ADDIS ABABA Cheap Air Max 1 Sale , Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources on Friday revealed its plan to lift close to 7.9 million rural Ethiopians from absolute poverty.
The ministry, currently evaluating major activities implemented during the just concluded 2016-2017 fiscal year, revealed the East African country's plan to improve the economic conditions of 7.9 million Ethiopians, mainly in the rural part of the country.
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Damene Darota, Ethiopian State Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, indicated that the plan is part of Ethiopia's second five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II), due effective from 2015 to 2020.
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XIAMEN, China, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins from Latvia added a third win on Thursday to top their group as men's pool plays came to a close at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Xiamen Open.
In SamoilovsSmedins' final pool match they overcame Austria's Alexander HuberRobin Seidl 2-1 (21-16, 19-21 Cheap Nike Air Max 1 Outlet , 15-11) and the win places them top of pool A allowing them to enter directly round two of the single elimination tournament on Friday.
The No. 1 seeds came out strongly at the beginning of the match sending HuberSeidl to every part of the court. Refusing to go without a fight, the Austrian pair stepped up the pace in the second set while SamoilovsSmedins made some unforced errors. Trailing by 20-18, Samoilovs Smedins saved a set point but then a drop shot by Huber ended the set. The Latvians took the early initative in the tie-breaker and held on to win.
"The Austrian team are the strongest opponents in our pool, that's why the game was very close. In the first set we were leading all the time, but in the second set we made some mistakes Cheap Nike Air Max 2017 Outlet ," said Smedins.
In Pool B, USA's Nicholas LucenaPhlip Dalhausser also advanced to the last 16 at the Xiamen Open after fending off Jean-Baptiste DaguerreYannick Salvetti of France in a long battle ending 2-1 (18-21, 21-14, 15-9).
The first set saw good skill at the net from the French pair, but Lucena's accurate setting gave way to Dalhausser as the USA hit back to take the second set. Both teams continued to fight hard in the tiebreaker. With LucenaDalhausser leading at 9-7 Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 Outlet , the match was halted for about three minutes for a medical timeout after Daguerre showed signs of dehydration in hot and humid weather. After the match resumed, the French team could hardly pose serious challenge to their opponents.
"It's very hot, maybe the hottest place that I've ever been. But it's a good game. We gonna play tomorrow, hopefully we will recover," said Lucena.
"It's basically about who wants more Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet , who is doing the hardest in this heat," said Dalhausser. "France is a good team. They played well until everyone is super tired. It doesn't really become volleyball, it just becomes kind of whoever are the toughest, bascially like who wants more."
Lucena and Dalhausser are playing here only their fourth World Tour event as a team together since 2005. They reached the final at both the Long Beach Grand Slam and the Sochi Open before coming to Xiamen.
In a thrilling clash of Asian teams, China's Li ZhuoxinLi Jian were pushed hard by Takumi TakahashiJunki Hatabe of Japan before winning 2-1 (21-19 Cheap Air Max 1 Outlet , 13-21, 18-16). To the loud cheers from local crowds, the Chinese pair saved three match points before closing it out on the first of their own.
"We played with a lot of patience, especially in the tie-breaker. That's the key to our victory today," said Li Jian.
Li Jian and Li Zhuoxin Cheap Air Max 2017 Outlet , who started to pair up last month, will be joined by another Chinese team Gao PengLi Yang in the knockout stage. GaoLi won their last pool match on Thursday after Qatar's Jefferson Santos PereiraCherif Younousse forfeited due to injury.
The double-gender $150,000 FIVB Xiamen Open is the final point's event on the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The event is being held at the Guanyinshan Gold Beach in the Siming District of the Fujian Province. The winning teams in each gender will share the $11,000 first-place prize.
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BERLIN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Joachim Loew never won a major title as a football player. The 56-year-old German head coach mainly played in the second division (252 games81 goals) or was a backup at his first division clubs (527). To put it plainly, Loew was anything but a confident player on the pitch.
As a coach, however, things have changed for Loew. He was recently seen in a suit, back-heeling a ball over his head in his fine black shoes. The silky skills put on display showed Loew's development into a confident man who is satisfied with his work as a coach.