PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said he was ready to take up an extraordinary overture from Cuba for talks aimed at breaking the half-decade hostility between Washington and Havana, as long as they aimed for “a new beginning.”
“Let me be clear: I am not interested in talking for the sake of [...]

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By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press
 
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The United States and other key players in the Organization of American States (OAS) including Canada worked to defuse the issue of Cuba’s 47-year suspension from the hemisphere’s biggest club, fearing it would overtake this weekend’s Summit of the Americas.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President [...]

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BEIJING (AFP) - China’s top auditor said it had recovered a total of 27 billion yuan (four billion dollars) of funds embezzled in 2007, amid an ongoing battle against rampant corruption.
The National Audit Office said in a statement on its website late Friday that 30 officials had been arrested, prosecuted or convicted, and a further [...]

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Big win for Raila
By Abiya Ochola and Beauttah Omanga
Prime Minister Raila Odinga will now have more powers in executive appointments in Government.
In far reaching resolutions arrived at during the meeting of the Permanent Committee on the Management of the Grand Coalition Affairs yesterday, members agreed that ways be worked out by next week in which [...]

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By David Ochami and Maseme Machuka
So who exactly owns Migingo?
The combined governments of Kenya and Uganda require two months to determine the case — but we today reveal the truth about who owns the island.
The Standard team took just one week to lift the lid on the vexing question — it is Kenya’s. Period. And [...]

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By REUTERS
In Summary
Zimbabwe’s economy is in ruins with unemployment at around 90 percent and millions in need of food aid.
Action by the World Bank could provide a major boost to help Zimbabwe restore its economy.
WASHINGTON
The World Bank is willing to help Zimbabwe recover from a devastating economic crisis, but it is critical for the country’s [...]

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