Obama Kenya family seeks police protection
By ERIC OLOO
In Summary
1) The Kenya family of Barack Obama is now asking for police protection after an attempted robbery.
2) Family has requested security but it has so far not been granted.
The Kenya family of the US Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is now asking for police protection after [...]

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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced support on Wednesday for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying he would help Americans struggling with an economic downturn.
In a move seen by some British media as breaching a political convention requiring foreign leaders to remain neutral ahead of U.S. elections, Brown praised Obama as [...]

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Opposition backs US entry ban on corrupt officials
By Tom Mosoba and Orton Kiishweko
Opposition politicians yesterday welcomed the American Government’s announcement that it will not allow public officials or individuals from other countries tainted with corruption to set foot on its soil.
They told The Citizen in separate interviews that if strictly enforced, the [...]

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By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The principal players in the federal election campaign are in Ontario, a vital electoral battleground where food safety and the economy are expected to dominate the agenda.
Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Stephane Dion are visiting the suburbs around Toronto, hosting events designed to court women and [...]

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CAIRO (AFP) - Switzerland is to return a pharaoh’s “eye” stolen 36 years ago from the statue of King Amenhotep III, Egypt’s culture minister announced on Wednesday.
“The eye is around 50 centimetres (19 inches) long and was stolen from Amenhotep III’s statue, which was discovered in 1970 in his Luxor temple,” Faruk Hosni said in [...]

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ODM’s polls: Raila faces new dilemma
By BERNARD NAMUNANE and LUCAS BARASA
ODM is set for renewed jostling as it prepares to hold grassroots elections next month.
The biggest headache for Prime Minister Raila Odinga is how to accommodate two key regions, Western and Rift Valley, led by Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi and Agriculture minister William [...]

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Prisons headed for world class status
BY BERNARD MOMANYI
Newly appointed Prisons Commissioner Isaiah Samuel Osugo officially took over office Wednesday with a pledge to reform the department and the country’s penal institutions into world class facilities.
Osugo, a career police officer who has served in different positions at the Criminal Investigations Department said he was up [...]

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