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• Puzzling over pre-humans
The long-running mystery surrounding the "First Family" - a grouping of fossil bones representing up to 17 of Lucy's kin from Ethiopia's Afar region - is just one of the many unresolved plot threads in the scientific story about our long-ago ancestors
• Geldof sounds off on Gore, Live Earth
Geldof, former front-man of The Boomtown Rats, organized the mammoth Live Aid concerts in 1985 to benefit victims of famine in Ethiopia and the Live 8 concerts in 2005 for African debt relief. He has dedicated much of his career to advocating on ...
• Gebrselassie breaks marathon world record
... the fourth fastest woman marathon runner of all time, with only Paula Radcliffe, Catherine Ndereba and Mizuki Noguchi ahead of her. Mikitenko broke the national record and became the first German woman to run under 2:20. Askale Magarsa of Ethiopia ...
• U.N.: 17 million need food in Horn of Africa
The overall food security situation in the Horn of Africa — which includes parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, and Uganda — is getting even more serious than it was before because of the combined effects of drought and rising ...
• Pitt donates $100,000 to support gay marriage
... his colleagues in the entertainment industry had not donated more money to support the battle against Proposition 8. Earlier in the week, Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced they donated $2 million to help fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia.