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Fri 03 Mar 2002Visa problems for Ethiopian cross-country teamThe Ethiopian squad competing in this weekend's World Cross Country Championships at Leopardstown today complained of the problems it faced in securing visas to enter the country.Ethiopia's head coach Woldemeskel Kostre - the man who discovered the talent of multiple world record holder Haile Gebrselassie - complained that the Irish embassy in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa had dragged its heals over providing the full compliment of visas for its squad.