Destroy Mau Forest and forget L. Nakuru Park
 
By KENNEDY MASIBO
In Summary
1) Water has been receding and may be non-existent in under a decade
2) Lake Nakuru may be extinct in another eight years if the current destruction in the Mau East is not contained, experts have warned.
The after effects of the destruction has led to the [...]

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By Jeff Mason and Ross Colvin
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to chair a new panel to advise him how to stabilize financial markets and navigate a potentially painful recession.
It was the latest step toward tackling problems undermining the U.S. economy and was part of [...]

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Saying he wanted his two daughters “to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and make sure they are giving back,” President-elect Obama and his family volunteered at a food pantry near their home on the South Side of Chicago this afternoon.
St. Columbanus Church, where President-elect Obama has volunteered before, feeds nearly 500 people [...]

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KINSHASA (AFP) - Democratic Republic of Congo refuses to accept Indian troops in the reinforcements planned for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, government spokesman Lambert Mende said Wednesday.
 
Mende confirmed the government had written to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon last weekend rejecting any Indians in the 3,000 extra troops planned for the [...]

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MADRID (AFP) - Atletico Madrid fans celebrated Wednesday outside their Vicente Calderon stadium, a UEFA ban preventing them from attending the match, as their team qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in over a decade with a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.
 
No fans were allowed inside but Atletico [...]

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