| Instead of a wall, an open door: Why Ethiopia welcomes an enemy's refugees Posted: 17 Apr 2017 05:20 AM PDT ![Instead of a wall, an open door: Why Ethiopia welcomes an enemy's refugees]( "Instead of a wall, an open door: Why Ethiopia welcomes an enemy's refugees") When Yordanos and her two young children slipped safely across the Mereb riverbed between Eritrea and Ethiopia late one recent night, they thought the worst of their journey into exile was over. Yordanos and her children began to yell for help, their panicked calls fading into the solid darkness. In some regards, Ethiopia – and in particular this sliver of Ethiopia's arid north – is the last place you might expect an Eritrean refugee like Yordanos to receive a warm welcome.
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| The world's greenest island Posted: 16 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT ![The world's greenest island]( "The world's greenest island") At the outset of an interview with a Dutch journalist, Søren Hermansen apologizes for being tired. The reporter asks Mr. Hermansen how the Australians discovered him, a community leader on a Danish island half the size of Martha's Vineyard that's home to just 3,750 people and a few shaggy sheep. "I'm famous," says Hermansen, adding that he isn't boasting, it's just a statement of fact.
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