OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper questioned the logic and clarity of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s election threat Monday while urging the opposition parties to avoid defeat of the government Friday.
Nevertheless, Harper attempted to defuse the political tension by responding to some of the Opposition leader’s concerns on aid to the unemployed and on isotopes, [...]

continue reading.....

By Charles Babington And Jennifer Loven, Associated Press Writers
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama bluntly told doctors Monday he is against their highest legislative priority — limiting malpractice awards — and earned a smattering of boos from an audience he was here to court for his health care overhaul plans.
Pushing anew to reshape the nation’s health [...]

continue reading.....

By Jason Keyser, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO – How do you count almost 40 million handwritten paper ballots in a matter of hours and declare a winner? That’s a key question in Iran’s disputed presidential election. International polling experts and Iran analysts said the speed of the vote count, coupled with a lack of detailed election [...]

continue reading.....

Museveni hints on retirement
Emmanuel Gyezaho
Kampala
President Museveni moved on Thursday to quell fears that he is hell bent on staying in power for life, after he said he would most certainly not be in office by 2025.
But the statement told of the ambiguity that shrouds his future plans, if any, for retirement. The NRM leader, in [...]

continue reading.....

By Judy Miriga
 I have read with disgust and shock that some African countries Leaders have petitioned the United Nations fo fire  Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings from his position as a special rapporteur because of reporting on Kenya at the Hague.  
I concur, welcome  and support the reports emphasis which is vital [...]

continue reading.....

By Maseme Machuka
The United States has called on Kenya to enact “far-reaching reforms to strengthen the rule of law and, specifically, to implement key reforms of the police and the judicial system.”
The US expressed concerns regarding the findings of the report, which the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Killings Prof Philip Alston recently delivered to [...]

continue reading.....

BY ANTHONY KAGIRI
Kenya has embarked on a second attempt to establish a local tribunal to try suspected perpetrators of the post-election violence, a few days after Chief Mediator Kofi Annan reiterated his August deadline with a threat to submit a secret list to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo on Monday [...]

continue reading.....