Running for Their Lives ; How Haile Gebrselassie Is Giving Hope to His Nation's Poor
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When Haile Gebrselassie lines up in the Athens 10,000m, he will be racing for more than just a gold medal, as NEIL WILSON reports from Addis Ababa
POVERTY has many faces in Ethiopia, most of them with outstretched hands.See the full content of this document
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Running for Their Lives ; How Haile Gebrselassie Is Giving Hope to His Nation's Poor
Along Haile Gebrselassie Avenue, one of Addis Ababa's main thoroughfares, every piece of shade has its attendant beggar.
Giving one and not his neighbour a 1 birr note (about 8p) can start a fight.It shocks, but no more, perhaps, than the contrast of standing an hour later high above this ca...See the full content of this document
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