By MARK S. SMITH, Associated Press Writer
WEIMAR, Germany – President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the “cruelty in ourselves.”
Obama honored the 56,000 who died at the Nazi camp [...]

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By Ed Lavandera
CNN Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi (CNN) — James Young still remembers the Ku Klux Klan tormenting his neighborhood. He can still see his father holding a gun on the living room couch ready to shoot anyone who threatened his family.
Nothing about Young’s childhood ever made him think he could be the mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi, [...]

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By Tobi Cohen, The Canadian Press
 
MONTREAL - While the prospects of a summer federal election remain uncertain, one thing is clear: both the Liberals and the Conservatives are racing to rebuild their support base in Quebec.
In a sort of duelling display of might, both parties staged massive fundraisers in Montreal over the last two weeks, [...]

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KISUMU BASED-RADIO STATION FACES CLOSURE.
Agwanda Jakorandoh
The once vibrant and financially stable Kisumu- based luo regional radio station “Radio Lake Victoria Fm” is contemplating closing down after donors behind it froze all its financial aid demanding for accountability and transparency of the millions of shillings which they have so far pumped into the station from the [...]

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Kenyan in US faces Sh160m fraud case
By JOHN NGIRACHU and Agencies
Ms Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski, 33, of Raleigh will stand trial in the United States over her part in a conspiracy that is said to have defrauded an auditor’s office of about $2 million (Sh160 million). The Kenyan woman has been indicted by a federal grand [...]

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PC DIFFERS WITH MP OVER CASH  
BY JEFF OTIENO  
Nyanza PC Paul Olando has dismissed claims by Nyando MP Fred Outa that 24 million grant which was recently given to West Kano Irrigation Scheme has been siphoned by Senior Government and National Irrigation Board (NIB) officials.
During a stormy farmers meeting in West Kano NIB offices, the MP [...]

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Kayanja to block his accusers from meeting Benny Hinn
By Rachel Kabejja
Kampala
Renowned evangelist Benny Hinn arrives in the country today. The American preacher is expected for a meeting dubbed “The Fire Conference” which starts today.
The  two-day conference is part of Mr Hinn’s global programme in which he travels to different countries holding teachings.
Speaking at a press [...]

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