By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, discussing the risk of further deterioration in a weakening U.S. economy.
With U.S. economic troubles taking center stage in his battle for the White House with Republican rival John McCain, the Illinois senator met Bernanke at [...]
Prime Minister Raila Odinga receives preliminary results of the Kenya Aids Indicator Survey 2007 from Public Health and Sanitation minister Beth Mugo in Nairobi. Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE
By GATONYE GATHURA and ARTHUR OKWEMBA
In Summary
1) A three per cent rise in prevalence rates came as a shock because Kenyans were of the opinion that Aids pandemic had been [...]
Why MPs won’t enact new constitution within a year
By Peter Opiyo
Constitutional experts have warned Parliament is unlikely to endorse a new constitution within a year for fear of fresh elections.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) constitutional committee says a new constitution would also mean the end of the Grand Coalition Government.
(LSK Chairman Okongo Omogeni (centre) [...]
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A former matron at Oprah Winfrey’s school in South Africa has pleaded not guilty at the start of her trial for allegedly abusing students.
The six teenage alleged victims will testify in private, as the prosecutor said they were “very scared”.
Virginia Mokgobo, 28, who worked at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy near Johannesburg, [...]
By Jonathan Lynn and Doug Palmer
GENEVA (Reuters) - Marathon talks on a new global trade pact collapsed on Tuesday as the United States and India refused to compromise over a proposal to help poor farmers deal with floods of imports.
Ministers from other countries expressed incredulity that the trade liberalization talks could have foundered in their [...]
By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Canada will move aggressively to negotiate individual country-to-country trade deals to protect its economic interests amid an abrupt collapse of global talks in Geneva, Trade Minister Michael Fortier said.
Canada would be at the table whenever talks resume, but is not waiting for a multi-national agreement, Fortier said. [...]
Why Libya will not release hotel
By David Ohito
Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi has sent a stern message to the Kenya Government that the Grand Regency Hotel belongs to his country, despite efforts to repossess it.
Gaddafi fought back on a week when investigations that would determine the fate of the sale started taking shape.
The Libyan leader sent [...]
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