By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
DENVER (Reuters) - Democrats prepared a grand celebration on Thursday for Barack Obama, who will accept a historic presidential nomination with a speech that spells out his vision for change in America.
Obama, the first black presidential nominee of a major U.S. party, will deliver the address in Denver’s open-air football stadium [...]

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By Mwalimu Mati
Kenya to become a Looters’ Paradise
Over the past week, there has been a renewed Government proposal, seemingly in response to public comments by ex-PS John Githongo, to grant conditional amnesties for corruption as a means of dealing with the past. Githongo’s proposal seems to be based on one of the elements of the [...]

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KHARTOUM (AFP) - Darfur rebels claimed to have shot down a Sudanese military spy plane in a wild mountainous area of the war-torn region on Thursday.
A spokesman for the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army told AFP from London that its forces shot down the unmanned drone — which appeared to be Chinese — in eastern Jebel Marra, [...]

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Kibaki, Raila sons speak out
By Martin Mutua
President Kibaki’s son Jimmy and Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son Fidel speak out on their lives fathers, their childhood, their lives and
future plans
Mr Jimmy Kibaki and Mr Fidel Castro Odinga have appeared together in public on several occasions.
The President and the Prime Minister’s sons are not the [...]

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The Liberal party is ready for an election if Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls one in the coming weeks, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said Thursday.
“We’re ready. We’re well organized and we’re determined to win this election,” Dion told reporters at a news conference in Montreal.
The prime minister has said he’s considering whether an election needs [...]

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