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Kenya charges 2 Chinese citizens over ivory haul (San Diego Union)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:03:58 GMT

Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing about 240 pounds of ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday.

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A Man on a Mission One-Time Local Named CNN Hero for Work in Kenya (Red Orbit )

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:12 GMT

By Janet Souter jsouter@@dailyherald.com He's managed to feed 11,000 kids in the Rift Valley in Kenya. He's set up 10 computer labs for school children who only a few years earlier were grateful for pencils and paper.

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"Kenya's amnesty plan inconsistent with international law (Afriquenligne)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:47:57 GMT

Kenya's draft Truth, Justice and Reconciliation law is flawed, inconsistent with the international laws against torture and seeks to offer amnesty to perpetrators of violence from facing the justice system, rights officials said Thursday.

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Kenya charges 2 Chinese citizens over ivory haul (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:53:04 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing about 240 pounds of ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday…. Share This

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‘We live in fear,’ say gays in Kenya (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:21:12 GMT

In a downtown Nairobi salon, tucked away in nondescript office building, women sit under hair dryers and gossip. They have their hair trimmed and their feet and hands pampered. Share This

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Kenya May Require All Mobile Phones to be Registered (cellular-news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:14:03 GMT

The move, proposed in a private members bill by Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo is reported to be in response to threats sent by SMS during the recent post-election violence in the country.

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Land tenure conflict in Kenya turning into strong inter-ethnic territorial claims (Physorg)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:17:28 GMT

North-West Kenya's Mount Elgon district has since the 1970s been the arena of a lurking land access conflict which boiled up at the very heart of the Sabaot community, the majority ethnic group in that part of the country. The past two years or so have seen the conflict take on an extra dimension. An IRD researcher, working jointly with the Kenyatta University of Nairobi reviews its origins...

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Witnesses Say Kenya Police Emptying Refugee Camp (Hip Hop Caucus Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:49:00 GMT

Kenyan officials backed by armed police are forcing thousands of Kenyans displaced by postelection violence to leave a refugee camp, a resident and an international aid worker said Wednesday. The head of Doctors Without Borders, Remi Carrier, said local officials accompanied by armed police officers were going from tent to tent Wednesday in a camp housing 9,000 people in the western town...

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Kenya Connection (New Urban Legends)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT

E-mail from missionary describes Barack Obama's purported connections to political events in Kenya.

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Religion, Law Work Against Gays In Kenya (Queerty)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:14:14 GMT

Law and religion are tag-teaming fearful gay Kenyans. But religion's definitely on top. While colonial-era anti-gay attitudes have crept into the African nation's legal policies, some could argue that multiple spiritual forces have an even larger role to play. …Many say that gays shouldn't have rights, are “un-African,” and not good Christians. Kenya is a country of [...]

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'We live in fear,' say gays in Kenya (CNN)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:58:02 GMT

In a downtown Nairobi salon, tucked away in nondescript office building, women sit under hair dryers and gossip. They have their hair trimmed and their feet and hands pampered.

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Kenya: Phone calling rates expected to fall drastically (cellular-news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:38:15 GMT

Telephone calling costs in Kenya are expected to drop drastically by early next year following the governmentâs agreement to license two new mobile phone operators.

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Kenya: Fibre Optic Cable to Revolutionise Internet Use - AllAfrica.com (The iRows Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:58:00 GMT

Steve Mbogo Internet users volition harvest great benefits when the eastern part of Africa is connected to the pigboat fiber eye cablegram next year. The communicating cablegram will present a new conveyance medium for Internet traffic known as broadband, this will greatly heighten Internet traffic volume and speeds. Kenya currently utilizes expensive artificial satellite systems for Internet...

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Kenya charges 2 Chinese citizens over ivory haul (Miami Herald)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:04:59 GMT

Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing about 240 pounds of ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday.

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Touching down in Kenya (Travelblog)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:01:16 GMT

We flew out of Toronto on Sunday night and stopped in London for 8 hours. We each took off for a quick tour of the city and some of us had friends to meet Amanda was lovely and flew in from Dublin to meet me for lunch. We all had a relaxing time although we were quite tired from the flight and then met again to embark on the final leg of the journey to Kenya.Our landing in Kenya was one...

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Human rights group says Kenya law lacking (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Human rights advocates say a proposal to set up a truth commission in Kenya is seriously flawed because it doesn't rule out amnesty for many war crimes.The Kenyan parliament is considering a draft of a law to create the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, a South Africa-style tribunal whose job it would be to prosecute past war crimes and human rights abuses. The commission...

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SENATOR OBAMAS GOOD FORTUNES ARE A BLESSING FOR KENYA & AFRICA (Afrigator)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:33:00 GMT

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Kenya government urged to control oil prices (Afrigator)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT

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Great News! - Samburu, Kenya (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:53:07 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Samburu, Kenya Great News! We traveled to Samburu National Park yesterday, which is where I am now and on the drive our driver got a radio call in that THEY FOUND MY LUGGAGE! Yay! Prayer works! So everything was in it and everything is back on track. The lodge we are at now is great. We only have electricity for 4 hours so it makes charging...

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Most Huggable: Hello Kitty Heats Up, Kenya Battles Biofuel, Green Shopaholics (Treehugger)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:34:02 GMT

Sanrio’s Hello Kitty line announces the release of their solar charger . A multi-million dollar biofuels project compromises one of Kenya’s most biodiverse ecosystems. CleanTechnica lists the top online green shopping sites. Who’s the greenest country of them all? Find out in National Geographic's recent survey . The Green Parent offers tips to make sure you and baby are BPA-free . Most Huggable...

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