This morning the President, Speaker Pelosi, and Leadership from the House of Representatives emerged from a meeting together with a new target on moving forward with health reform: pass legislation through the House by July 31st.  The President spoke to the press after the Speaker in the South Drive at the Oval Office, telling them [...]

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By Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press
 
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised his opponents - and even some allies - by issuing what appeared to be an election threat over employment-insurance reforms.
After signalling for weeks a willingness to enrich employment insurance to help workers hardest-hit by the recession, the Conservatives veered sharply Wednesday.
The prime minister [...]

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) — Three men charged with plotting to overthrow Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe were free on bail Wednesday.
Freelance journalist Andreson Manyere and Movement for Democratic Change party officials Ghandi Mudzingwa and Kisimusi Dhlamini have been in jail for more than five months on charges of sabotage, terrorism and banditry. Each was released on [...]

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Kenya MPs enraged by Museveni
BY ROB JILLO and BERNARD MOMANYI
Angry Kenyan legislators on Wednesday demanded explanation and answers from the government following remarks by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the disputed Migingo Island which they termed was an ‘insult and derogatory’.
The legislators want President Mwai Kibaki to explain why President Museveni insulted Kenyans over the [...]

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For immediate release 13 May 2008
Churches tackle root causes of hunger in new campaign
Christian leaders around the world are calling on the United Nations Secretary-General to seek tangible results in realizing the right to food. The letter to Ban Ki-moon is the first action of a new ecumenical global campaign on food being launched today [...]

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There are new faces and old at the heart of South Africa’s new government - and not all of them are happy that former President Thabo Mbeki was forced from office by allies of the ANC president, Jacob Zuma.
JACOB ZUMA, 61 – ANC leader
Not in government office but emphatically in power. Elected ANC leader amid [...]

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By Elias Mhegera
 
President Yoweri Museven of Uganda speaks at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) during the inauguration of the Collage of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) yesterday.
The lack of transparency and mismanagement of resources by African leaders is to blame for the continent?s troubles, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said.
Speaking at the University [...]

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MPs in scuffle over plan to censure Uhuru
By Peter Atsiaya
Two ODM MPs got into a scuffle after they differed over corruption in the Grand Coalition Government.
Education Assistant Minister Ayiecho Olweny went for Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba’s collar in a short-lived drama that sucked in their colleagues Fred Outa and Shakeel Shabir yesterday morning.
It all started [...]

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