Symbolic move: Faith Community takes symbolic stance against national church | By Magdalena Wegrzyn © … (The Longmont Times-Call)

LONGMONT – It’s a highly charged issue. And it’s not one that the Rev. Dan Hansen and the congregation of Faith Community Lutheran Church in Longmont have taken lightly.

New scheme to help young immigrants (Bolton News)

YOUNG international arrivals to Bolton will champion their new community and help new immigrants to adapt, under a new scheme.

Louis Provenzano: Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Industry Reach Tipping Point in 2010 (The Huffington Post)

The health care plan being debated in Congress promises to bring millions more limited English speaking legal immigrants into a system already struggling to communicate with many of the patients it has.

Year in Review: Opride ‘09 Rewind

By Oromsis Adula With just days before we say our last goodbye to 2009, it is time to reflect on the year that was and perhaps draw-up some New Year resolutions. Thanks to your continued loyalty, readership and encouraging feedbacks, here at Opride.com, we had nothing short of a lovely year

Context and Intentions of the “Bergen Oromo Meeting”

By Siegfried Pausewang The Oromo are the largest single ethnic group in Ethiopia, constituting roughly one third of the population. They have managed admirably well to create a common feeling of belongingness during the last 30 or 40 years

Preferential Access and Patronage Networks among Barriers to Trade in Ethiopia

TRADE SUMMARY The U.S.

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

The malt factory, which will have an annual capacity of 150,000tn of malt, will be placed close to the brewery.

Oromo Art as Political Resistance

By Demitu Argo Abstract Music has been used across the world to express political discourse, social segregation, basic human rights, and conventional rules. Music’s role in conveying the will to freedom and justice is widespread in the world in general and in Africa in particular

Aid groups to probe charges by Ethiopia opposition

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how foreign humanitarian relief supplies are delivered after opposition political parties alleged that their members were being denied food ahead of elections in May. A coalition of eight opposition parties called Medrek, or the Forum, accuses some officials of only allowing ruling party members to benefit from a long running food-for-work programme that helps more than seven million Ethiopians survive.

Ethiopia betrayed Africa at Copenhagen

By Lucas Liganga, This Day THE misunderstanding among Africans when it comes to making crucial decisions came to light last week during the UN Climate Change conference held in the Danish capital Copenhagen. After two weeks of intensive negotiations, the African group made a formal submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on Africa’s position on dealing with climate change.

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