By Eric Schwartzberg, Associated Press
A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama’s national security team as secretary of state, reshaping a once-bitter rivalry into a high-profile strategic and diplomatic union.
Obama is to be joined today, Dec. 1, by the New [...]

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MUMBAI, India – The only gunman captured after a 60-hour terrorist siege of Mumbai said he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a senior police officer said Sunday.
The gunman was one of 10 who paralyzed the city in an attack that killed at least 174 people [...]

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By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press
 
OTTAWA - The NDP says it may pursue criminal charges after the Conservatives covertly listened in, taped and distributed audio of a closed-door NDP strategy session.
NDP Leader Jack Layton can be heard on the tapes boasting to his caucus that he had prepared scenarios to bring down the government with [...]

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GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) – International pressure mounted Sunday for Europe to send an emergency security force to halt strife in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as thousands more fled fighting between rebels and government forces.
Belgium’s foreign minister said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon favours a special European force until full UN peacekeeping reinforcements can be [...]

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By Rev Okoth Otura,
To our dearest readers,
For the last few months the world has witnessed the worse economical and financial crisis of its kind, while the world political leaders are coming together in unity, downplaying their political ego’s and ideologies to battle the threatening and common enemy, in seeking solution through political applications,Christians across our global village, however, needs not to sit [...]

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Raila opens up
By David Ohito and Isaac Ongiri
Prime Minister Raila Odinga rekindled memories of the bungled December presidential election, his party’s failed stab at the presidency, and the bitter memories of post-election violence.
It was the day Raila, who is grappling with dissent from a section of his party that feels he has gotten too involved [...]

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Balala: All we need is a new constitution
By MAZERA NDURYA
A new constitution is the only the solution to the many problems Kenyans ace, including the marginalisation of some communities, Tourism minister Najib Balala has said.
He said nothing short of a people-driven and comprehensive constitutional change would result in faster development and peace.
Mr Balala said Lamu [...]

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Barack Obama’s statement on the situation in Mumbai from Friday, November 28th.
Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the American citizens who lost their lives in the outrageous terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Our thoughts and prayers are with them, and with all who have been touched by this terrible tragedy.
These [...]

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President-elect Barack Obama, right, and his wife Michelle Obama, left, arrive at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church to attend a funeral service, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama on Friday attended a funeral for a friend’s relative.
The service was for a family member of Eric Whitaker, Illinois’ former [...]

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Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers a statement in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 28, 2008. Canada’s minority government teetered on the edge of collapse on Friday, just six weeks after its re-election, as opposition parties talked of forming a coalition to replace the ruling Conservatives.
REUTERS/Chris Wattie [...]

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