ARNOLD, Missouri (CNN) — On his 100th day in office, President Obama said Wednesday that he was “pleased with the progress we’ve made but not satisfied.”
“I’ve come back to report to you, the American people, that we have begun to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off, and we’ve begun the work of remaking America,” [...]

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GENEVA, Switzerland (CNN) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its pandemic alert to 5, its second-highest level, warning of widespread human infection from the swine flu outbreak that originated in Mexico.
Dr. Margaret Chan, the U.N. agency’s director-general, said the decision to raise the alert on the 6-point scale indicated that all countries should [...]

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By The Canadian Press
 
The number of Canadian swine flu cases moved up to 19 with the confirmation of six new cases, three each in Ontario and British Columbia.
And while the majority of the cases across the country involved people who recently travelled to Mexico, both Ontario and B.C. had one case each where the travel [...]

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ATLANTA, Georgia (AFP) - Atlanta won the battle of staredowns and hard fouls, emerging from a four quarter slugfest with a 106-91 win over Miami in game five of their first round NBA playoff series.
 
Joe Johnson scored 25 points for the Hawks who took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and are trying to [...]

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By Jack Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday threatened a new nuclear test unless the U.N. Security Council apologized for tightening sanctions, confirming some analysts’ fears that Pyongyang is determined to build an atomic arsenal.
The United States said such threats were counterproductive and urged Pyongyang to return to stalled six-nation denuclearization talks.
“I don’t think [...]

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By Our Reporter. In Arusha
The five presidents of the East African Community, comprising Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, yesterday agreed to have the protocol on the common(Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Mwai Kibaki, Paul Kagame, Jakaya Kikwete and Pierre Nkurunziza at the summitmarket signed before the end of this year)
“The summit considered the report on the [...]

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Kalonzo drops move to take fight to court
 
By LUCAS BARASA and OLIVER MATHENGE
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka will not take the fight for the leadership of the House Business Committee to the courts. His change of heart comes a day after he indicated that PNU would seek an interpretation of the position of the National Accord on [...]

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Kibaki, Museveni meet on Migingo
BY PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE
President Mwai Kibaki and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda on Wednesday directed the joint team surveying the boundary between the two countries on Lake Victoria to conclude its works within two months.
The two Heads of State, who met on the sidelines of the 10th Ordinary Summit of [...]

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Women declare sex boycott
By Susan Anyangu
Sex, money and power are said to make the world go round, especially when dealing with politicians who take people round in circles until they feel dizzy.
Now, women in Kenya have joined hands to boycott sex for the next seven days to push for reforms and constitutional review.
Beginning today, G10 [...]

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By Agwanda Jakorandoh
Orphans and widows associated with HIV/AIDS deaths  is on the rise in Kenya and more in Nyanza Province despite much concerted  efforts by the Government and Donor agencies to reduce the situation, a United Kingdom based organization has noted.
The Director of Widows and Orphans International, Joshua Oron said yesterday over sixty percent of [...]

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