Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., reacts as he talks with reporters after attending a meeting at the White House in Washington Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alex Brandon

By Nedra Pickler, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama on Thursday criticized legislators who are holding up a deal on the US$700 billion financial bailout [...]

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WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Top Democrats angrily accused Republican White House contender John McCain of sabotaging an astronomically expensive deal to bail out Wall Street and shore up the US economy.
The 700-billion-dollar package stalled at talks convened by President George W. Bush with top lawmakers and both the men vying to succeed him — McCain and [...]

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By The Canadian Press
CALGARY - Another Conservative is in hot water over controversial comments - this time about immigrants.
Both the Liberals and NDP are demanding that Lee Richardson resign or be fired as the Tory candidate in Calgary Centre for suggesting that immigrants are prone to commit crimes.
Richardson’s remarks threaten to undo a [...]

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By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has agreed to end months of silence and discuss Israeli settlement activities on land the Palestinians want for a future state, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Thursday.
The meeting will take place on Friday, the same day the Middle East Quartet — Russia, the United States, [...]

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OK. Churchill
Kisumu-Kenya

Scene I: Luos in Kisumu -Kenya 2007 were Proud, Expectant People !
Scene II: Luos in Kisumu-Kenya 2008 Poor, Dejected,Defeated, Humiliated, Brocken People !
Luo people are now walking with their heads bowed a community under siege from within it’s own leadership, the children of the tribe have turned against the tribe itself.
That sense of [...]

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BY JUDIE KABERIA
The Public Service Ministry on Thursday gave all ministries and other government departments three weeks to conclude disciplinary cases that have been pending for over six months.
Cabinet Minister Dalmas Otieno told a news conference that there were numerous cases that had taken several months without conclusion.
“All these officers knew they should have completed [...]

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Hon Martha Karua and PM Raila Odinga are the main factors in Kenya 2012 General Election
The current existing political mistrust and high level of meddling in the inner circles of President Kibaki-PNU elites, is posing a great danger for Kikuyus scattered across Rift Valley and other parts of Kenya. Therefore, it demands a prudent political [...]

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Kibaki backs dual citizenship
BY PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE
NEW YORK, President Mwai Kibaki has supported proposals that Kenyans in the diaspora enjoy dual citizenship under the new constitution.
Speaking at a New York hotel where he hosted a reception for Kenyans living in the US, President Kibaki noted that their entrepreneurial skills and hard work enabled them [...]

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By CLARE NULLIS, Associated Press Writer
An anti-apartheid activist was elected South Africa’s president on Thursday, assuming what many believe will be a brief caretaker role after Thabo Mbeki was ousted in a power struggle within the ruling party.
South Africa’s Parliament, which elects the president from among its members and is dominated by the African National [...]

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By Scott A Morgan
In what appears to be a effort to reward stablilty in a highly unstable part of the World ,The US is going to increase the amount of aid it sends to the “Breakaway Region” of Somaliland. On the surface that can be seen as the US growing increasingly frustrated with the Pace [...]

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