Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch Abune Paulos dies
The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, has died aged 76, the government has announced. The foreign ministry...
Month: August 2012
Ethiopian Airlines Takes Delivery of Their First Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Yesterday, Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Paine Field in Everett, WA. The aircraft is named “Africa First.†“Today...
MTB Kerala: First International Mountain Cycling Competition
NEW DELHI: Government of Kerala and Kerala Tourism proudly presents, International Mountain cycling events - MTB Kerala 2012, a first of...
India aims to boost golf tourism
More than 50 female golfers headed to Srinagar last weekend to participate in India's inaugural women's golf tournament and promote...
Will Usain Bolt give Jamaica tourism a jolt?
 LONDON - Usain "Lightning" Bolt's electrifying victories in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay at the just-concluded 2012 London Games have...
Ethiopian is 3rd airline to get Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines today will become the third airline in the world – and the first outside Japan – to take...
Men’s 5000m: Mo Farah wins Gold, Dejen silver
London, UK - Mohamed "Mo" Farah of the UK won his second gold medal of the London Olympics when he...
Women’s 1,500m: Abeba Aregawi finishes 5th, Maryam Jamal wins bronze
London, UK - Abeba Aregawi of Ethiopia finished fifth in the women's 1,500m here today. Asli Cakir Alpetkin of Turkey...
Women’s 5,000m: Meseret Defar wins Olympic Gold, Tirunesh Dibaba clinches Bronze
London, UK - (RIA Novosti) - Ethiopia's 2004 gold medalist Meseret Defar regained her Olympic 5,000 meters title on Friday, powering...