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Chemring Group PLC said Wednesday it is buying aerospace and defense company Hi-Shear Technology Corp. for $132 million. The deal is being funded from a new committed facility with Lloyds Banking Group PLC. David Price, chief executive of Chemring, stated that the deal creates a strong platform for growth in the company’s space and missile-defense markets. The acquisition is expected to enhance Chemring’s earnings in the first ... Full story

According to PC World, Palm said it will stop developing new phones running Windows Mobile software, instead focusing future development on its new WebOS operating system. This was due to the handset maker reported huge losses for the quarter during which it started selling the new Palm Pre, the first device to run WebOS. On its first the loss  reached US$164.5 million. The same time last year ... Full story

By David Calleja (David Calleja is a contributing writer for Foreign Policy Journal and several other websites with a focus on the Southeast Asian Region. You may view a sample of his writing at: www.foreignpolicyjournal.com. The following article is his interview with Chris Flaherty, the documentary producer and director of the Ethiopian-centred documentary, Migration of Beauty) In May 2005, the ruling Ethiopian Revolutionary ... Full story

WASHINGTON POST-Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula. Once on Mexico's southern border, which has grown into a major stepping-stone for hundreds of migrants fleeing conflicts in the ... Full story

Twitter has become a popular tool to use while socializing with friends, family and co-workers .It allows people to update their activities through the exchange of quick and frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Actor/Producer Hugh Jackman ,known for his role in X-Men as Wolverine sure let us know what he ... Full story

The Italian and Ethiopian governments have signed an agreement on development cooperation in education, health, rural development, as well as water and sanitation. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s state Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) and Ellsabetta Belloni, director of Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on ... Full story

Addis Ababa City Police Commission looks set to return to the control of the city administration now led by the national ruling party, the EPRDF. The commission was transferred to the control of the Federal Police by the EPRDF in the aftermath of the disputed 2005 general election. This move came about after the Coalition ... Full story

Top constitutional lawyer Hastings Okoth-Ogendo is dead. Ogendo, who played a key role in the Bomas draft constitution, died on Friday evening at an Ethiopian hospital where he was taken after developing respiratory complications. His son, Rodney, said his mother, Ruth, had accompanied Ogendo to an international land policy conference. She was by his bedside when he died. Top ... Full story

Eighty-two Israelis from Ethiopia filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking to be recognized as “Prisoners of Zion.” The plaintiffs say that current Israeli policy discriminates against those from Ethiopia. The state recognizes as a Prisoner of Zion any person who is eligible to make aliya (immigrate) to Israel who is imprisoned or exiled ... Full story

The legendary Ethiopian singer Tilahun Gessesse, 68, passed away at midnight on Sunday. The late Tilahun passed away while he was being taken to hospital feeling serious pain. He had arrived later on same day from New York, USA, according to the artist’s family members. In appreciation of his contribution to Ethiopian music, Tilahun received an Honorary Doctorate ... Full story