Eritrea

Coffee and popcorn mornings to raise awareness of persecution in Eritrea

Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

Release makes available new resources for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on November 15

Eritrea beefs up mine security after gold miner executions

Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday

Following the ambush and subsequent execution of three miners working for Chalice Gold last month, Eritrea has substantially improved state-provided security for the mining sector.

UN endorses the Goldstone Report

Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...

Song of the Nightingale

Christian Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

iSong of the Nightingalei published by Authentic Media in conjunction with Release International is the true story of gospel singer Helen Berhane who was held captive for over two years in appalling conditions in her native Eritrea

but some immigrants are more equal than others

we move to canada (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Several people have sent me this item from different sources. It's very disturbing that in "the land of immigrants," a young country where every person not purely Native American is the descendant of immigrants, the ugly face of nativism still lurks. This is an old theme in the US, as old as the US itself, where the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of immigrants declare themselves...

• CNBC Reporter: Keflezighi’s Marathon Win Was ‘Empty’ Because He Was An Immigrant Rather Than U.S.-Born - Think Progress
• But Really, They're Not Racists: The I've Lost Count Edition - En Tequila Es Verdad

Afghanistan: Looks Like Time to Get Out

Skipper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

It was hard not to agree with Kim Howells yesterday, the former Foreign Office minister and respected voice among Labour MPs. Between them US and UK have spent $230 billion on the war and lost over 1500 young lives, 229 of them British. And what have we to show for it? Continuing support for a hoplessly corrupt administration propped up by war money, war lords and the drug trade. Simon Jenkins has...

CNBC Reporter: NYC Marathon Winner Is A Citizen, But Not An "American"

Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Jeez, between this guy and Pat Buchanan, what is up with NBC Universal ? Over the weekend, Meb Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York City Marathon since 1982. But CNBC's Darren Rovell isn't impressed. Darren Rovell doesn't think Keflezighi is really an American . On his Twitter account yesterday, Rovell wrote "NYC Marathon winner Keflezghi may be a citizen, but can't count...

• Jamison Foser: CNBC reporter: Marathon winner "can't count as American" - Media Matters for America

Sunridge Gold Corp.: Sunridge Gold Provides Drilling Update on the Asmara Project

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SGC) provides an update on the ongoing drilling program being conducted at the Asmara Project, Eritrea. Diamond drilling commenced on September 22, 2009 at the Debarwa copper-gold-zinc volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project, one of the four defined deposits within the Asmara Project. Ten diamond drill holes have been completed...

Meb Keflezighi Isn't American Enough?

Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Filed under: Other Sports On Sunday, American runner Mebrahtom Keflezighi , also known as Meb, won the New York City Marathon. It is the first time an American has won the race in 27 years, but apparently, some folks don't think Keflezighi is American enough. He immigrated to the United States when he was 12 years old from Eritrea, and even though the 34-year-old spent most of his life here, he isn't...

• Skeptics Say American Marathon Winner Isn't American Enough - Gothamist

American Genes Don’t Exist

Eye on DNA (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Congratulations to Meb Keflezighi of Eritrean descent, who won the New York City Marathon last Sunday and was the first American to do so since 1982! Why did I mention that he was born in Eritrea? Because critics say that an immigrant like Keflezighi who moved to the U.S. at age 12 isn’t a legitimate [...]

The “real” America

VC Adventure (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

I’ve generally avoided political issues on this blog, but this isn’t something I can keep my mouth shut on. Yesterday Meb Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York City Marathon in 27 years. Born in Eritrea on the east coast of Africa, Keflezighi moved to the US when he as 12 (more than 20 years ago), is an American citizen and has raced for the US Olympic team. Still, there...

Possibly Eritrea

Armies of Liberation (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Iran drop shipping missiles to Sudan re-spun by the regime as Eritirea, which is a nasty little country in its own right. Man, thats complicated. Ah, better in English from the Gulf News Earlier on Monday, the independent paper Al Ahali said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards train Al Houthi [...]

Darren Rovell's strange column on Meb Keflezighi

Money Players (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

CNBC's sports business expert Darren Rovell tripped when he wrote about Meb Keflezighi winning the New York Marathon, the first American to win the race since 1982, although Deadspin's Tommy Craggs points out that the winner that year, Alberto Salazar, was not birthed here either. Under the headline, "Marathon's Headline Win Is Empty," Rovell defines American-born: "If you move here...

Questions on NY Marathon Winners Eligibility Since He Only Ran a Marathon & Not for President

Haystack Commentary (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

As soon as Mebrahtom Keflezighi , better known as Meb, won the New York City Marathon on Sunday, an uncommon sports dispute erupted online, fraught with racial and nationalistic components: Should Keflezighi’s triumph count as an American victory? He was widely celebrated as the first American to win the New York race since 1982. Having immigrated to the United States at age 12, he is an American...

• NYT: Is N.Y. marathon winner American enough? - MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
• NYT: Is N.Y. marathon winner American enough? - MSNBC.com: Race in America
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RTT - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

True Blue Texan (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

It's Tuesday. Time for another enlightening round of randomness. Grab the button and join the fray at the Unmom 's. So, let's start with the ugly and move our way towards better things, shall we? Have you heard the latest from the world of sports? Seems that CNBC's Darren Rovell thinks that Meb Keflezighi, who recently won the New York Marathon is, and I quote, "an American citizen thanks to taking...