on its corners; and a raised...
...ignore the Horn of Africa, which is the region with the highest rate of humanitarian need in the world, is a bit of a slap in the face for citizens of those countries," said Kajee. "It's very significant that he has chosen not to visit Kenya or Ethiopia when the U.S. is so close to both. It seems opposed to the stated U.S. focus on Africa and concern for its citizens. You have to ask if Bush is only focusing on feel-good stories and avoiding the hot spots...
...Ethiopia-born and Tanzania-schooled Yoseph S. Ayele ’11 woke up to his first New England snowfall yesterday morning. “I looked out my window and saw cars covered in snow and was like ‘Wow! This happens in real life!’” Ayele said. “It’s just like a movie.” As the snow fell softly on the streets of Cambridge, covering the Yard in a layer of white, freshmen and upperclassmen alike bundled up in scarves, gloves, and puffy jackets...
...from clear how the U.S. might do that. Yet, however terrible war in the Horn of Africa may be, experience suggests that hunger kills more people there than guns do. According to the U.N., since Ethiopia invaded Somalia, 503,000 refugees have fled Mogadishu to live in hovels of twigs and plastic bags in the bush. A year ago, there were 370 refugee families at a refugee camp 30 miles (48 km) from Mogadishu. Six months later, the camp sheltered 20,000 people. Hawa Abdi, a Somali doctor after whom the camp is named, told TIME this summer, "We need...