Week in Pictures 13/11/10
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WAS IT A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION? European Union monitors of Ethiopia’s stunning ruling party victory ruled the election “not up to international standards.” From Brussels this week, Chief of Party Thijs Berman issued a long list of complaints about the Eth
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KIDS WITHOUT HOMES More than 27 million people in the world, half of them children, have been forced from their homes in armed conflicts. The United Nations has proposed ways governments and humanitarian agencies can better serve these innocent victims
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HIS FIRST MARATHON Gebre Gebremariam beat all the competition in New York City last Sunday in one of the world’s major races. One of those he passed along the way was another Ethiopian and one of the world’s most successful marathon runners, Haile Gebres
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HIS LAST MARATHON? Marathon record-holder Haile Gebreselassie led the pack at the Queensboro Bridge in the New York Marathon last Sunday. Moments later, he dropped out of the race with a knee injury. Deeply disappointed, the 37-year-old running legend