WASHINGTON – Declaring that ending pay disparity is not just a women’s issue, President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday that gives workers more time to take their pay discrimination cases to court.
Lilly Ledbetter, the Alabama woman whose story was the impetus behind the new law, stood alongside Obama as he signed the first bill of [...]

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By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The NDP is trying to do to Michael Ignatieff what the Conservatives did to Stephane Dion - convince voters he’s weak, ineffectual and not a leader.
New Democrats unleashed the first in a series of radio ads Thursday lambasting the newly minted Liberal leader for propping up Stephen Harper’s [...]

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RUMANGABO, DR Congo (AFP) - The first of more than 6,000 Congolese rebels took part in a ceremony Thursday to integrate their units into the regular army as part of a deal to end the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
 
Defence Minister Charles Mwando presided over the ceremony at one of the country’s biggest military barracks, [...]

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Deal: Teachers call off strike
BY ANTHONY KAGIRI
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called off its nationwide strike after boycotting work for nine days.
KNUT Secretary General Lawrence Majali called off the strike on Thursday after signing an agreement with the government that will see the teachers get their pay in three years but with [...]

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Brothers and sisters this year Halala USA faces a task of historic proportion and it also comes with real chance for greatness.
Halala USA presents a mobile clinic model to our brothers and sisters of western Kenya during our first Halala International conference in Kakamega beginning from December 20-22 2009.
Lets all meet in Maryland in the [...]

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Dear Sir,
I believe I am speaking for many vicrtims of a major security lapse within the ultra-modern  United Mall which is located within Kisumu City situated along Kisumu –Kakamega road.
Sir, the said mall houses so many businesses premises with the leading two ones being;Tuskys Supermarlket and Kengeles Bar and Restaurant.
To say that the mall has [...]

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Why Kenya Must Have A Caretaker Government Now! 
By Dr. Otieno Mbare
It is only in Africa where a corrupt government can be sustained in power even when their corrupt activities are so glaring. The coalition government has failed because corruption runs so deep while the citizens seems helpless. You can change it by demanding a caretaker [...]

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