Happy New Millenium, Ethiopia!

I did not know this: Ethiopia stills uses the Julian calendar--the calendar made official by Julius Caesar around 46 BC. Of course we here in the States--and those in Western Europe--use the Gregorian calendar. Consequently, Ethiopia is seven years behind us.

In the news.

Recently, an article about Ethiopian adoption came out in the New York Times. We can't seem to locate it, but here is a similar article (by the same reporter) in the International Tribune Herald.