Raila reads the riot act to his rebel MPs
By LUCAS BARASA and BERNARD NAMUNANE
In Summary
1) Mr Odinga told the MPs to stop murmuring and strengthen the party.
2) Disbanding the Pentagon and installing new national officials with Mr Odinga as the party leader among the agenda
3) Leaders said ODM was now strategising in readiness for 2012 [...]

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat White House nominee Barack Obama on Sunday offered to go one-on-one with Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin — but only on the basketball court.
Obama, 47, who blows off steam on the campaign trail with games of pickup hoops, however joked that he wouldn’t take on the Alaska governor — and [...]

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By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper bolted out of the gate Sunday with a precipitous election call while simultaneously downplaying talk of a Conservative majority.
Harper, whose opening hours of the 37-day campaign took him from Rideau Hall to Quebec City and Vancouver, dashed his promise of a fixed election [...]

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Uhuru rules out ethnic alliance
By SIMON SIELE
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta at the weekend ruled out an alliance between the Kikuyu and the Kalenjin communities as politicians begun taking positions in preparation for the next General Elections.
At the same time, allies of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Mr Kenyatta used the meeting [...]

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