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21 min ago | Financial Standard

Why Kenyan men rape

Miriam Wangu Kanja, was heading home with friends one evening in December 2002, having come from a client's office.

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8 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Kibaki and Raila Hold Talks on Mau Eviction

The eviction of squatters from the Mau Forest was top on the agenda of the weekly meeting between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Tuesday.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Financial Standard

ICC opens Kenya's case

Luis Moreno-Ocampo kept his promise of presenting Kenya's case at The Hague. The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor's message soon after that was clear: "The world is watching Kenya and this court .

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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Kenya muslim leaders split over celebrations

Caption: Idd-ul-Adha celebrations are observed after the annual Islamic Hajj Pilgrimage.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis County friends say plane crash in Africa won't stop documentary

The documentary was supposed to have a simple script: Two friends in their 20s leave behind the comfortable suburbs of west St.

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Walta Information Centre

Kenya to host key UN conference on south-south economic ties

Nov. 25, 2009 -- A key UN conference on south-south economic relations will be held in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, early next month, organizers said on Tuesday.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

National Post

Kidnapped journalist Lindhout freed in Somalia after 15-month ordeal

A sketch of freelancer Amanda Lindhout in Afghanistan from 2007 and a photo of her from her Facebook page.

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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Ocampo set to comment on Kenya violence

Caption: The prosecutor has stated that he has a strong case against the key instigators of the violence, and that he wants to pursue those "most responsible". The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will make an announcement this week on Kenya's post-election violence, following his preliminary investigation, his office said on Tuesday.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Firms Put on Notice Over High Internet Charges

The government has given Internet Service Providers a stern warning: Cut your charges or risk an official price cap.

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People's Daily Online

UN to open high-level meeting to boost South-South co-op

The United Nations is to open the most important UN meeting on South-South cooperation in decades as countries from the South assume leading roles in decisions on hot global issues ranging from economic recovery to food security and climate change, the world body announced Tuesday.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Financial Standard

Kenyan dies in US after accident

A Kenyan man died after he was involved in an accident in the US. The man, who authorities identified as Samuel Kisaka Mwawasi, was driving home at about 3.15pm when his car veered off the road on Old National Highway, a few kilometres south of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, US.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia Kennewsaw State

The Washington Post

Africa's largest wind farm set to emerge from Kenyan desert

Kenya built its first wind farm, above, outside Nairobi. In January, construction will begin on a $760 million wind farm in the Chalbi Desert.

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Gulf Times

Aid workers in Somalia moved to Kenya town

Rebel group Shebaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu .

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

MSNBC

Boy becomes lost face of Somalia's war

The bullet hit mother and son as they walked through Somalia's capital. She felt a sharp pain in her palm.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: KenGen's U.S.$200 Million Bond to Power Extra 500mw

An ambitious investment programme by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company could, in less than five years, end the East African powerhouse's reliance on expensive fossil-fuel based power from independent power producers.

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Daily News

Kenyan prisoners die of cholera

Nairobi - A cholera outbreak has killed eight inmates in Kenya's largest prison outside the capital Nairobi and hospitalised 25 others, the commissioner of prisons said Sunday.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Privatisation of Mombasa Port Shelved

The privatisation of Mombasa port has been put on hold as the government tries to convince critics about its viability.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Mail & Guardian

TV puppet satire torments Kenyan elite

A rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of parliamentarians suffer from a brain disease called "corruptophaelia". Welcome to Kenya, as seen and portrayed by Africa's version of Spitting Image , a daring puppet satire that is steadily pushing the boundaries of ...

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Independent Online

Pirates hijack Greek-owned bulk carrier

Nairobi - Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, a Kenyan maritime official said on Sunday.

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The Star

Cholera claims more lives in Kenya

Nairobi - The number of Kenyans who have died since the start of the year in a cholera outbreak has risen to 89, the Red Cross Society said on Wednesday, warning water shortages could spread the disease to Nairobi.

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