Ethiopia: Booming business, underpaid workers
Within a few years foreign companies have helped build up Ethiopia's nascent industry |
Lere Mgayiya (right) had a rough
first day in business with just basic chairs and no pedestals for his
customers. Now his business offers clients plush leather armchairs to
relax in whilst getting their shoes shined. 
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The first Airbus A350 was completed and handed over
to its launch customer, Qatar Airways this week. The airline will start
flying the aircraft on the Frankfurt-Doha route in early January. So far
Airbus has orders for 780 of the new jet, from various airlines.Host
Kamahl Santamaria goes on board the A350, and speaks to Fabrice Brégier,
the CEO of Airbus and Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways. |
A vandalised transformer lies on the ground in Thika town near the capital Nairobi [Kenya Power Ltd]
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Nairobi, Kenya -
The morning scene is increasingly routine for Kenyans. When it's time
to start the day, the power is already out. Somewhere nearby, the shell
of a wrecked electrical transformer lies on its side underneath the pole
where it had been fixed seven metres off the ground. |
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A massacre of tribal settlers that left at least 62
people dead in Assam has triggered a wave of violence in the
northeastern Indian state, resulting in nine more deaths. At least five people were killed by police gunfire after plantation workers angered by Tuesday's killings defied a curfew and surrounded police stations in Sonitpur district, private television channel NDTV said. |
On Christmas Eve, concerns have been voiced over a Muslim-Christian divide with the word 'Allah' [AP]
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Malaysian Christians, who account for less than 10 percent of the population, have always celebrated Christmas with great joy and enthusiasm. |
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But
the arid region has a huge untapped resource, solar radiation, and one
woman is on a mission to harness the power of the sun. In arid northern Argentina, many people have only one source of fuel: wood and often scrawny bushes that are increasingly hard to find. But the region also has a huge untapped resource - solar radiation - and one woman's mission is to harness its potential and promote solar energy as the main power source for entire villages. |
The grainy CCTV footage shows two men with their faces covered attacking the woman [NDTV]
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Two men on a motorcycle have thrown acid on a woman
in a busy market in India's capital, the latest in a series of acid
attacks targeting women in the country. |
