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Book review: Shreve scales marital discord
"We're climbing Mount Kenya. Not this Saturday, but the next." With that statement, the opening line of Anita Shreve's "A Change in Altitude" , a young doctor exacts a control over his new wife that she tries for the rest of the story to surmount.
Trading places: the merchants of Nairobi
Inspired by a visit to the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya a few years ago, the photographer Steve Bloom felt compelled to return and capture life among the outer districts and slums of the city.
Kenya: Publisher suspends two magazine titles
East African Magazines announced early last week the suspension of Adam and Twende .
Nicholas Cage Is Losing It All To The IRS
Nicolas Cage was in Kenya visiting imprisoned Somali pirates on Tuesday just days after he lost his two houses in New Orleans in foreclosure and he was hit with a countersuit by the former business manager he is suing for fraud.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Collaboration the way to address peace threats, says president
President Mwai Kibaki has urged the Red Cross Movement to continue collaborating with Governments in countries of operation in addressing internal and international conflicts and other humanitarian factors that threaten peace.
African odyssey inspires former high school pupil's charitable nature
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Power to Your Pedals: Bike Powered Cell Phone Chargers in Kenya
Two electrical engineering students at Nairobi University, 24 year old Jeremiah Murimi and 22 year old Pascal Katana, have developed an innovation to literally bring power to more people in Kenya.A Using salvaged parts from old televisions and radios, the duo retrofitted the dynamo attached to all bikes sold in Kenya so that cyclists can charge ...
Big Five offers special luxury Kenya tour for 2010 Annular Solar Eclipse
On January 15th, the path of the moon's antumbral shadow through Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia.
Travel 101: How to be culturally correct in Kenya
As in every country and with every culture, etiquette rules are to be followed. Consider these particular manners and actions when visiting Kenya: * Do not attempt to get another person's attention by motioning with your hand by pulling your fingers back from an open palm.
Kenya: Poverty Rises As Malindi Salt Mines Expand
The lords of Malindi salt mines have been riding roughshod over area residents with impunity.
Kenyans lose faith in their favourite son
NAIROBI // A year ago, as Barack Obama swept into the White House on a wave of excitement, Kenyans danced in the streets and feted their favourite son.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Kibaki reassures Kenyans on new constitution
Caption: The cabinet is meeting in Mombasa for a three retreat. President Mwai Kibaki Friday reassured of his personal commitment towards the delivery of a new constitution that will unite all Kenyans and protect the country's nationhood.
PlanitKenya.com Launch a " Press Invitation
PlanitKenya.com, a new website offering tourists searchable information on Kenyan businesses, announces its official launch event in Nairobi.
The Kenya Wildlife Service celebrates their first successful relocation of four sedated hippos
The Kenya Wildlife Service is celebrating their first successful relocation of four sedated hippos.
American fleeing Somalia says US officials accused him of al-Qaida link
A New Jersey man alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday that U.S. officials were responsible for falsely imprisoning him for several months in Africa on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida. Amir Meshal of Tinto Falls, N.J., says that in December 2006 he fled Mogadishu, Somalia, where he had gone to study Islam, and was accused by U.S. officials who ...
Kenya: Heavy Rains to Take Toll On Lamu Festival
The global economic recession and heavy rains that cut off a section of the road connecting Mombasa and Lamu has made organisers of this years' Lamu Cultural festival worried about the success of the annual event.
East Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia Get U.S.$452 Million for Roads
Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the region's road infrastructure.
Harnessing Waste Produces Gas for Cooking in Kenya
The scourge of so-called "flying toilets" - where human waste is put into a plastic bag and tossed into the air, landing on roads or in gutters - has plagued the slums of Kenya's capital Nairobi for decades.
A paramedic's long-distance aid
Snowmass Village firefighter and paramedic Brandon Potter prepares to hand out stuffed animals to children in the African village of Kolunga, an island community in Lake Victoria, Kenya, last year.
Welcome to the world - plea to our schools
TEACHERS across Weymouth and Portland are urging other schools to build links with other countries.