By Caren Bohan
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launches an unprecedented television blitz on Wednesday to push his economic message on U.S. networks ranging from CBS and NBC to Comedy Central.
Obama’s television broadside may also force a 15-minute delay in the Fox network’s broadcast of the fifth game of the World Series [...]

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The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper has begun handing out assignments for his new cabinet, and several star female recruits are expected to put a more feminine face on the Conservative government.
The prime minister has already met privately with some members of his new ministry to give them their cabinet portfolios, say Conservative insiders who [...]

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By Michelle Faul, The Associated Press
KILIMANYOKA, Congo - Congolese soldiers in retreat from advancing rebels commandeered vehicles and fired wildly as they moved through the eastern provincial capital of Goma on Wednesday and joined thousands of refugees struggling to stay ahead of the violence.
Gunfire crackled in the city, apparently from the retreating troops who residents [...]

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Rebel MPs call for meeting
By Standard Team
Prime Minister Raila Odinga was last night seeking to stave off a falling out in ODM, after 30 MPs defied the cancellation of a PG meeting and held parallel talks.
The rebel MPs dismissed the views of the PM and his deputy, Musalia Mudavadi, on the Waki Report as personal [...]

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KISUMU TOWN WEST MP URGES  PARLIAMENT TO INCREASE YOUTH FUND.
By Agwanda Jakorandoh
THE PARLIAMENT should amend the Youth Enterprise Fund Act to increase the youth fund allocation of shs. 1million per constituency in the country to at least shs 5million, Kisumu Town West Member of Parliament Olago Aluoch has said.
The Law maker said he will be [...]

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NYANZA PPO BANS FIREWORKS.
By Agwanda Jakorandoh
Nyanza police chief Anthony Kibuchi has banned the Hindu community in Kisumu from detonating fireworks tonight during the ongoing Diwali celebrations after they allegedly contravened the stipulated safety measures.
Speaking to members of press at his office in Kisumu, Kibuchi said he was alarmed last night by the Hindu community after [...]

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