By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – The United States could fight an old-fashioned war against North Korea if necessary, even while newer forms of conflict against terrorists and extremists continue, the Army’s top officer said Thursday.
Asked whether the United States would be prepared to fight if war broke out between South Korea and North [...]

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By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers owned the fourth quarter against Denver. Now they have a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals. Kobe Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom had 19 points and 14 rebounds and Pau Gasol added 14 points and 10 rebounds in Los Angeles’ 103-94 victory Wednesday [...]

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By JAE-SOON CHANG, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea – The U.S. and South Korea put their military forces on high alert Thursday after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace between the two Koreas since 1953.
The North also accused the U.S. of preparing to attack the isolated communist country in the wake of its [...]

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KENYA BLAMED.
Agwanda Jakkorandoh.
Wildlife and Forestry Minister Dr. Noah Wekesa has said Kenya is to blame for the enormous dilapidation of the Lake Victoria wealth.
 
Wekesa said the unrelenting demolition of forests and key water catchments areas in the Kenyan highlands is solely responsible for the sullied state of the Lake Victoria and its basin. The Minister [...]

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BY BERNARD MOMANYI
GARISSA, Kenya, - Security was beefed up at the Kenya-Somalia border on Wednesday as investigations into Tuesday’s military helicopter crash commenced.
Investigators from the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Defense arrived at the site on Wednesday and begun probing the cause, police sources said.
A senior officer said truck loads of security personnel [...]

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Kidero’s ouster at sugar board stirs up a storm
By Kepher Otieno and Nancy Akinyi
Kenya Sugar Millers Association (Kesma) and the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) are locked in a legal dispute over the removal of Dr Evans Kidero as a director of KSB.
In a suit filed yesterday before the Kakamega High Court, Kesma Secretary General Raghbir [...]

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ROADS MONEY TO BE RETURNED TO TREASURY.
By Agwanda Jakorandoh.
A row has erupted over the award of tenders of projects worth 15 million Kenya shillings in Kisumu East District over how the whole process was carried out.
Queries have also been raised why the tenders were flouted in Kisumu West District while the projects are located in Kisumu [...]

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