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Earthquake "Swarm: Stirkes Africa, Puzzles Experts
"TANZANIA, KENYA - tremors began on July 12, so faint that they were barely noticed. A week later, a couple of good jolts sent people fleeing their offices in downtown Nairobi. Then the tremors were gone....Chinese Good Will Ambassador Jiang Wenli, Combats HIV/AIDS
"On the screen, she is a brave policewoman or a miserable widow, while in reality, she has other identities: Good Will Ambassador of the Ministry of Health on HIV/AIDS and member of the Leadership Council of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA). Jiang Wenli, famous...U.S. fires at al Qaeda target in Somalia
U.S. begins to settle the score for the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania."(CNN) -- A U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of northern Somalia Friday fired on a suspected al Qaeda operative...Recording Technology History
"1877 - Edison made the first recording of a human voice ("Mary had a little lamb") on the first tinfoil cylinder phonograph Dec. 6 (the word "Halloo" may have been recorded in July on an early paper model derived...Kenyan Jet With Over 100 Aboard Crashes
More information as it comes in, but right now no reports of survivors. An AP correspondent was apparently on board."A Kenya Airways flight with more than 100 people aboard crashed in southern Cameroon, officials...Africa's Climate Delemma
"In spite of the 'disinformation' campaign being waged by global warming skeptics debunkers and corporate conglomerates, there are many concerned and courageous reporters, environmentalists and scientists who are...The U.S . in Secret Ethiopian Jails
With financial and military support from the United States, Ethiopia invaded Somalia in December, 2006. The objective was to dislodge the Islamic Courts Union from the country and to move toward elections. But involvement extended beyond money and helicopter gunships to...
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African Union Speaks Out Against Mugabe
As Jordan reports for NP, the Zimbabwean dictator's comment that his critics can go "hang" has riled a number of countries, some of whom have criticized Mugabe's policies for many years. But prior to the latest round of political repression in Zimbabwe, the African Union has...
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Q & A- Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, Lebanon … the World
"Saturday, 17 February, 2007 @ 8:23 PM Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq,...World Social Forum Looks for a Business Plan
"When Addarii discusses the might of civil society -- and what is referred to in England as the third sector, the non-governmental and non-commercial sector -- he sounds almost like a business consultant. His...UN agency pressures Ban on climate crisis summit
""I know the Kenyan government has proposed to have such a summit. I'm going to discuss that with the president (Kenya's Mwai Kibaki)," he told reporters during a brief visit to a Nairobi slum. "Climate change is one of the most important issues that the international...Poor Protest Against WSF
"Following up on the Global Warming conference which the UN held in Narobi, the movers and shakers of the anti globalization movement also held their World Social Forum this year in Nairobi, Kenya. And ironically this progressive alternative to the Davos World EconomicForum,...Two Killed in Carjacking of U.S. Embassy Car
"Gunmen carjacked a U.S. Embassy vehicle on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Saturday and killed two women in the car, police said. "The thugs ordered the two women out but they hesitated," said Isaiah Osugo, a criminal investigations officer in Nairobi. "Then they were...Kenya: Machines for New Coffee Mill Received
"The Nation (Nairobi) January 10, 2007 Posted to the web January 9, 2007 Nation Correspondent Nairobi Machines worth more than Sh30 million for the ambitious Mathira Farmer's Coffee milling project in Nyeri district arrived at the weekend. Yesterday, engineers were busy...A Tiny Invasion: U.S. Troops In Somalia After Raid
"A small team of American military personnel entered southern Somalia to try to determine exactly who was killed in a U.S. airstrike Monday that targeted suspected al-Qaeda figures thought to be hiding in swampy mangrove forests along the Indian Ocean, U.S. sources said...Top Members Today
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