NY team helping immigrant runners realize American dream NEW YORK (AP) — A no-name entrant at this month’s New York City Marathon — literally, he didn’t even qualify to have his name printed on his bib — Girma Bekele Gebre crashed the elite field and finished third in the largest 26.2-mile race in the world. Read more
Dutch-Ethiopian Sirak Asfaw, left, and art detective Arthur Brand pose with the Ethiopian crown at a high-security facility in the Netherlands in September last year (AFP Photo/Jan HENNOP) Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s government on Thursday assumed custody of a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in the Read more