Day: August 2, 2014
- Africa
Ethiopian runners: Police confirm athletes defected to escape civil unrest
The four Ethiopian runners who disappeared from the IAAF Junior World Championships in Eugene this past weekend defected from their home country to avoid returning to widespread civil unrest there, police confirmed in a report released late Friday. The report, provided by police in Federal Way, Washington, describes an interview with Zeyituna Mohammed, an 18-year-old woman runner on the Ethiopian national…
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Ethiopian Airlines takes precautions over Ebola fever
Ethiopian Airlines said that although Ebola had not been declared an epidemic and no travel ban had been issued, it was taking a leadin taking extraordinary precautions in connection with the outbreak of the disease in some parts of West Africa. The Airline said that even though the chances of being infected on-board were close to nil, it was implementing…
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