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ኣይቀትልን ስለዝበልኩዎም ደመይ ብቫይረስ በኪሎሞ (ቀዳማይ/ካልኣይ/ሳልሳይን ናይ መወዳእታን ክፋል)

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ዶክተር ነስረዲን መንሱር  - ቀዳማይ ክፋል | Aug 8, 2016 | sallina.com   ኣዶክተር ነስረዲን መንሱር – ካልኣይ ክፋል | Aug 12, 2016 | sallina.com ዶክተር ነስረዲን መንሱር- ሳልሳይን ናይ መወዳእታን ክፋል | Aug 17, 2016  | sallina.com … [Read more...] about ኣይቀትልን ስለዝበልኩዎም ደመይ ብቫይረስ በኪሎሞ (ቀዳማይ/ካልኣይ/ሳልሳይን ናይ መወዳእታን ክፋል)

Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss

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GENEVA | Stephanie Nebehay | Wed Aug 10, 2016 | Reuters The U.N. human rights chief urged Ethiopia on Wednesday to allow international observers into restive regions where residents and opposition officials say 90 protesters were shot dead by security forces at the weekend. In his first comments on the incident, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for … [Read more...] about Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss

Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here

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Rowan Jacobsen, €nsia | July 29, 2016 | Scientific America One of the driest countries on Earth now makes more freshwater than it needs July 19, 2016 — Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them from a massive pipe emerging from the sand. The pipe is so large I could walk … [Read more...] about Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here

Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War

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Justin Lynch | August 5, 2016 | Foreign Policy   Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants. JUBA, South Sudan — Latjor Thiyang was sitting on his bed in a displacement camp protected by U.N. peacekeepers here in the South Sudanese capital of Juba last month … [Read more...] about Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War

The Kremlin’s Advantage

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Eugene B. Rumer | August 2, 2016 | Foreign Policy Why Cyberwar Will Continue The hack of the U.S. Democratic National Committee emails, now widely attributed to Russian intelligence, has set off a political earthquake in the United States. The brazenness of the attack, the crude attempt to intervene in a U.S. presidential election, and the equally bald-faced denial in … [Read more...] about The Kremlin’s Advantage

The Anti-Human-Trafficking Crusader

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Sharmilla Ganesan | Aug 4, 2016 | The Atlantic Agnes Igoye is building a law-enforcement system to protect Uganda’s girls. Late one night in 1972, Agnes Igoye’s father cycled her expectant mother through a jungle to the nearest hospital, stopping for contractions despite the threat of lions prowling nearby. The new mother made it safely to the hospital and gave birth to a … [Read more...] about The Anti-Human-Trafficking Crusader

New Zimbabwe law allows seizure of smartphones and laptops as Mugabe turns on social media

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Peta Thornycroft,  Johannesburg | 7 August 2016 | The Telegraph New legislation will allow Zimbabwe's police to seize smartphones, laptops and other “gadgets” to prevent people from communicating via social media. Several demonstrations and a one-day national strike were organised over social media. These outbreaks of unrest have unnerved President Robert … [Read more...] about New Zimbabwe law allows seizure of smartphones and laptops as Mugabe turns on social media