http://www.tadias.com Ethiopian Business and Lifestyle Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:01:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 44th President: A transition to Power Above: Obama with Rahm Emanuel (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) NYT Published: January 6, 2009 The following is a rush transcript of President-Elect Barack Obama’s media availability as provided by the Obama team. Obama: When the American people spoke last November, they were demanding change, change in policies that ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/06/who-is-donating-to-obamas-inaugural-festivities-see-the-list/ Tadias TV Above photo by Jeffrey Phipps for Tadias Magazine Updated: Saturday, January 3, 2009 New York (Tadias) - Here is an updated video of Yohannes Gebregeorgis, one of the Top Ten CNN Heroes of 2008, at Cafe Addis in Harlem, one of New York’s most famous neighborhoods. The event took place ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/05/ethiopian-cnn-hero-in-harlem-updated-video/ Photo: Ethiopian soldier in Mogadishu (BBC) Boomberg By Jason McLure Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia declared its two-year occupation of Somalia a success as its forces began the last stage of withdrawal, leaving behind one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and a government close to collapse. “Mission accomplished,” the Foreign Ministry said in ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/05/ethiopian-army-begins-leaving-mogadishu/ Above: Aaron Arefe, left, and Haile Gerima Hollywoodreporter.com Director of several of the best-known African films ever to screen in the West, Howard University film professor, wit, maverick, impassioned critic of Hollywood, grumpy old man, warm soul -- all these descriptions seem to fit Haile Gerima. "Teza," the helmer's film at DIFF, ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/05/qa-haile-gerima-and-aaron-arefe/ Above: Left: Fuel cell pioneer Sossina Haile. Right: A stack of fuel cells created in Haile's lab. (Photo courtesy Superprotonic, Inc.) NASA Written by Joshua Rodriguez/Global Climate Change The slow evolution of clean-energy solutions is about to kick into high gear, if Sossina M. Haile has anything to say about it. As a ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/05/ethiopian-american-researcher-hopes-to-put-fuel-cells-on-the-fast-track/ Above: Andrew Geiger stands in his studio at Eastside Brick surrounded by images from Ethiopia for his upcoming show. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon Flathead Beacon By Keriann Lynch , 01-03-09 Photographer Andrew Geiger is afraid the subjects of his favorite work are going extinct. The self-sustaining tribes scattered across the remote regions of Ethiopia. ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/05/images-from-ethiopia/ The 44th President: A transition to Power Above: President-elect Barack Obama, right, listens as Commerce Secretary-designate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson speaks during a news conference in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2008. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) Richardson Withdraws Name as Commerce Secretary-Designee The Washington Post By Michael D. Shear New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/04/obamas-commerce-secretary-designee-withdraws-name/ "Flower of Paradise": photo by Nasteex Faarax / AP Los Angeles Times The narcotic leaf is a time-honored tradition in Africa but illegal in the U.S., where demand is growing. By Cynthia Dizikes January 3, 2009 Reporting from Washington -- In the heart of the Ethiopian community here, a group of friends gathered after work ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/03/khat-is-it-more-coffee-or-cocaine/ Above: “Voters are not looking for categories. They’re looking for results,” said Adrian M. Fenty, the mayor of Washington, a predominantly black city. Mr. Fenty, like President-elect Barack Obama, won an election as a more liberal bi-racial candidate who relied on a populist message. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) NYT By IAN ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/03/inauguration-feels-special-to-many-in-washington/ Special to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch By Repps Hudson 01/02/2009 Driving a cab is almost a stereotypical way for immigrants and refugees wanting to get started in their new country to earn a living and put down roots. One who has done so successfully is Ezezew Biru, who left Ethiopia as a teenager ... http://www.tadias.com/2009/01/03/american-dream-via-a-taxi-cab/