DAYTON, Ohio (AFP) - Barack Obama slammed John McCain’s “risky” plan to buy up 300 billion dollars in bad mortgages Thursday, and warned his White House rival was offering “erratic” leadership at a time of crisis.
The Democratic nominee laid into McCain at the start of a two-day bus tour through rust-belt Ohio designed to convince [...]

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By Ori Lewis
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Police used tear gas and water cannon to try and stamp out clashes between Jews and Arabs in Israel’s northern coastal city of Acre on Thursday, officials said.
Israeli television showed smashed shop fronts and damaged cars in the city, where Jews and Arabs live close together, but no major casualties [...]

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By Shem Kosse.
A major face off is looming large between employees of Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI) and its top notch officials over rampant graft, neopotism, embezzlement of funds which continues to take its toll in the institution.
And the workers are now up in arms against their parent ministry [...]

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Military experts have proposed a commando style raid to overpower the pirates on board, rather than a direct attack on the hijacked MV Faina ship.
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU and DOMINIC WABALLA
The United Nations has authorised force to free the hijacked Ukrainian ship.
The UN Security Council resolved that states with warships and planes in [...]

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Team formed to oversee Kisumu Airport expansion
By Winsley Masese
A 15-member committee has been formed to facilitate the implementation for expansion of Kisumu Airport.
This follows a protracted tussle between Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and members of Kogony clan, who are demanding Sh2.6 billion compensation for their land, against Sh15 million they had been given.

The committee is [...]

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