Sileshi Getahun, State Minister of Agriculture, and Dennis Weller, Mission Director of USAID Ethiopia, officially launched the “Land Administration to Nurture Development” (LAND) program today at a national conference in Addis Ababa. The program builds on previous USAID land projects and will reach more regions than before.
Ran HaCohen (PhD), Middle East Correspondent
Voluntariness is a tricky concept in Jewish religious tradition. A classical case is divorce rules: when a Jewish woman wants a divorce, her husband is the only one who can give her that. But if he refuses, the Rabbis can pressure him to give a divorce until he says: “I am willing”. The pressure may include anything from fine through imprisonment to physical punishment.
Americans do not resent the rich man next door but as more of them say goodbye to their slice of the American pie, anxiety is creeping
Tomas Mega, U.S. correspondent, Nevada
