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The following articles were pulled from several sources. Please refer to disclaimer. 
Leyla Alyanak, The Earth Times/DEVELOPMENT - In the inhospitable mountains of central Ethiopia, a rich man is one who has a stock of grain. Famine and drought are old acquaintances in this part of the world, and when the bad times come, people feel fortunate if they can eat one meal a day.
Beacon Journal - Before visiting the United States for the first time, Judge Dessalegn Alemu thought America was a land of chaos, full of mannerless, hostile and violent people.
BW HealthWire - In a demonstration of both personal generosity and the serendipitous ways the world works, Tadios Amare, MD, chief of medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville, has just returned from donating over a month of his own time to help launch a system of windmills aimed at improving public health in his native Ethiopia.
By Donald N. Levine - Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago There are three reasons why we commonly refer to some happening as a historic event: either it occurs for the first time; it has significant consequences; or it is symbolically important.
By Barbara Huebner - BG In Atlanta last summer, not only was Roba missing among the favorites, few had heard of her. The media scrambled for scraps of information as she ran toward them and away from her competitors. Although she had won marathons in Rome and Marrakesh in the months leading up to the Olympics, she certainly wasn't catalogued with Uta Pippig and Elana Meyer.
By Derek Schuurman - IN Getting to grips with the richest historical heritage in sub-Saharan Africa is the reason most tourists go to Ethiopia.
By Phil McCombs - Washington Post Staff Writer Mimi Ramsay is heading out again, for another foray through the stores, coffee shops, and meeting places in California where the immigrant African community gathers.
By Ellen Goodman, Globe Columnist It being the holiday season, Yohannes Demoz, 19, likes to count his blessings. "Myself, I've been very blessed and fortunate, because you have to remember that a lot of people are born blind," he explains. "I had close to nine years seeing things.
JOHN DONNELLY, Herald Staff Writer - November 30, 1996 ABOSTO, Ethiopia -- In highland villages like this one, places without electricity or cars or schools beyond the sixth grade, the kings and queens of beans come knocking.
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