President Obama acknowledged yesterday that lawyers from the Bush Administration who drafted memos authorising the use of harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects could potentially face prosecution.
Although he once again stressed that it would be inappropriate to take action against CIA personnel — provided they had followed guidance issued by the White House — Mr [...]

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By Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press
 
OTTAWA - A pair of kidnapped Canadian diplomats were making a journey from the arms of their African captors to the embrace of family after a four-month ordeal allegedly involving al-Qaida.
The release Wednesday of high-ranking diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay also prompted jubilation and relief among foreign-service colleagues.
Guay and [...]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cleveland Cavaliers built a 29-point fourth-quarter lead, then held off the Detroit Pistons 94-82 to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series on Tuesday.
 
LeBron James led Cleveland with 29 points and 13 rebounds.
“We played great basketball for three quarters,” James told reporters. “(In the) fourth quarter we [...]

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Kenya leaders vow action on gangs
BY SIMON NDONG’A and LABAN WANAMBISI
KARATINA,- Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday vowed that the government would take stern action against criminal gangs that demand illegal levies from members of the public.
Speaking at a public baraza held at the Gathaithi Primary School, the PM said the court systems should take [...]

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Ugandan troops accused of erasing border
By Osinde Obare and Robert Wanyonyi
Residents of North Pokot have made fresh allegations against the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF).
They claim that the soldiers were removing beacons along the Kenya-Uganda border at Kanyerus and harassing and scaring the residents.
Mr Michael Kipur, a resident, said: “It appears they plan to extend [...]

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Slaughterof the innocents
By Standard Team
When daylight broke in Gathaithi-Kiangumara village in Nyeri East District on the foot of Mt Kenya yesterday, blood-soaked bodies lay on the roadside, their skulls split and throats slit.
Father and son lay side by side, the singular but fatal blows to their heads revealing the precision of their attackers.
A few metres [...]

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No worry over Migingo, says Museveni
By Milton Olupot,
Cyprian Musoke
and Reuben Olita
THE dispute over the ownership of Migingo Island is not a matter for politicians or local people but a technical matter for surveyors, President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday.
“The position of the border is determined by colonial documents such as the 1926 Order of Council and [...]

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