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Dreamliner is declared safe; flights resumed
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...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Industry, Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Marketing
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A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life
Los Angeles TimesYour 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...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Apple iPod, Christopher Reynolds, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Homo erectus? More like Homo selectus when it comes to tools
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...
Tags: Kenya, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology
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Amid controversy, Israel issues new birth-control guidelines
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...Tags: Israel, Family Planning, Racism, Judaism, Women's Health
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Emily Raboteau's fresh exploration of identity and faith
-------------------- 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...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies abroad after illness
World NowMeles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia for 21 years, died in a hospital abroad after weeks of speculation about his health. He was 57.... -
Ethiopian officials: No major change after Meles Zenawi's death
World NowAfter the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian officials were at pains Tuesday to reassure the world there would be no major policy deviations or power vacuum. While Meles’s lengthy illness meant he had time to plan a smooth... -
In Kenya, ethnic clash over land kills 52
World NowJOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Men armed with machetes, bows and arrows, spears and guns attacked a rival village in southeastern Kenya on Wednesday in a dispute over land, killing 52 people, according to Kenyan police. Found dead at the scene were 31... -
Reporter jailed in Ethiopia among women journalists honored
L.A. NOWReeyot Alemu missed an important dinner engagement in Beverly Hills. But she had a good excuse. The 31-year-old journalist is jailed in the notoriously brutal, rodent-infested Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. She’s two years... -
Famed Ethiopian journalist, dissidents convicted of terrorism
World NowAn Ethiopian court convicted prominent journalist Eskinder Nega, along with a group of others including political dissidents and activists, on terrorism charges Wednesday, alarming human rights groups. "This is a dark day for justice in Ethiopia, where... -
Children's organic clothing: Fashions for a small planet
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen 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...Tags: Uganda, Companies and Corporations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Business, India
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Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire
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...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Manufacturing and Engineering, Pulp Fiction (movie), Elton John
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