Ethiopian runners: Police confirm athletes defected to escape civil unrest

Oregon live By Ian K. Kullgren | ikullgren@oregonian.com  The four Ethiopian runners who disappeared from the IAAF Junior World Championships in Eugene this past weekend defected from their home country to avoid returning to widespread civil unrest there, police confirmed in a report released late Friday. The report, provided by police in Federal Way, Washington,

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