We know a lot more about Barack Obama than we did on Election Day. He wastes little time making big decisions. He was serious about surrounding himself with seasoned people, even if they are outsized personalities likely to jostle one another and unlikely to salute on command. He intends to move quickly to put his [...]

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has been arrested in Rwandan territory after he tried to resist a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation in eastern Congo, the operation’s joint command said on Friday.
The arrest of Nkunda, who has led a Tutsi rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 2004, occurred during a [...]

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip – After shoveling sand from their tunnel Thursday, the smugglers hoisted the prized cargo out of the narrow shaft: bags of potato chips — a minor luxury for Gazans tired of bland U.N. humanitarian rations.
All around them, other smuggling crews were getting merchandise flowing again through dozens of similar tunnels only days [...]

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By Susan Anyangu
Kenya’s Appellate Judge Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch has been appointed as a judge to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Justice Aluoch trounced renowned judges from across the world to capture one of the highly coveted positions.
And now, following the appointment by the UN General Assembly on Monday,
Justice Aluoch: God’s miracle
Kenyans who find themselves accused [...]

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BY GEORGE MUNYORI
The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Constitution Review has selected three foreign nationals to sit in the nine-member Committee of Experts that will draft a new constitution for the country.
The three, Prof Christian Murray (South Africa), Dr Chaloka Beyani (Zambia) and Prof Fredrick Ssempembwa (Uganda) will join six Kenyans in harmonising various documents [...]

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BY Henry O-Najwere
NAIROBI-KENYA

 
 Kenyans need to unite and ensure that :
 
1.They have a new constitution in the course of this year (2009) and precisely get the Bomas draft constitution adopted ; the draft is/was a product of an elaborate, consultative process across Kenya’s political and ethnic divide before NARC wrestled power from KANU in 2002-3. There should be NO qualms [...]

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