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Ethiopia seeks aid to feed 6.2 million

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From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, The Washington Post,  23 Oct 2009

Ethiopia seeks urgent food aid for 6 million

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Ethiopia said Thursday it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, an appeal that comes 25 years after a devastating famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million and prompted one of the largest charity ...

From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Buffalo News,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Video: Somali crowds vow allegiance to bin Laden

An Islamic insurgent group that controls much of this lawless nation has released a video showing its members vowing allegiance to Osama bin Laden, training in dusty camps and slamming Somalia's U.S.-backed president as a traitor. The tape was ...

From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, eTaiwan News,  21 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

AU base in Somalia hit by deadly suicide attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Islamic insurgents posing as U.N. personnel detonated suicide car bombs in an African Union peacekeeping base Thursday to avenge a U.S. commando raid that killed an al-Qaida operative. Witnesses and officials said the bombings and a ...

From MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN AND ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Boston Globe,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  United Nations,  Ban Ki-moon,  U N Security Council,  Susan E. Rice

Watchdog: discrepancies in Sudan oil figures

Sudan's central government could owe its semiautonomous south hundreds of millions of dollars in oil revenue, threatening a 2005 peace deal that ended Sudan's two-decade civil war, a watchdog group said Monday. London-based Global Witness said it ...

From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, eTaiwan News,  7 Sep 2009

Aid agency says Somali refugee camps overcrowded

NAIROBI, Kenya - Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees are jammed into camps that are "barely fit for humans," with poor sanitation and little access to water and medicine, an international aid agency said Thursday. ...

From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  3 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Mohamed Sheikh,  United Nations,  Siad Barre,  European Commission

'The Meaning of Matthew,' by Judy Shepard

Before Judy Shepard arrived at her son's side in a Fort Collins, Colo., hospital, every national newspaper had already broadcast her private tragedy to the world: Gay Man Beaten and Left for Dead; Two Are Charged. Matthew Shepard was 21 years old, the ...

From ELIZABETH KENNEDY, San Francisco Chronicle,  30 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Matthew Shepard,  Wal-Mart

Eritrea denies sending weapons to Somali militants

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Eritrea brushed off a U.S threat of sanctions Friday and said Washington is exacerbating the conflict in neighboring Somalia by providing the country's government with tons of weapons and training. U.S. Secretary of State ...

From ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Buffalo News,  7 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Al-Qaeda,  United Nations,  Barack Obama

An Affordable Columbus, Ohio Staycation

When money is tight, but you want the same level of fun out of your vacation, a staycation is just the thing to fit the bill. You sleep in your own bed, cook out on your grill, and do something new and exciting every day! I've put together seven days ...

From ELIZABETH KENNEDY, Associated Content,  7 Jul 2009

Enjoy a Very Affordable Pittsburgh Area Staycation!

With the average vacation costing nearly $300 per day for a family of four, and the prices of everything going up, many families are cutting out vacations. There's no reason you can't still have fun with your family on a budget. Here are seven days of ...

From ELIZABETH KENNEDY, Associated Content,  2 Jul 2009

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