Mumbai: Kenya's Laban Moiben on Sunday bagged the winner's title in the 42 km men's category at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 while Ethiopia's Netsanet Abeyo emerged on top in the women's category. A close second in the men's title was Raji Assefa of Ethiopia. The third position was bagged by another Kenyan, John Kyui. For Abeyo, the winner in the women's title, this was her third marathon title....
01:10 PM, Jan 15, 2012
London: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly planning to adopt a child from Ethiopia. The couple, who currently have three adopted kids Maddox, 10, Pax, seven, and six-year-old Zahara, have promised Zahara, who belongs from Ethiopia, that they would consider adopting another youngster from the country. "They are really excited about it. Brad and Angie made a promise to Zahara years ago that they would adopt another child from...
01:14 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa won the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in the men's elite category with a timing of 59:29 minutes on Sunday. Kenya's Lucy Kabuu grabbed the women's title with a timing of 67:04 minutes. This is the seventh edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and in all, over 8000 people have participated in various distance-runs. Over 40 athletes took part in the run. Bollywood actors Shah...
09:02 AM, Nov 27, 2011
Kingston: The leader of the pioneering reggae group The Ethiopians has died in Jamaica. Leonard Dillon was 68. Daughter Patrice Dillon says her father died Wednesday at her home of lung and prostate cancer. She says Dillon had been diagnosed with cancer in June and underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor earlier this year. Leonard Dillon began his career using the stage name Jack Sparrow in the early 1960s....
01:14 PM, Sep 30, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will deliberate on India's engagement with 15 key states in the African continent at the second India Africa summit that will open in Ethiopia on Tuesday. He is likely to offer economic assistance while seeking to win crucial political concessions. Manmohan Singh, kicking off India's Mission Africa in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa will exchange ideas and proposals with 15 African heads of...
09:44 AM, May 24, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday left on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania during which he will discuss ways to effectively combat the twin threats of terrorism and piracy. Singh, who will first head for Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union, for the Second Africa-India Forum Summit to be attended by 15 African countries, is also expected to make a strong pitch for UN...
10:35 AM, May 23, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves on Monday on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania to inject a fresh impetus in India's strategic ties with African countries and discuss ways to effectively combat the twin threats of terrorism and piracy. Singh, who will first head for Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union, for the Second Africa-India Forum Summit to be attended by 15 African countries, is...
10:46 AM, May 22, 2011
The plane disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff. ...
08:12 AM, Jan 25, 2010
The pirates - 12 Somalis and 11 Yemenis - are being held on board, a navy spokesman said. ...
06:43 PM, Dec 13, 2008
Ethiopians Deriba Merga and Aselefech Mergia won Airtel Delhi open Marathon. ...
11:20 AM, Nov 09, 2008
He won the Berlin Marathon in a city where he has had so much success. ...
01:57 PM, Sep 29, 2008
All four matches played by Ethiopia in Africa's Group 8 have been wiped from the record. ...
02:47 AM, Sep 13, 2008
Kenenisa Bekele triumph was the first such men's double since Miruts Yifter's feat at the 1980 Moscow Games. ...
06:24 PM, Aug 23, 2008
Tirunesh Dibaba's 5000 and 10000 double is the first long-distance running double in 28 years. ...
06:50 PM, Aug 22, 2008
24 people have been killed in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in clashes between insurgents and Ethiopian troops. ...
03:04 PM, Mar 30, 2007
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