US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she felt inspired by her meeting with former South African President Nelson Mandela.
The meeting at his home in Johannesburg came on the second leg of her tour of Africa.
Mrs Clinton hailed Mr Mandela for the personal discipline he showed when he fought South Africa’s apartheid system.
She was [...]

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Death of Taliban commander seen as possible boost to US-Pakistan co-operation against militants 
 
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this made from video taken on May 24, 2008, Pakistan’s top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, right, talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border.
Ishtiaq Mahsud, Nahal Toosi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s [...]

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Mrs Clinton answers man who wanted her daughter
By Karanja Njoroge and Vitalis Kimutai
It is not often that a girl is wooed through the mother, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the question happily and easily. In these tough times, so the question went, when the US is facing tough economic times that may [...]

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BY JUDIE KABERIA
The US government on Thursday said it will take action against the Somali militia group, Al-Shaabab if it doesn’t stop its threats of attacks.
Speaking at the US Embassy when she held discussions with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Al-Shaabab intended to make Somalia a hub for [...]

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