ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's spy agency says that security forces have arrested 15 people alleged to be members of a terror cell linked with al-Qaida.The spy agency says military training manuals, videos and weapons were seized from the suspects. The agency announced the arrests late Wednesday.Authorities said the suspects were trained by al-Shabab militants in neighboring Somalia and Kenya....
Tennis-Young Australians handed Melbourne Park wildcards
Labels: SportsJan 3 (Reuters) - Reigning boys champion Luke Saville has been handed a wildcard into the men's singles draw for the Australian Open later this month, organisers said on Thursday.The 18-year-old Australian will be making his debut in the main draw at Melbourne Park and it comes after an impressive 2012 campaign in which he improved his ranking by more than 800 places and was also runner-up at the...
Down Under Endeavours’ Australia Travel Agents Working with Australian Open Official Tour Operator
Labels: SportsTennis fans throughout the U.S. are eager to get their hands on Australian Open tennis tickets thanks to Down Under Endeavours and the exclusive ticket handler, Springboard Vacations. Working together, the two destination specialists are creating a once in a lifetime experience for tennis enthusiasts and the like.Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 03, 2013The Australian travel agents at Down Under Endeavours...
Tennis-Family and practice leave Federer ready for another slam
Labels: SportsSINGAPORE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Weeks of practice and family time have left Swiss maestro Roger Federer fit and refreshed ahead of what the 17-times major winner believes could be an unpredictable Australian Open in the absence of old foe Rafa Nadal.Federer, 31, opted to skip his usual Australian Open warm-up tournaments in the Middle East this year and instead spent it working on his game and parenting,...
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December jobs report: 155,000 new jobs, unemployment stays at 7.8 percent
Labels: PoliticsThe employment picture continues to improve, but Congress' budget battles remain a source of concernThe Labor Department reported on Friday morning that the economy added a solid 155,000 jobs in December, and that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8 percent — tied for its lowest level in four years. The report is the latest evidence that the labor market — after years of periodic setbacks...
Why this year's Oscars will be the least snooty ever
Labels: PoliticsFinally, the Academy seems to realize that box-office success isn't a disqualifying factorIt happens every winter: A beautiful starlet wakes up at the crack of dawn to read a list of movies that will vie for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and millions of people around the country groan. "Never heard of them," America says.But this year — for the first time in many, many years — not only will...
Why repeating your message isn't the same as staying on message
Labels: PoliticsSomewhere along the line, political consultants must have told politicians and their spokespeople to repeat their answers over and over again. The logic behind their recommendation: News organizations often have space for only a single quote per person, so if you utter the same sentence over and over again, they'll be forced to use it. That may have worked many years ago, but it doesn't work anymore....
Is gridlock inevitable in the 113th Congress?
Labels: PoliticsThe 112th Congress closed up shop to widespread jeers. Will its newly sworn in successor be any less ineffective?Among the nicer things said lately about the extraordinarily ineffective, widely insulted 112th Congress: At least it was more popular than gonorrhea and North Korea. And now, with the 113th Congress having been sworn in Thursday, some analysts are speculating hopefully that, with 20 percent...
Is Promised Land unfair to the energy industry?
Labels: PoliticsThe new Matt Damon film, which tackles the controversy over hydraulic fracturing, has fracking fans crying foulPromised Land, a Matt Damon-starring drama that hits movie theaters today, tells the story of a small town debating whether to allow a corporation to use its hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") process to extract energy from their land. (Watch a trailer for Promised Land below.) Of course,...
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Flippa.com Announces Inaugural Flippie Awards
Labels: BusinessFlippie Award recognizes the best websites sales of 2012.San Francisco, CA and Melbourne, AUS (PRWEB) January 02, 2013Flippa.com, the #1 marketplace for buying and selling websites, has launched its first annual Flippie Awards, kicking off 2013 by honoring some of the best sites sold in 2012.Nominated websites were chosen from over 29,000 websites and domains that were sold on Flippa.com in 2012....
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