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World indoor 1500m champion Derese Mekonnen, African women’s 1500m champion Gelete Burka, and World junior Cross Country champion Genzebe Dibaba all comfortably negotiated tricky heats on the second day of the 38th Ethiopian Athletics Championships (29 April- 3 May 2009) at the Addis Ababa stadium on Thursday (30). In a day dominated by finals in the hurdles ... Full story

Salina Kosgei, right, of Kenya beats Dire Tune of Ethiopia to win the women's division of the 113th running of the Boston Marathon Ethiopia's Deriba Merga overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, and Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the closest women's race in the history of the event. Americans took ... 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

Ethiopia's Deriba Merga won the Boston Marathon men's title on Monday and Salina Kosgei of Kenya won the closest-ever women's finish. Merga, 28, finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 42 seconds, comfortably beating Kenya's Daniel Rono and Ryan Hall of the United States by nearly a minute in the 113th edition of the world's oldest annually ... Full story

By: Semeon In the past few days news started coming out that "environmentalists" were vehemently opposed to the development of hydro power plants on the Gibe river. Dear reader you may ask "What took them so long?!!". Sorry for the delay, but you see they were busy somewhere else. With the Amazon Rain ... Full story

After a stand-off that lasted for over two years, pitting Ashebir Woldegiorgis on one hand and the existing general assembly of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF), on the other the latter yesterday accepted for the first time, the road map proposed by the international football governing body, FIFA. FIFA could possibly retract its decision to ban Ethiopia ... Full story

Tilahun Regassa appeared to thoroughly enjoy his Cooper River Bridge Run on Saturday morning. Regassa, a 20-year-old from Ethiopia, runs with an odd gait — his right foot turns in awkwardly on each stride — and likes to look around as he races. Regassa took in the Lowcountry sights under a cloudless blue sky, kept a close ... Full story

Eritrean nationals residing in North America contributed solar energy-generating electronic devices in assistance to the Guecha'a Junior and Secondary School in Dubarwa sub-zone. The device that could generate 2.4 kilo watt has the capacity of providing power supply to 18 classrooms and staff offices for about 5 hours. The head of social service in the ... Full story

Meb Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic marathon runner-up, surged to an early lead and won the men’s United States half-marathon championship in Houston. Keflezighi, an American who was born in Eritrea, won in 1 hour 1 minute 25 seconds. Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, a Beijing Olympic marathoner, won the women’s title in 1:11:47. Full story

Ethiopia showed yet again that it is the athletic powerhouse by taking both the men’s and women’s course records and becoming the winner at the 37th edition of the Chevron Houston Marathon. 25-year-old Teyba Erkesso, a debutant in Marathon racing set a course record time of 2:24:18 at the Houston Marathon 2009. She beat the time set ... Full story