Missed the millennium? Catch it in Ethiopia
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The countdown has started on a  flickering billboard high above a roundabout in Ethiopia's  capital, blinking out recently in red and gold letters: only  209 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes and 22 seconds to the  Millennium.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed for it to catch up with the rest of the world.
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Ethiopian scientists said on Tuesday they have discovered hominid fossil fragments dating from between 3.5 million and 3.8 million years ago in what could fill a crucial gap in the understanding of human evolution.
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Embassy hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia released An abandoned vehicle belonging to the group of Europeans who were kidnapped in Ethiopia.Comment
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In the 1970s, it was the Iranians and their interest in all-in-one home stereo systems. In the 1980s, it was the Russians and their love of camcorders. In the 1990s, Africans were after boomboxes and cordless phones.
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Fireworks exploded and the faithful knelt in prayer as Ethiopia finally greeted a new Millennium on Wednesday.
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The countdown has started on a flickering billboard high above a roundabout in Ethiopia's capital, blinking out recently in red and gold letters: only 209 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes and 22 seconds to the Millennium.
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Research advances could bring Ethiopic characters -- hundreds of them -- to text messaging, and maybe help modernize the country. Andrew Heavens reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Fireworks burst over Addis Ababa and couples kissed as crowds cheered the "end of the dark ages" in Millennium celebrations, seven years after the rest of the world according to their ancient calendar.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed if it is to catch up with the rest of the world.
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Bob Marley's 60th birthday will be celebrated with a month-long program of events in Ethiopia in February 2005.
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It looks like the era of shorter films has had its day. 2007 is going
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The internet has dragged a âstuffy old businessâ into the 21st century.
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As 2005 approaches, the world sees much more than a passing political season. Pivotal elections and ongoing strategic shifts announce a historic time, whose significance will define the coming decades.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion - so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to  the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a diplomat has been caring for them  inside a fenced garden.
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Write down the date, Aug. 26, and the time, 2:30 pm in Athens. Itâs the moment that Olympic basketball entered a new era. Itâsa real basketball tournament now, almost a
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy