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A diverse Ethiopan gathering

Immigrants, adoptive families find they have much in common

Betelihem Stevens (right), 7 and Mia Melanson, 5, dance during the Ethiopian New Year Celebration last week in Cambridge's Central Square. More than 500 people came for the festivities. Betelihem Stevens (right), 7 and Mia Melanson, 5, dance during the Ethiopian New Year Celebration last week in Cambridge's Central Square. More than 500 people came for the festivities. (Patricia McDonnell for the Globe)
By Jennifer Schwartz
Globe Correspondent / September 21, 2008

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American parents with adopted Ethiopian children who attended last Saturday's Ethiopian New Year celebration in Cambridge's Central Square forgot to adjust to "African time." (Full article: 865 words)

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