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  1. Special Report: Is Africa selling out its farmers?Read the original story

    6 min ago | Reuters

    ... Bako, a small farming town 280 km (170 miles) west of Addis Ababa. "What do they want here? The same as the British in Kenya? To steal everything? Our government is selling our country to the Asians so they can make money for themselves." Xenophobia ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Ethiopia, Africa, Famine, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Bill Gates

  2. Kibaki receives coveted World Cup TrophyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

    ... and development of sports in the country. "Winning the World Cup trophy is every footballer's dream and its arrival in Kenya is an opportunity to reconnect with one's soccer ambitions and to appreciate that dreams can come true, President Kibaki ...

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  3. Bandits kill 2 girls, injure 1Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

    ... pm local time killing the two on the spot. The third girl aged nine years has a bullet lodged in the stomach. Isiolo Kenya Red Cross branch coordinator Mugambi Gitonga said the girl was rushed to Isiolo District Hospital before being transfered to ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  4. Mungiki: Muite ready to record police statementRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

    ... Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere however denied police involvement in the murder. He said several youths from Mt Kenya had been executed after being branded as mungiki followers. He added that he too had been informed by Njuguna Gitau before his ...

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    Related Topix: Rift Valley, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  5. Kids walk for charityRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Braintree and Witham Times

    ... and most completed 15 to 25 laps. Together, they raised over A 500 towards the A 2,500 they need to be part of the Kenya Schools Partnership Project. The school and Terling and Fairstead parish have been invited by the Diocese of Chelmsford to take ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Kids, Travel, World News, Africa, Kenya Travel

  6. Amnesty International Film Festival shows changeRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Georgia Straight

    ... 15). The story portrayed in Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai traces the journey of the woman who founded Kenya's green-belt movement. As a young University of Nairobi lecturer in the mid-1970s, Maathai heard rural women complain that they ...

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  7. Kenya erupts in joy as favourite son Obama takes White HouseRead the original story

    Nov 5, 2008 | Canada.com

    KOGELO, Kenya - Hundreds of villagers in Kogelo, Barack Obamaa s Kenyan family homestead, erupted into song and dance at the news that the nationa s favourite son had won the US presidential election.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Kisumu, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya

  8. Three years ago, Salma Sheikh didna t know her last name. She had...Read the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Portland Tribune

    ... her first name - in Arabic. Born in Somalia 18 years ago, she was raised in Nairobi and then at a refugee camp in Kenya, where she helped her mother with chores and with caring for her younger siblings. Her entire life, she's had no access to school ...

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    Related Topix: Nairobi, Kenya, World News, Rift Valley, Kenya, Africa, Family, Kids, Education Etc.

  9. In Brief : Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan island of LamuRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | IRIN News

    LAMU, 12 November 2009 - Eight people have died on the Kenyan island of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea , an official said.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  10. NSE Portfolio November 2009Read the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Bankelele

    Equity market stalled since last quarterly review in August 2009 , as bond activity goes full steam The stable Review : Best performer: Stanbic is up 17% this quarter, then Safaricom up 7% Worst performer Scangroup down 6% then Diamond Trust down 5% In: none Out: none Increase: none Decrease: none Unexpected gains/losses : - Kenya Airways paid a ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Rift Valley, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  11. Docs to discuss AIDS strategyRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Ottawa Sun

    ... vaccine based on a natural immunity to HIV and AIDS -- an immunity discovered in several sex-trade workers in Nairobi, Kenya, during the 1980s. Heather Medwick, acting president of the Winnipeg-based International Centre for Infectious Diseases ...

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    Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Nairobi, Kenya, World News, Rift Valley, Kenya, Sports

  12. Cabinet retreats to MombasaRead the original story w/Photo

    7 hrs ago | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

    Caption: The cabinet will also discuss the trial of post-election violence suspects, International Criminal Court decision to take over Kenya's case and international pressure for reforms.

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    Related Topix: Coast, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, World News, Africa

  13. 'Witches, Possessed' Flock To Kenya PastorRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Wren's Nest

    Title: 'WITCHES, POSSESSED' FLOCK TO KENYA PASTOR On one Sunday each month Pastor Lawrence Omambia, the lead preacher at the Community of Christ church in Kisii, Kenya, shows off his gift -- healing and exorcism.

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    Related Topix: World News, Rift Valley, Kenya, Kisii, Kenya, Pagan/Wiccan

  14. Real men do cry and sometimes make us all weepRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | The Courier-Journal

    ... of Love in the East , and so can't recommend it as a great read. However, the book's title comes from Nairobi, Kenya, where Ndesandjo lived with his father, his white American mother, his two brothers, and, for a time, an older brother and sister ...

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  15. Is Africa selling out its farmers? By Barry Malone and Ed CropleyRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Harowo.com

    ... Bako, a small farming town 280 km (170 miles) west of Addis Ababa. "What do they want here? The same as the British in Kenya? To steal everything? Our government is selling our country to the Asians so they can make money for themselves." Xenophobia ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Ethiopia, Africa, Bill Gates, Famine, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Agra, India, India, Uttar Pradesh, India

  16. Al Qaeda names Fazul Mohammed East African commanderRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Free Republic

    ... Abdullah Mohammed, one of several al Qaeda leaders charged with carrying out the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was appointed the leader of al Qaeda in the Horn of Africa. Fazul was "inaugurated" during an open ceremony in ...

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  17. Egypt: Rendition Redux?Read the original story

    10 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    ... in December 2006, when hostilities broke out. With the airport disabled by bombing, Meshal fled to neighboring Kenya, where he wandered in the forest for three weeks seeking shelter and assistance before being arrested. Following his arrest, he was ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, ACLU, Somalia, World News, Africa

  18. Kenya: Forest Settlers Move Out Ahead of Govt ForcesRead the original story w/Photo

    19 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    ... reluctant to move. George Sayagie A notice requiring the illegal settlers to move out of the largest water tower in Kenya, which measures about 400,000 hectares, expired on Monday. Kenya Forestry Services director David Mbugua said the government ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa

  19. Eagles Still Optimistic of World Cup TicketRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

    When the draws for the final phase of the African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup was announced pitting the Super Eagles against Tunisia, Mozambique and Kenya, most football followers in Nigeria heaved a sigh of relief.

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  20. RIGHTS-US: Rendition Redux?Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | Inter Press Service

    ... in December 2006, when hostilities broke out. With the airport disabled by bombing, Meshal fled to neighboring Kenya, where he wandered in the forest for three weeks seeking shelter and assistance before being arrested. Following his arrest, he was ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, ACLU, Somalia, World News, Africa