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Iranians surf the net at a cyber at a cafe in Tehran/AFP TEHRAN, May 19 - Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say....
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Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the Mossad," Israel’s intelligence agency, a statement said/FILETEHRAN, Iran, May 19 - Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found...
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WASHINGTON, May 18 - The outgoing head of the IRS told Congress that the US tax agency made "foolish mistakes" in targeting conservative groups, but insisted the action was not politically motivated. Lawmakers hammered Steven Miller, who resigned this week at the request of President Barack Obama,...
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HARARE, May 18 - A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers said Saturday. Chenjerai Pamhiri, 38, a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 18 - County Assembly ward representatives are now demanding for a gross pay of about Sh275,200. The ward representatives who met at a Speaker’s forum in Nairobi on Saturday said their pay should be pegged at 43 percent of what Governors were taking home per month. Led by the...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta is received by jubilant wananchi on arrival at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri County/PPSNAIROBI,Kenya, May 18 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyans to shun petty differences and unite in developing the country. Addressing residents in Nyeri County Kenyatta said that his...
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JAKARTA, May 18 - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said Saturday. The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya,...
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JSC says the judge failed to explain himself over three of 11 complaints against him/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 18 - The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a tribunal to probe the conduct of Justice Joseph Mutava. The decision comes after a committee...
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Two women kiss in front of a wedding shop during a pro-gay marriage demonstration on January 26, 2013 in central France/FILEPARIS, May 18 - France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of...
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The bomb attack at a Catholic church in the northern city of Arusha had killed three people and wounded 60/FILEARUSHA, Tanzania, May 18 - Tanzanian police said Saturday they have arrested five people in possession of explosives in the economic capital Dar es Salaam. "Five people were arrested the...
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US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, at the White House, May 16/AFPWASHINGTON, May 17 - Amid a flurry of moves to organize peace talks to end Syria’s bloody civil war, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Bashar al-...
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Thieves broke into the room of a Chopard employee, opened a safe and made off with the jewels/XINHUA-FileCANNES, France, May 17 - Jewellery worth more than one million dollars (Sh80 million) made by Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller Chopard and due to be loaned to stars walking the red carpet at...
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IEBC Chief Executive Officer James Oswago on Friday said although the date is tentative, the commission is ready to hold the mini-poll that was occasioned by the death of Mutula Kilonzo/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (ICC) says that it needs an...
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Speaking as he represented President Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour of four African nations, the deputy president said the political instability in Somalia has led to the proliferation of small arms and increased terrorist attacks from the Al Shabaab within Kenya’s borders/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May...
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In the letter to the president of the court, Matsanga insists that former prosecutor (Moreno Ocampo) his successor Fatou Bensouda did not properly investigate the Kenyan cases, which has made it difficult for them to prosecute the cases/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 - Ugandan peace resolution expert...
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The report said talks between the two firms were "serious" but that nothing had been finalized/XINHUA-FileNEW YORK, May 17 - Yahoo! has begun talks with the popular blogging platform Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance, the technology website AllThingsD reported on Friday. The Dow...
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Gachoka MP Mutava Musyimi was elected unopposed to head the Budget and Appropriations Committee/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 - The Jubilee coalition flexed its numerical strength in the National Assembly and took control of the Budget and CDF committees in what the Leader of the Majority Coalition in...
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The 50-year-old postman in Mores, a village of 2,000 people in rural Sardinia, faces up to three years in prison for "stealing mail"/XINHUA-FileROME, May 17 - A hard-partying village postman on the Italian island of Sardinia was too "lazy" to deliver post in the morning and instead hoarded some 400...
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Aladwa, who is represented by lawyer Cecil Miller, is challenging the election of Benson Mutura Kangara/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 - Former Nairobi Mayor George Aladwa will call 35 witnesses during the hearing of the Makadara constituency election petition. Aladwa, who is represented by lawyer...
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Garden Square restaurant, along City Hall Way, is popular for evening funeral arrangement meetings. Photo/ FELIX MAGARA NAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 – Dozens of small groups stood huddled opposite the Holy Family Basilica outside a closed Garden Square restaurant on Thursday evening unsure of why the...
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Zambian president Michael Sata. Photo/ AFP file LUSAKA, Zambia, May 17 - A decision by Zambia’s president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a popular revolt against his government. Earlier this week Michael Sata tore up his own populist political...
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LOS ANGELES, May 17 - A US soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 was sentenced to life behind bars and dishonorably discharged. Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 - Three people were killed on Thursday night in Mandera during an attack blamed on militiamen from the neighbouring Ethiopia. Those killed were all women shot dead by the armed militia at Malkamau area, police said. “The militia just shot at the women and fled, we believe...
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Okiya Omtatah himself is a victim of brutal attack/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 - A civil society activist has moved to court to compel the police to restore emergency number ’999′ to enable the public efficiently report crime. Okiya Omtatah argues that lack of the emergency numbers is...
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Employers also risk being reported to the department of immigration if their domestic workers are of foreign origin and are in the country illegally/FELIX MAGARANAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 - You risk being fined Sh15,000 if you do not allow National Social Security Fund (NSSF) agents into your home to...