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18 May 2013 - More than 50 people were injured when a car slammed into bystanders at a parade in the mountains of the US state of Virginia, US media reported Saturday.
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18 May 2013 - A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, was arrested Saturday in his western stronghold, a military source said.
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18 May 2013 - Air Algerie planes were grounded for several hours on Saturday when the national carrier's pilots staged a wildcat strike over pay, aviation industry sources in the North African country said.
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18 May 2013 - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections.
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18 May 2013 - Zambia police on Saturday freed the 31 university students detained on the president's orders after they staged protests against the government's decision to scrap staple food subsidies.
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18 May 2013 - Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday to head off clashes after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.
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18 May 2013 - Nigeria's military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as soldiers pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent people fleeing from their homes.
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18 May 2013 - Morocco denied on Saturday accusations by Amnesty International that security forces tortured six men who were arrested after a demonstration calling for the independence of Western Sahara.
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18 May 2013 - Luc Eymael will be flying back to Nairobi a happy man, after 540 minutes of play, he finally celebrated his first win as AFC Leopards continued its dominance over Ulinzi Stars on Saturday with a 1-0 victory at the Mumias Sports Complex
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18 May 2013 - At the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai nobody gave Kenya a chance perhaps apart from the horde of travelling fans from eastern Africa who turned parts of this famous city into a Nairobi ndogo
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18 May 2013 - World champion Asbel Kiprop fended off the challenge of Ethiopia’s Mekonnen Gebrehemedhin to clinch the 1,500m at Shanghai’s Diamond League on Saturday on a day Kenyans dominated in their specialties
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18 May 2013 - Nyumbu on Saturday capitalised on Papa’s indiscipline and defensive lapses to chalk up a 28-10 victory and finish top of Pool ‘A’ at the RFUEA grounds as the Bamburi Rugby Super Series preliminaries came to an end
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18 May 2013 - Machakos County held an investors conference in one of many firsts from a county that has been hailed as setting the pace for other regions
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18 May 2013 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged MPs to shelve their demands for a pay rise until the economy attains double digit growth
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18 May 2013 - After the deadlock between Jubilee and Cord was broken and the deal inked into the Standing Orders, Minority Leader Francis Nyenze made an appeal to his colleagues
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18 May 2013 - The electoral commission has denied that the Makueni senatorial by-election will cost Sh400 million
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18 May 2013 - It is looking increasingly likely that Kenya’s diplomatic efforts towards the International Criminal Court will culminate in a showdown between states that support the continuation of the Kenyan cases before the court, on the one hand, and the African Union, on the...
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18 May 2013 - Gem Member of Parliament Jakoyo Midiwo has challenged people in the four counties on the shores of Lake Victoria to take advantage of the lake and invest to spur development
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18 May 2013 - Supremacy battles between Ford-K and New Ford-K played out on Saturday at the burial of a businessman killed at the height of a wave of insecurity in Bungoma County
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18 May 2013 - The anti-graft team wants 15 nominees for principal secretary jobs locked out for failing integrity test
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18 May 2013 - A section of MPs in Jubilee coalition are reportedly uncomfortable with the manner in which their affairs in the National Assembly are being handled
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18 May 2013 - The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has released the revised budgetary allocations for counties
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18 May 2013 - David Beckham bade a tearful farewell to Paris on Saturday as the former England star made his final home appearance for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain before heading into retirement.
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18 May 2013 - England manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday admitted his frustration that Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have all planned exhibition matches thousands of miles away from home as soon as the Premier League season is completed this weekend.
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18 May 2013 - France on Saturday became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter debate and demonstrations.
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18 May 2013 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday he welcomed a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria's civil war but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper.
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18 May 2013 - Pope Francis on Saturday called for the respect of ethical values in public life and politics as their absence was "hurting all of humanity".
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18 May 2013 - County governments are faced with the prospect of being unable to absorb allocated funds due to lengthy procurement processes even as some plan to borrow to cover expected shortfalls in allocations
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18 May 2013 - Oil marketer Total Kenya has lost a bid to stop the arrest of nine of its top managers wanted by police on allegations of committing fraud that cost the company Sh45 million
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18 May 2013 - This column abhors sycophancy and senseless praises