Fasil Bizuneh runs in snowy conditions down McMillan Mesa on Friday afternoon. Heavy snow continued Friday, but skies are forecasted to clear this weekend.
Sun Devils dominate shot put as ASU earns three automatic berths to the national meet. TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State University track and field team competed at a trio of meets on the road Saturday with three NCAA automatic and six NCAA provisional marks attained at the various meets.
Fasil Dessalegn of the District voted for Barack Obama first thing yesterday morning, hoping the presidential candidate could provide him with a better future. Three hours later, Obama delivered, walking into the doughnut shop Dessalegn manages on Capitol Hill and handing him $20.
The Ethiopian government today reversed its decision last month to deny two journalists released from prison last year on pardon from launching new newspapers, according to local journalists.
District cab fares will be lower than first proposed under the new metered taxi system, the rush-hour surcharge will be eliminated, and the snow emergency rate will drop from double the fare to 25 percent, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced yesterday.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday to intervene by reversing the denial of publishing licenses to five independent journalists, who were freed from prison last year.
CPJ wrote to the prime minister of Ethiopia today about the government's denial of publishing licenses to five journalists freed last year from prison.