By Brett J. Blackledge And Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writers 
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemployment rates still persistently rising nearly four months after he signed the biggest economic stimulus in history.
Obama admitted his own dissatisfaction with the progress but [...]

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GAME 2 LAKERS VS MAGIC

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By MARCO SIBAJA and BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writers
RECIFE, Brazil – A large tail section of a jetliner bearing Air France’s trademark red and blue stripes was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean Monday, helping narrow the hunt for “black boxes” that could explain what brought down
Flight 447. And some high-tech help is on the way [...]

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By VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them Monday to 12 years of hard labor for crossing into its territory, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with the United States.
The Obama administration said it would pursue “all possible channels” to win the release of Laura Ling [...]

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Prove your worth, Raila tells IIEC
BY ANTHONY KAGIRI and PMPS
Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday urged the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya (IIECK) to use the forthcoming Shinyalu and Bomachoge parliamentary by-elections to prove their competence and impartiality in conducting future polls.
He told the Commissioners who paid him a courtesy call at his Treasury [...]

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THE CAUSES OF POVERTY IN AFRICA
BY GEORGE LUCHIRI WAJACKOYAH 
Today, 300 million African people live on less than $1 US per day. The incidence is not news to you as the effect of colonization, creation of stringent economic conditions by lending institutions, lack of accountability, transparency and  constitutionalism,  extreme poverty, corruption, inequitable distribution of resources, overpopulation, [...]

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Lake Forest charity does 70 surgeries for free in Zimbabwe
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Operation of Hope Volunteer, Mari Mora, Freshman George Washington  University
LAKE FOREST - In less than two weeks Operation of Hope volunteers  have fixed the faces of 70 children.
The Lake Forest-based nonprofit - an all-volunteer medical team that donates surgeries to [...]

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By Orton Kiishweko
Tanzania has been ranked 6th among countries which enjoys continued peace in Africa, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2009, released mid last week.
But she emerged 59th in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2009, moving down one place compared to last year?s standings.
The index is a ranking of 144 countries - from [...]

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