By LYNN ELBER, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional [...]

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By SAMANTHA HENRY, Associated Press Writer
FAIRVIEW, N.J. – For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala. Recently, he stepped up to the money transfer window for a different purpose — to ask that his family send some of his savings back to [...]

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By TOM MALITI and AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writers
MORONI, Comoros – A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor.
The crash in waters off this island [...]

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By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD – Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and [...]

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GSU deployed in Northern Eastern to beef up security
By Boniface Ongeri and Cyrus Ombati
The dreaded General Service Unit (GSU) has been deployed in parts of North Eastern Province.
The move has caused anxiety among residents in the areas affected.
On Monday, GSU Commandant Mathew Iteere confirmed the deployment of the officers saying they were there to beef [...]

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BY BERNARD MOMANYI
Kenyan security forces have been accused of torturing some 1,200 residents in North Eastern province during a disarmament exercise carried out last October.
New York-based Human Rights Watch released a 51-page report on Wednesday highlighting how the military and police tortured civilians when they were dispatched to collect arms in the wrong hands in [...]

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By Agwanda Jakorandoh.
THE Government has set a side shs 4 billion to carryout the forth coming National Population and Housing Census, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has revealed.  
The Director General of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Antony Kilele said that the department had earlier requested for about shs 5.4 billion for the exercise. 
Speaking at Kisumu [...]

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By Owen Anderson, Ph.D.
For Active.com
It’s strange, but true: The nutritional practices of the best endurance athletes in the world have not been carefully studied.
 
Those “best endurance athletes” are clearly the Kenyan runners. Attempting to verify this fact for you is probably unnecessary, but it can at least be noted that one study found that athletes [...]

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ENCINO - Funeral and memorial services were still pending today for music superstar Michael Jackson, with his father telling reporters outside the family’s Encino estate that the family was still looking for answers about why the 50-year-old singer died.
“We’re not ready for that yet, because we’re trying to wait on something else,” Joe Jackson said. [...]

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Ruto defiant on local tribunal 
By OUMA WANZALA and PMPS
In Summary
Minister differs with Kibaki and PM who vowed to push for formation of court
Agriculture minister William Ruto on Sunday defied President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on the local tribunal to try poll chaos suspects.
Parliament will once again reject the Bills on the special court, [...]

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