WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Friday reflected over the hole left in his life by the absence of his own father, as he called on American men to do their duty by their kids, two days before Father’s Day.
 
Obama launched what the White House termed a “national conversation” on fatherhood, taking aim [...]

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s minority Conservative government got enough opposition support in Parliament on Friday to stay in power at least until November.
 
Budget measures easily passed the House of Commons as expected, with the support of the official opposition Liberal Party. They were confidence measures that would have triggered Canada’s fourth election in five years [...]

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By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writers
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader sought Friday to end the deepening crisis over disputed elections with one decisive speech — declaring the vote will almost certainly stand and sternly warning opposition leaders to end street protests or be held responsible for any “bloodshed and chaos” [...]

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By Khasakhala, Hudson and Munyambu Vinya; bkojiem@comcast.net
 Martha Karua at Safari DC
Martha Karuas visit to Safari DC last night was a disaster. First off,it appeared to  urn into a Maendeleo ya Wanawake meeting and I wish I had prior knowledge of this before attending. Her handlers were very condescending and arrogant. The meeting was taken over [...]

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By Agwanda Jakorandoh.
THE voters registration date for both the Bomachoge and Shinyalu by-elections has been set, Independent Interim Electoral Commission Chairman Ahmed Hasan Isack has revealed.
The Chairman said that the exercise will commence on June 29 and is expected to end by July 28 this year.
Addressing the press in Kisumu yesterday when he paid a [...]

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More councillors gang up against Mavoko clerk
Priscah Awino
EMBATLED Mavoko Town Clerk, Wisdom Mwamburi who last week vowed to crack down on journalists writing against him may face disciplinary action, ministry sources have revealed.
A source at Jogoo House said the PS, Local Government, Sammy Korir, said he received a letter of complaint from a local journalist [...]

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The leader of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has warned his armed forces are being re-organised so they are prepared for any return to war with the north.
Mr Kiir, who is vice-president of Sudan, said he would not be the one to take the country back to war.
But if it was imposed on the south, they [...]

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President Yoweri Museveni and his wife meeting German president Horst Kohler yesterday
 
By Cyprian Musoke
and Agencies
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has assured Western powers that Africa is capable of protecting its resources from any exploitation by foreign countries.
He was responding to concerns expressed by German President Horst Kohler over the growing Chinese influence in Africa on his second [...]

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