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...Israelis' system of airborne guards has been adopted by Ethiopian Airlines, which has also been plagued by hijackers. But the Ethiopians have improvised as they went along. Earlier this year, Ethiopian guards overpowered two would-be hijackers aboard a Boeing and strapped them into seats in the nearly empty first-class compartment. After carefully wrapping the skyjackers' necks in towels to avoid bloodying the aircraft, the guards calmly cut their throats...
...forced him to close the national university and most high schools last month. He was equally bland about the activities of the Damascus-based Eritrean Liberation Front, which is fighting to establish a separate Eritrean state in northern Ethiopia. In the past six months, the front has hijacked three Ethiopian Airlines planes and kidnaped (briefly) the U.S. consul general in the northern city of Asmara...
Three new courses-a survey of African history(AAS 10), the history of slavery(AAS 11), and an introduction to Ethiopian history and religion(AAS 12)-will be taught by Ephraim Isaac, lecturer here for two years and former director of the National Literacy Campaign in Ethiopia...
...charities suggested to students by the Drive, the Biafra Relief Program and the Committee of Responsibility received the largest amounts while Ethiopian Literacy Committee received the least...
...charities include Biafra and Nigeria Relief Programs, the Boston Black Action Committee Recreation Center, the Committee for Ethiopian Literacy, and the Committee of Responsibility, which brings medical aid to war-injured Vietnamese children...