UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday she hoped Barack Obama’s presidency would return the United States to “the international family” after eight years of scant cooperation.
Speaking at U.N. headquarters in New York the day before the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human [...]

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OTTAWA (AFP) - A race for the leadership of Canada’s once formidable Liberal Party, now in opposition, ended abruptly Tuesday with only one candidate left to crown after his two rivals bowed out.
Former Ontario premier Bob Rae told a press conference he would abandon his bid to replace outgoing leader Stephane Dion only one day [...]

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LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea overcame a bout of big-night nerves to book their place in the Champions League second round with a 2-1 win over CFR Cluj on Tuesday.
Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side lived dangerously at Stamford Bridge as they went in search of the victory that would guarantee their progress from Group A.
But the Blues, [...]

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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Renewed criticism against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe amid a cholera outbreak shows growing international outrage at the suffering there, but action to oust his regime will be harder to come by.
U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have called in the last week [...]

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ATHENS, Greece – Rioters rampaged in Greek cities for a fourth day Tuesday in an explosion of rage that was triggered by the weekend police killing of a teenager — but has spread to an array of antiestablishment parties, threatening to topple the government at a time of deep anxiety over growing economic gloom.
Gangs of [...]

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DEVELOPMENT OF ETHANOL INDUSTRY.
By Agwanda Jakorandoh
THE GOVERNMENT should review the current Energy Regulatory policy to accommodate facilitation and development of Ethanol Industry in the country, Mumias Sugar Company Chief Executive Officer Dr. Evans Kidero has said.
 
The CEO said the country has a huge potential for ethanol from sugarcane but lacks the institutional and regulatory framework [...]

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