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Chala Diriba, a gym instructor at the Yaya Village hotel owned by the retired distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie, speaks to The Associated Press at the hotel outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, April 25, 2019. Diriba accused four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah of grabbing him by the neck and shoving him, a second allegation of assault that emerged Thursday following an extraordinary public feud between Farah and Gebrselassie. (AP Photo/Elias Meseret)

Farah accused of assault as feud with Gebrselassie escalates

by Elias Meseret Associated PressApril 25, 2019

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Runner Mo Farah has been accused of taking part in two separate physical altercations at a hotel in Ethiopia, as an extraordinary public feud between the four-time Olympic champion and retired distance-running great Haile…

FILE - In this Wednesday March 13, 2019 file photo, a grieving relative who lost his wife in the plane crash is helped by a member of security forces and others near Bishoftu, in Ethiopia, at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed just after taking off from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 on board. A preliminary report finds that the crew of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed last month performed all the procedures recommended by Boeing but could not control...

Ethiopian report says faulty sensor data led to jet crash

by Elias Meseret Associated PressApril 5, 2019

Officials from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) pray next to an offering of fruit, bread rolls, and a plastic container of Ethiopian Injera, a fermented sourdough flatbread, placed next to incense sticks, at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Ethiopian Airlines had issued no new updates on the...

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Much of world bans Boeing jet involved in Ethiopia crash

by Elias Meseret Associated Press, and Yidnek Kirubel Associated PressMarch 13, 2019

Mourners attend a memorial service held by an association of Ethiopian airline pilots, at which framed photographs of seven crew members were on display, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday.

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Boeing jet under scrutiny after crash

by Elias Meseret Associated Press, and Yidnek Kirubel Associated PressMarch 11, 2019

Members of the Ethiopian community take part in a special prayer for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crash, at the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada Saint Mary Cathedral in Toronto, on Sunday, March 10, 2019. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 on board, authorities said, including 18 Canadians. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Ethiopian Airlines crash kills 157

by Elias Meseret Associated Press, and Yidnek Kirubel Associated PressMarch 10, 2019

In this image from video, tear gas envelops protesters in background as people march during an annual festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, Sunday, Oct.2, 2016, where witnesses report that several dozen people died in a stampede during the religious celebration. According to eyewitness reports, several people at the annual festival in Bishoftu Sunday were crushed to death after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters chanting anti-government slogans as they pushed toward a stage where leaders were speaking. (AP Photo/Elias Meseret)

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Dozens die in stampede at Ethiopian religious event

by Elias Meseret Associated PressOctober 2, 2016