By Deborah Charles
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two weeks after breaking with his long-time church after pastors there made inflammatory and anti-American sermons, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama went to a new church on Sunday to discuss fatherhood.
Obama speaking in the Church.
Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, took part in [...]
By Tebiti Oisaboke
It has now been confirmed from a highly placed intelligence source, that the ill-fated plane which crushed killing Hon. Kones and Laboso was intentionally brought down by an assasin’s bullet and had no prior mechanical problem.
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It’s believed that Hon. Ruto was the target as he was expected to be one of the [...]
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send troops into neighboring Pakistan to kill Taliban militants if they pursued cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.
fIle Photo, Karzai
Self-proclaimed Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and other Taliban officials in recent weeks have vowed to send fighters into Afghanistan to battle Afghan and foreign [...]
Story by WAIKWA MAINA
Coffee farmers’ payment is set to double in this year, according to a survey by the Coffee Board of Kenya.
The board anticipates that the payments may reach Sh20 billion compared to 2006/2007, according an official with the board.
A director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Munene Mwaniki, said the industry was headed [...]
Review Bill to be ready in 14 days
By Morton Saulo
A Bill that seeks to speed up constitutional review will be ready in 14 days, Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs minister Martha Karua has disclosed.
File photo, Martha Karua
The minister spoke amid simmering disquiet over the Government’ commitment to giving Kenyans a new constitution because the [...]
By The Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt - Sudan’s defence minister asked Egypt on Sunday to commit more troops to his country’s troubled Darfur region.
An Egyptian battalion is due in Darfur by the end of June to boost the beleaguered AU-UN hybrid peacekeeping force that’s struggling to protect civilians in the violent region.
“Sudan wants large Egyptian participation [...]
By The Associated Press
HELSINKI, Finland - An 88-year-old Finnish man shot and killed his two mentally handicapped adult daughters and his bedridden wife Sunday, then turned the gun on himself.
Police say the daughters, both in their 50s, died immediately from gunshot wounds at the family home in Ylitornio, about 800 kilometres north of the capital, [...]
The UN says Sudan and Chad are fighting a proxy war through rebels
Rebels in Chad have briefly occupied the town of Am Dam, coming within 600km (350 miles) of the capital N’Djamena.
A spokesman for the National Alliance said that government troops had not offered much resistance.
Chadian authorities confirmed the town had fallen but said Am [...]
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