Ethiopians dominate men's and women's divisions of 37th Marty and Tom Celic Run

Ethiopia's Konjit Biruk (#7) and Tigist Tufa (81) went 1-2 in the 37th Marty and Tom Celic 4-Mile Run women's division at Clove Lakes Park.

It was an Ethiopian invasion at the 37th Marty and Tom Celic 4-Mile Run Saturday as five runners from the African nation finished in the top eight and took down the men's and women's course records at Clove Lakes Park.

Ethiopia's Haile Mengasha won the 37th Marty and Tom Celic 4-Mile Run in a course record time of 18 minutes, 33 seconds at Clove Lakes Park. 

Haile Mengasha ripped through the rolling and challenging layout in 18 minutes, 33.9 seconds, beating out countryman Mengstu Tabor (18:57.8) on a hot morning which saw 272 runners finish the race.

Mike Cassidy, however, spoiled the Ethiopians' flow with an overall third-place finish (20:07.5). Women's winner Konjit Biruk (21:31.2) and Tigist Tufu (21:35.7) both dipped under the ladies' standard.

Norway and World Bank to Support Ethiopia Climate-smart Land Management

Ethiopia, a country highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, land degradation, deforestation and food insecurity, is stepping up its efforts to fight climate change, promote sustainable rural development and build resilience.
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 Two agreements were signed between the Government of Norway and the World Bank to provide significant financing for sustainable land management, climate-smart agriculture and forest protection in the country.

The first agreement injects an additional US$50 million grant funds from the Government of Norway through a trust fund to co-finance the Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP II) aimed at reducing land degradation and increasing land productivity of smallholder farmers.

Should Humans Drink Cow’s Milk? - Digesting Milk in Ethiopia

A genetic phenomenon that allows for the selection of multiple genetic mutations that all lead to a similar outcome -- for instance the ability to digest milk -- has been characterised for the first time in humans.
The phenomenon, known as a 'soft selective sweep', was described in the population of Ethiopia and reveals that individuals from the Eastern African population have adapted to be able to digest milk, but via different mutations in their genetic material.

A team of geneticists from UCL, University of Addis Ababa and Roskilde University have shown that five different alleles are found in the Ethiopian population that cause adult lactase production, one of which is newly confirmed. Their study is published in The American Journal of Human Genetics.

DIBABA WINS IN TILBURG WITH FOURTH-FASTEST 10KM IN HISTORY

Just three days after her loss to rival Meseret Defar over 5000m in Zurich, World and Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba took to the roads in Tilburg on Sunday (1) in search of a World record.

The Ethiopian fell short of her target, but only just. Her winning time of 30:30 was the fourth-fastest performance in history for 10km. It also broke her own national record from earlier this year as she ran 19 seconds faster than she did in Manchester back in May.

In just her third ever race over the distance on the roads, Dibaba covered the first half in 15:21, which left her with a lot of ground to make up in the second half if she was to challenge Paula Radcliffe’s World record of 30:21 set more than a decade ago.

Mohammed Aman wins 2013 IAAF World Challenge Berlin men 800m

የአገር ውስጥ ደኅንነት ኃላፊ የነበሩት በሙስና ተጠርጥረው ታሰሩ

የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባር የፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን በሙስና ወንጀል ተጠርጥረዋል የተባሉትን የአገር ውስጥ ደኅንነት ኃላፊ የነበሩትን አቶ ወልደ ሥላሴ ወልደ ሚካኤልን፣ ከነሐሴ 20 ቀን 2005 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ አስሮ በመመርመር ላይ ይገኛል፡፡

አቶ ወልደ ሥላሴ የተጠረጠሩበት የሙስና ወንጀል ድርጊት የመረጃና ደኅንነት ኃላፊ ሆነው በሚሠሩበት ወቅት በሥልጣናቸው ያላግባብ በመገልገልና ምንጩ ያልታወቀ ሀብት አፍርተዋል በሚል መሆኑን፣ የኮሚሽኑ መርማሪ ፖሊስ ለፍርድ ቤት አስረድቷል፡፡

Ethiopia Police Block Rally, Beat Some

An opposition leader in Ethiopia says police have prevented his group from staging a rally to demand the release of jailed activists.
Yilkal Getnet, who heads the opposition Blue party, said Sunday that police raided their headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday night and beat up some party members. He said police also seized banners and equipment that would have been used during a street protest on Sunday.
He said the rally was meant to highlight the continued detention of some journalists and Muslim activists.
Ethiopia has charged at least 28 Muslims activists with terrorism. But those activists say they have been unfairly targeted by the government, which they accuse of harassment.
A spokesman for Ethiopian police was not immediately available for comment.

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