Ethiopia says will welcome Rio marathon runner despite protest gesture

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will not bar runner Feyisa Lilesa from entering the country after he made an anti-government gesture upon finishing second in the Olympic marathon on Sunday, an official said. Lilesa held his arms over his head, wrists crossed, as he strode across the finish line to claim the silver medal in Rio de Janeiro - mimicking a sign taken up by protesters in the Horn of Africa country's Oromiya region. The province has been riven by unrest for months over