By John Lewandowski And Michael Macdonald, The Canadian Press
 
HALIFAX, N.S. - The eight crew members of CanJet Flight 918 were heartily praised for their calm professionalism Monday as details emerged of their harrowing encounter with an armed hijacker on the tarmac of a Jamaican airport.
Two members of the crew and all 159 passengers were set [...]

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GENEVA (AFP) - An international conference on racism fell into disarray on Monday as Iran’s president launched a verbal onslaught against Israel, triggering a mass walkout and a furious rebuke from the head of the UN.
 
The meeting which had already been boycotted by several Western countries such as the United States and Australia, as well [...]

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Ugandan ministers troop to Nairobi to discuss Migingo
By Maseme Machuka and David Ochami
A delegation of Ugandan ministers is in Nairobi for daylong consultations with Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetangula over the disputed Migingo island in Lake Victoria.
Ministers Sam Kutesa (Foreign Affairs), his two deputies Isaac Musumba and Okello Oryem, State Minister for Fisheries Fred [...]

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NAIROBI (AFP) - A Protestant church in Kenya is trying to convert US President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother to Christianity against her will, a Muslim group said Monday, condemning the move as provocation.
 
The Seventh Day Adventist church in the western town of Kisumu had invited 87-year-old Sarah Obama — a Muslim — to a function on [...]

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NAIROBI (AFP) - Somali pirates have released one more ship but still held 19 others Monday, as foreign navies chased sea brigands around the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean at the height of the “hijacking season”.
The Togo-flagged Lebanese-owned cargo ship MV Sea Horse, captured a week ago while on its way to pick up [...]

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17th April 2009
 
The Officer Commanding Station,
Central Police Station,
Nairobi.
 
Dear Sir,
 
RE: NOTIFICATION TO HOLD A PEACEFUL PUBLIC RALLY OVER THE MIGINGO ISLAND ISSUE BY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OF KENYA AT UHURU PARK ON SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009
 
We, the undersigned and other Patriotic Kenyans, hereby bring to your notice our intention to hold a public rally as subjected above. [...]

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By LUCAS BARASA
In Summary
Secretary general says PNU misinterpreted the Accord to derail the reform process and perpetuate its leaders in power.
ODM plans to use its majority in Parliament to implement reforms.
Squabbles within the Kenya Coalition Government heightened Monday with ODM accusing PNU of “stealing” the National Accord and interpreting it in a partisan manner.
“It is [...]

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