Day: August 16, 2008

Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single games.

US voters may be tiring of the name Clinton, but the rest of the world has embraced the former president’s efforts to save the planet (which includes a health project in Ethiopia).

What is probably the last wave of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel have just been given word that their years of waiting are over, and that soon they will start their journey by land and air.

A federal judge in New Jersey has declined to stop the new immigration rule that extends the optional practical training duration from 12 to 29 months for students with F-1 visas.

Africa had to wait until day seven of competition to win its first gold medal of the 2008 Olympics. The entire continent celebrated as Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women’s 10,000m in the Bird’s Nest Stadium.

Ethiopian-born Elvan Abeylegesse made double Turkish history on Friday by becoming the first-ever Turk to win an Olympic silver medal in athletics.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has for centuries quietly maintained the only African presence in one of Christianity’s holiest sites.