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Addis Ababa, October 15 (WIC) – Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday officially appointed its first female commercial flight captain.
2012 Diversity Visa Lottery Begins on October 5, 2010
U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, September 30, 2010: The Embassy of the United States of America today announced that the beginning of the 2012 Diversity Visa
(DV) Lottery application season. Applications for the 2012 DV Program
will be accepted from October 5 to November 3, 2010. Applicants may
access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV) at
www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period. Paper entries
will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait
until the last week of the registration period to enter as heavy demand
may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon,
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on November 3, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
July 16, 2010 — The Ethiopian Aviation Academy of the Ethiopian Airlines graduated 19 pilots Thursday after completing a two year commercial pilot course in instrument and Multi Engine Ratings.
Some eight of the graduates are from Chad, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo Kinshasa, Kenya and Italy. Read the rest of this entry »

A 60km crack opened in Ethiopia in 2005 and has been expanding ever since
By Matt McGrath
BBC News Science reporter
Africa is witnessing the birth of a new ocean, according to scientists at the Royal Society.
Geologists working in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia say the ocean will eventually split the African continent in two, though it will take about 10 million years.
Lead researcher Tim Wright who is presenting the research at the Royal Society’s Summer Exhibition, described the events as “truly incredible”. Read the rest of this entry »
Human Ancestor Ethiopian ‘Lucy’ Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago
By LiveScience Staff :
The discovery of a new hominid skeleton in Ethiopia shows that the human ancestor represented by the famed “Lucy” walked on two legs rather than moving like a knuckle dragger, researchers say.
Anthropologists have long debated whether the short-statured female Lucy typically walked upright or not. She had represented the only known skeleton ofAustralopithecus afarensis, and would have stood at a height of 3.5 feet (about a meter) some 3.2 million years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Ethiopian Airlines is seeking to expand its African presence by creating airline startups across the continent.
It launched Lome-based ASKY Airlines in January (ATWOnline, January 21). CEO Girma Wake previously toldATWOnline that Ethiopian has a 25% stake in ASKY, which has a diverse ownership spread among individuals and institutions in 11 African countries. The carrier operates to 11 destinations and will take delivery of its third 737NG during the summer. “ASKY has become profitable already,” Wake told ATWOnline this week on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Berlin. Read the rest of this entry »

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