KENYA

These are some of the photos I took when I was in Kenya. I've visited all the major parks and reserves. The above YouTube vid shows a few other photos from my trip in Kenya and a sensational music by the African...

Rift within Aerosmith

Earlier this summer, Aerosmiths US tour was cancelled as lead singer Steven Tyler fell from the stage during a performance at Sturgis, SD. The injury resulted in a broken shoulder and 20 stitches to Tylers head. He...

Mbeki Resigns as South Africa's President

Update:  Thabo Mbeki held his last cabinet meeting, and is giving his final address as President of South Africa. ""Today [Sunday] I handed a letter to the honourable Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete to tender...

I am the boss: Mallya

"Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that he pays the bills and calls the shots in the team, lest anyone forget. There has been talk of a rift between his senior staff but he said that the whole issue had been blown out of...

Violence Erupts in Kenya After MP Murdered, Power Outages Across Countinent

Adding to tensions already stretched to the breaking point and beyond, a second Opposition member of Parliament was killed today by a police officer. Despite police insistence that the murder was not...

U.S. Envoy Calls Violence in Kenya ‘Ethnic Cleansing'

A recent envoy from the U.S., who watched thousands of people driven from their homes in Kenya, says the violence is politically motivated and the result is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. Check out our previous coverage here:"Anthony Nganga Kimani realises that as a...

Kenya Burns, Death Toll Soars

Protests turned to violence between political and ethnic groups in Kenya on monday after scores of people were killed. In just one town, at least 64 bodies were found after four days of fighting.Gangs 400 and...

Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis

"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...

Five refugees die in Kenya attack

"Five people have died in western Kenya, in apparent ethnic violence linked to opposition protests against the outcome of last month's presidential election. The deaths occurred when a group of youths attacked a refugee camp in Rift Valley Province, police said. It came as...

Kenyan police shoot protesters

"Government troops fired at people who answered the Kenyan opposition's call for nationwide protests of the outcome of last month's presidential elections on Wednesday. Police shot three protesters in Kibera, a...

Kenyans burned to death in church

"Scores of people are reported to have been burnt to death in a church in western Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the numbers who died with one estimate putting the death toll at 30. However, Brother Felim Ryan, a native of Thurles in Co Tipperary but based in...

Shifting Sands: Iraq Troop Drawdown Imminent

    NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.     Just yesterday, Shifting...

Confederacy raises red flags at Hollywood Hills High

"A petition drive to get Confederate-themed clothing banned from school grounds has exposed a rift at Hollywood Hills High. The episode may lead the Broward School Board to examine whether its student conduct code should address the Confederate flag. Sophomore Ilana Hostyk...

Anglican Church of Canada names first bishop representing aboriginals

" TORONTO (CP) - The Anglican Church of Canada marked what it called a "historic moment" in its history Thursday as it introduced Mark MacDonald as its first bishop representing aboriginals in an effort to heal a long-standing rift with the country's First Nations. MacDonald,...

About 75 People Die of Rift Valley Fever

About 75 people have died in Kenya of Rift Valley fever during the past three weeks and another 183 are infected with it, according to a senior health official. The death toll from the hemorrhagic fever — a virus which spreads from animals to humans by mosquitoes and...

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