Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Couple in abuse death of Ethiopian teen Hanna make first appearance

October 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A Skagit County couple made their first court appearances on charges they abused their daughter to death at their home in Sedro-Woolley.Larry and Carri Williams’ 13-year-old daughter Hanna, adopted from Ethiopia, died of hypothermia in May. When police were called to the couple’s home in a gated community in Sedro-Woolley,... Read more

Ethiopian adoptee girl starved dead in WA home

September 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The parents of 13-year-old Hanna Williams were taken into custody Thursday evening accused of starving their daughter and keeping her locked outside. Hanna Williams was found dead in her backyard on May 12, naked and wrapped in a sheet. She had been living with her adoptive parents since coming to America from Ethiopia... Read more

Ethiopian community wants answers in 13 years old girl’s death

August 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Ethiopian, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Several members of the Ethiopian community want answers in the shocking death of a 13-year-old Skagit County girl who died of Hypothermia in her adoptive parents back yard. “We just want the truth,” said Mulumebet Retta, President of the Ethiopian Community Mutual Association in Seattle. Hana Grace-Rose Williams was found dead on May 12. She has been living with... Read more

Syrians call for protests on Facebook and Twitter

February 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Middle East, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

AP: Thousands of Syrians have joined a Facebook group to call for a protest against their president on Friday, February 4, echoing Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and Egypt’s Day of Rage on January 25. The group named “the Syria Revolution 2011,” is planning rallying young people in a march to protest against the Ba’thist regime led by Bashar al-Assad after Friday’s prayer. Like Egypt... Read more

Sudan Facebook group calls for protests following Egypt

January 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, News, Politics, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

KHARTOUM — Thousands of people have joined a Facebook group calling for anti-government protests across Sudan on Sunday, the day preliminary results are due out on the vote on southern independence. Entitled “January 30, a word to the Sudanese youth,” the Facebook site shows an angry protestor holding an Arabic placard that reads: “A better Sudan.” The call comes after Egypt’s April... Read more

Police and protesters clashed in Cairo, The people demand the fall of the regime! (Video)

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Middle East, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Young, web savvy fight for Egypt against Mubarak They are young, street smart and their pride at being Egyptian trumps any religious loyalty. They have mobilized behind a single aim: the toppling of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak. Violent protest spread across Cairo and other Egyptian cities on Friday as thousands of demonstrators intensified their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak, pouring from... Read more

Facebook and Twitter at the front line in Egypt protest (Video)

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, News, Politics, Uncategorized, Video, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

(CNN) — As in Tunisia, the protest movement in Egypt is taking advantage of social media to communicate, inform and organize. Despite attempts to block Twitter, Facebook and other sites (the government denies it was responsible), a Facebook page devoted to Friday’s planned protests had more than 80,000 followers as of 2 p.m. ET Thursday, compared with some 20,000 the previous... Read more

Atlanta police have 2 people of interest in Ethiopian film maker Beyene Jagama killing (Video)

January 22 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Featured, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

ATLANTA, Ga. – Police have released sketches of two men they want to talk to in connection to the shooting death of a 26-year-old Ethiopian film maker and Atlanta convenience store clerk. Jagama Beyene was known to his friends and family as “J.” Now, they’re asking why he was shot to death in such a brutal manner.... Read more

Ethiopian movie director Beyene Jagama shot and killed in Atlanta (Video)

January 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, film, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

UPDATED:  with News Video ATLANTA — A young Ethiopian movie director Beyene Jagama shot and killed where he worked as a convenience store clerk during an early morning robbery in southeast Atlanta. According to the shooting victim Beyene Jagama,  Facebook page he was working as a reality show host and director on a movie called Habeshan Filega.

Beyene... Read more

Facebook Launched New e-mail and SMS System

November 15 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Scroll down to get a link request for the new e-mail and sms service. Swatting down recent rumors that it’s launching an e-mail killer, Facebook today unveiled a new messaging system that will envelope e-mail, instant messages, Facebook messages and SMS. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched what he calls a “modern messaging system” to handle the convergence of different kinds of messages... Read more

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