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Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan/FILE CAPE TOWN, May 10 - The Group of Eight (G8) economic powers must adopt tough new rules for the energy and mining sectors to tackle corruption and tax evasion that is bleeding wealth from Africa, according to former UN secretary general Kofi Annan. In a...
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Ahmet Bozer, president of Coca-Cola International, poses beside a vending machine in Beijing/XINHUABEIJING, May 10 - The Coca-Cola Company announced here on Thursday that it will continue to increase investment levels in China. Ahmet Bozer, president of Coca-Cola International, said during an...
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Henry has been out of the country since his father lost power to populist Sata in a presidential election in 2011 and currently lives in South Africa/FILEJOHANNESBURG, May 10 - Interpol has cancelled a demand for the arrest of the son of former Zambian president Rupiah Banda, his lawyer said on...
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In this photograph taken on April 28, 2013, Bangladeshi Army use a crane to remove rubble near Dhaka/AFPSAVAR, Bangladesh, May 10 - A woman was pulled alive Friday from the ruins of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh more than 16 days after it collapsed and killed over 1,000 people, live...
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Indian women being addressed/FILE NEW DELHI, May 10 - Social stigma is harming attempts to combat cervical cancer in India where more women die annually of the disease than anywhere else in the world, a new report said Friday. More than a quarter of cervical cancer deaths worldwide occur in India,...
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Capital FM News ascertained that the deceased was a student at JKUAT and was attached to the media company’s IT department/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 10 - An intern working with the Standard Group was on Thursday night shot dead during a carjacking incident in Nairobi’s Fedha estate. The...
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Desmond Tutu (left) with South Africa President Jacob Zuma in Bloemfontein/AFP JOHANNESBURG, May 10 - Desmond Tutu will not vote for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, which brought Nelson Mandela to power exactly 19 years ago, the Nobel Peace laureate said in an article...
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The president also thanked President Zuma for attending his inauguration as the fourth President of Kenya, saying this was an honour to the people of Kenya/PPSCAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 10 - President Kenyatta on Friday met and held bilateral talks with his South African counterpart President...
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Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo has carried out transfers of officers in the region and Deputy President William Ruto has mandated the deployment of additional security resources to the area/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 10 - The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Modibo...
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A patient’s blood being removed for testing/FILE PHNOM PENH, May 10 - Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Southeast Asian nation...
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Ariel Castro (L) with his public defender during his arraignment on May 9, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio/AFPCLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10 - A US prosecutor said on Thursday he would seek to press charges that carry the death penalty against a man accused of kidnapping three Ohio women, raping them and forcibly...
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Defence Cabinet Secretary nominee Raychelle Omamo, Foreign Affairs nominee Amina Mohammed, Education, Science and Technology nominee Jacob Kaimenyi and the National Treasury nominee Henry Rotich were also grilled/FELIX MAGARANAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 - The vetting of the 16 Cabinet Secretary nominees...
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UN Permanent Representative Macharia Kamau asked the president of the Security Council to inform ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to end the proceedings as they were a threat to Kenya’s national security/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 - Kenya has heightened its efforts to have the International...
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Mutula Kilonzo’s constituents came to pay him their last respects. Photo/ COURTESYMBOONI, Kenya, May 9 - He may not have gone to war for his country in the literal sense but to the residents of Makueni county he was a hero. They came in their thousands to honour a man who some epitomised in...
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Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo however failed to name specific officers who will be affected by the transfer only insisting that it will involve those who had served long in the two counties/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 - A major transfer of police officers will be undertaken immediately...
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Speaking during the burial of the late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyatta said it was disappointing that the leaders are busy complaining about salaries and trying to force through a pay hike/ALI ALALENAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has again lashed out at elected leaders to...
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Ariel Castro is arraigned at Cleveland Municipal Court on May 9, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio/AFPCLEVELAND, Ohio, May 9 - Unemployed US bus driver Ariel Castro was ordered held on an eight-million-dollar bond (Sh600 million) on Thursday on charges he kidnapped and raped three women and held them in his...
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Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai/FILE HARARE, May 9 - Zimbabwean police raided the office of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party Thursday in the southern district of Gwanda and seized motorcycles meant to be used for election campaigns, a party spokesman said. "Police...
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Emergency services including several helicopters rushed to the scene and treated the injured for shock or burns/XINHUA-FileFRANKFURT, May 9 - Lightning struck a large group celebrating Father’s Day in Germany on Thursday, injuring 39 people, eight seriously, police said. A police spokesman...
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Senators carry Mutula Kilonzo’s coffin during his burial at Mbooni, Makueni County/PPSMBOONI, Kenya, May 9 - They represented counties from across the country: Bungoma, Busia and Nairobi just to name a few - Governors and Senators alike. The Senators carried the load of their departed...
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Ruto says that the application neither represents government policy nor his personal wishes/XINHUA-FileNAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 - Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed an application by Kenya’s permanent representative to the United Nations seeking to halt the two Kenyan cases at the...
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Career diplomat Azevedo beat veteran Mexican trade negotiator Herminio Blanco/FILEGENEVA, May 8 - Brazilian Roberto Azevedo has been named to take the helm of the World Trade Organization, the selection process chief told AFP on Wednesday. "He was leading in every single round," Pakistan’s...
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This follows negotiations between the Treasury, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the Transition Authority (TA) and Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 - County Governments will now share Sh210 billion in the 2013/2014 financial year. This follows...
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Leader of Majority Coalition in the House Aden Duale and fellow Committee on Appointments (COA) member Jamleck Kamau (Kigumo) said that the vetting will go on as planned/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 - Vetting of the 16 nominees to the Cabinet is expected to kick off on Thursday at the Kenyatta...
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The American based Catholics for Choice (CFC), maintained that the message in the advert was necessary as it would ensure that individuals were protected from contracting the deadly HIV/AIDS virus/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 - Sponsors of a new condom advert that has the Kenyan Catholic Church up in...