From Ed Henry and Alan Silverleib, CNN
Washington (CNN) — Ahead of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians on Thursday, President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that he was “hopeful — cautiously hopeful” that the talks could achieve a two-state solution to the long running Mideast conflict.
“Though each of us holds a title of honor [...]

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The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.
 
Aglukkaq spoke to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, a day after a panel of North American experts announced they unanimously recommended against supporting a clinical trial of the treatment in Canada [...]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday shot down speculation he might succeed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, saying he would only leave office early if he were totally incapacitated or died.
 
The mayor faced questions about his political future following a gossip item in the New York Post that suggested he [...]

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by Elizabeth Rogers, 50Plus.com
Creative criminals are finding new ways to get your cash and information. Don’t fall for these latest scams experts are warning about.
They tug on heart strings, they play on fears and despite all the warnings, they still manage to find new victims. Steering clear of fraudsters after our cash and personal information [...]

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By the CNN Wire Staff
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya and the African Union are defending a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on allegations of war crimes and genocide.
Al-Bashir on Friday joined other African leaders in Kenya to mark the signing of a new constitution, which is expected to usher in major [...]

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By Ed Henry, CNN Senior White House Correspondent
Washington (CNN) — President Obama declared that “the American combat mission in Iraq has ended” in his primetime address Tuesday, according to excerpts released before the speech.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country,” he said, according [...]

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RACE FOR SENATE SEATS HEATS UP IN LUO NYANZA
BY JEFF OTIENO
With the promulgation of the new constitution in place politicians from Luo Nyanza are currently busy angling themselves for the lucrative senate seats.
Already Kisumu County seems to be leading the fray if the recent scenario during a church function is anything to go by.
Eng. James [...]

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By Rev Okoth Otura,
The teenagers are hasty in making life decision, as such the book of Proverb is a fabulous book worth recommending for counselling purpose as they start facing the new challenges in life. In essence, it will be prudent to paraphrase the wisdom of found thereof the book in Proverbs to fit the [...]

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By Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press
 
OTTAWA - A fourth member of an alleged Ottawa terror cell was taken into custody Friday as authorities continued to dismantle what they say is a plot that reached from the nation’s capital to the battlefields of Afghanistan and beyond.
But the person has not yet been charged and the RCMP [...]

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