Life & Style : The man who sells spiders for strawberries
 
 
 
 
 
The man who sells spiders for strawberriesOf all the pest-gobbling insects and spiders Dr. Shimon Steinberg encounters as R&D manager for Bio-Bee Sde Eliyahu, he's particularly partial to the predatory mite. It may not sound lovable, but this minuscule "very handsome, nice orange spider" is a highly efficient enemy of the spider mite, a devastating agricultural pest. It's also fast moving, a trait much admired by Steinberg, a marathon runner.
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Latest News : Australia to open an embassy in Ethiopia
 
 
 
 
 
AUSTRALIA will soon open an embassy in Ethiopia in what is widely seen as an attempt to bolster the campaign to win a prized seat on the United Nations Security Council. Senior foreign affairs officer Lisa Filipetto is expected to take on the job as ambassador to Ethiopia in the coming months. The new diplomatic post will be located in the capital, Addis Ababa, and is a crucial location to lobby countries from across Africa.
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Art & Entertainment : Ethiopia: Addis’s growing art scene
 
 
 
 
 
Ethiopia: Addis’s growing art sceneIt has been an important week for Addis’s cultural life as the city has come to declare its emerging artistic identity.The third edition of Art of Ethiopia exhibition took place from the 21st to the 24th of August at Sheraton’s Addis Lalibela Grand Ballroom. One of the largest exhibitions ever held, Art of Ethiopia showcased more than 400 new works created specifically for the occasion. Around 40 established and young artists displayed works of paintings, sculptures, installations, bronze castings and wood carvings.
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Life & Style : Sammy of Ethiopia is creating new and innovative fashion trends
 
 
 
 
 
Sammy of Ethiopia is creating new and innovative fashion trends Sammy handmade in Ethiopia is a new luxury, accessories brand from Ethiopia dedicated to bring the Ethiopian craft of weaving to the world. With leather handbag pouches, wallets and scarves, Sammy of Ethiopia is creating new and innovative fashion trends unlike the traditional designers from New York,..
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Latest News : Ethiopia rejects dam criticism, targets 10,000 MW
 
 
 
 
 
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years. The Horn of Africa nation's ambitious dam building programme has drawn fire from human rights groups as well as from Egypt and other Nile River countries.
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Politics : Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away
 
 
 
 
 
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebel claims that Malaysia's Petronas has stopped oil and gas exploration in Ethiopia are lies and three more firms are in negotiations to start exploration in the country, its mines minister said on Thursday.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) separatists and local media said state-owned Petronas had pulled out of the Horn of Africa nation after a gas field it was exploring was overrun by the militants in May.
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Latest News, Sport, Law & Order : Ethiopian runner Dejene Berhanu took his own life
 
 
 
 
 
Ethiopian runner Dejene Berhanu took his own lifeEthiopian distance runner Dejene Berhanu, who was reported dead at the age of 29 last Sunday by his management firm, took his own life. Two independent sources contacted by Race Results Weekly who had knowledge of the situation, one in the United States and one in Ethiopia, confirmed the news. Neither source wished to be identified given the sensitivity of the situation.
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Latest News, Art & Entertainment : Photography exhibition explores life in Wales and Ethiopia
 
 
 
 
 
A UNIQUE photography exhibition comparing life in Wales with that in Ethiopia launches tomorrow. Double Take, which opens at the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay, looks at the similarities and differences between the two nations using pictures. Photographers from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and Betws, near Bridgend, took part and were each given 12 themes to work with.
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Latest News, Business : Ethiopia Insurance Corporation struggling to compensate Ethiopian Airlines
 
 
 
 
 
Ethiopia Insurance Corporation struggling to compensate Ethiopian AirlinesEthiopian Airlines has made an overwhelming insurance claim from the state owned Ethiopian Insurance Corporation (EIC) for the crash of one of its aircraft off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon in January this year. The Ethiopian Insurance Corporation has reported a 1.5 billion birr insurance claim by Ethiopian Airlines in its recently concluded fiscal year report.
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Latest News, Business : Tullow Expands in Kenya, Ethiopia With Acquisition of Six Oil Licenses
 
 
 
 
 
Tullow Oil Plc, which plans to produce its first oil in Ghana later this year, will expand exploration in Kenya and Ethiopia with the acquisition of interests in six licenses from Africa Oil Corp.Tullow agreed to buy a 50 percent interest in Blocks 10BB, 10A, 12A and 13T in Kenya; and the South Omo Block in Ethiopia, the London-based explorer said today in a statement. The transaction will expand Tullow’s East Africa assets after last month’s agreement to join the U.K.’s Centric Energy Corp. in exploring Block 10BA in northwestern Kenya.
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Latest News : The recent False Alarm called BLACK MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE
 
 
 
 
 
In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called: BLACK MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus that opens an Olympics torch that burns the whole hard disk C of your computer. This virus comes from a known person who you have in your list.

The claims in the warning are false. There is no virus that has the characteristics described in the message. The message is just another version of a long running hoax warning that has been circulating for a number of years.
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