By Arshad Mohammed
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama on Monday proposed four steps to create jobs and to cushion Americans against the effects of the economic downturn as he campaigned in an area hit hard by the slowdown.
The proposals, costing $60 billion over two years, include tax credits for firms that [...]

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By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Stephane Dion were tracking each other in a final cross-country drive to shake loose votes on the eve of Tuesday’s federal election.
After 37 days of campaigning, the complexion of what will be Canada’s 40th Parliament remains very much in play. [...]

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By Cris Chinaka
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two vice-presidents ahead of talks on forming a cabinet, a government official said on Monday, a move that could further endanger power-sharing negotiations.
It follows Mugabe’s allocation of important ministries to his ZANU-PF party at the weekend, angering the opposition. The MDC said it [...]

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No peace for the dead in neglected morgues
By Mangoa Mosota
Government mortuaries in Nyanza Province are congested with bodies, inadequately staffed and lack basic equipment.
The provincial hospital mortuary in Kisumu literally has bodies laid out on the floor and on trolleys.
“Bodies of patients who die in hospital are given priority for storage in the [...]

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Home test kit for HIV now available in Africa
By Correspondence
A long critics of the African governments health-Care system on the infectious diseases, Prof George Wajackoyah, a health consultative lawyer and professor of constitution law in the USA, recently launched a company to equip the poor health-care home test kit for HIV/AIDS and Malaria [...]

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