Ethiopia

Dreamliner is declared safe; flights resumed

2013-04-27 22:09:00

Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jet, which resumed flights after a more than three-month hiatus, is safe even though the cause of a battery defect remains uncertain, the aircraft manufacturer said. Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise on Saturday made the first...

A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Your face says it all: You are starting to panic. Don't. If you're shopping for a traveler, you might just find the answer to your gift-giving conundrum in these pages. Our team of travelers has tested items large and small, pricey and affordable, and...

Homo erectus? More like Homo selectus when it comes to tools

2013-01-28 15:58:00

Archaeologists have discovered dozens of primitive tools fashioned by direct human ancestors in Kenya and Ethiopia 1.75 million years ago. The Acheulean age of toolmaking, noted for its thinner, more symmetric weapons, appears to have developed with...

Amid controversy, Israel issues new birth-control guidelines

2013-01-28 06:59:00

JERUSALEM -- Rocked by a scandal involving birth-control treatments for Ethiopian Jews, Israel's health ministry issued new guidelines on the use of the injections known commercially as Depo-Provera. In a recent letter to the country's four HMOs...

Emily Raboteau's fresh exploration of identity and faith

2013-01-18 07:10:00

-------------------- Searching for Zion The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora Emily Raboteau Atlantic Monthly Press: 320 pp., $25 -------------------- In 1965, author and civil rights essayist James Baldwin appeared at the Cambridge Union...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies abroad after illness

2012-08-21 02:54:25

Ethiopian officials: No major change after Meles Zenawi's death

2012-08-21 12:23:58

In Kenya, ethnic clash over land kills 52

2012-08-22 13:53:46

Reporter jailed in Ethiopia among women journalists honored

2012-11-01 12:22:24

Famed Ethiopian journalist, dissidents convicted of terrorism

2012-06-27 16:42:27

Children's organic clothing: Fashions for a small planet

2011-09-11 00:00:00

When my son was born three years ago, we received an olive green romper embroidered with a tiny red elephant, an outfit that came from a children's boutique specializing in a line of handmade, local and eco-friendly clothing and toys. No matter how many...

Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire

2011-10-30 00:00:00

Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe...

An Ethiopian Airlines flight attendant walks through the cabin of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

2013-05-13 15:26:11

Alison Wright: This woman is from the Hamer tribe in Ethiopia. You can tell from the metal collar adornment on her neck that she's married.

2013-05-09 16:43:15

Simien Mountains, but that doesn't mean we can't dream about seeing its gelada baboons. In Lonely Planet's "Great Adventures," the reader is treated to a breathtaking array of travel experiences, illustrated with beautiful photography.

2012-12-13 16:17:00

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