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  1. Pirate Update: Ariana Crew Abandoned AgainRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

    One of the most inhumane and cruel Somali piracy stories of 2009 involve the tragic happenings on MV ARIANA, the Greek/British-owned, Malta-flagged and Ukrainian-crewed cargo vessel held in Somalia for six months until a ransom between USD 2.8 million and USD 3.5 million was paid for the release of the 37,955 gross tonnage bulk carrier.

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  2. 1,500 school heads transferredRead the original story w/Photo

    21 min ago | Financial Standard

    ... and their deputies had overstayed, hence leading to negligence," said Nyagosia. The National Chairman of the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association Cleophas Tirop said the transfers were normal and had been effected at the right time. "We have ...

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  3. PoliticsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Panapress

    ... Minister recently declared that the return of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara to Guinea would lead to a civil war. The Kenya government have come under a blistering attack by human rights activists and civil society for the arrest of anti-graft ...

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  4. Independent Appeal: Why Kenya's farmers can now predict the rainsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Independent

    ... getting a modest crop and getting nothing at all. His hillside farm outside the small town of Machakos in central Kenya was the only one to beat the dry spell that shrivelled his neighbours' crops, and his haul of 15 bags of maize was the equivalent ...

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  5. 2009 In Review: Ordinary citizens have not felt impact of EACRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | Daily Monitor

    ... move freely across borders with minimal identification yet there are a lot more benefits that they could enjoy. In Kenya, 82 per cent female and 78 per cent male had perceived the integration process from their ability to travel anywhere in the ...

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  6. Thumb for PRESSURERead the original story

    5 hrs ago | AlertNet

    ... its oil to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. (Reporting by Andrew Quinn; editing by David Alexander and Mohammad Zargham) Kenya railway workers use a crane to lift a cargo train that derailed on the Kenya-Uganda railway line in Nairobi's Kibera slums, ...

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  7. Thumb for SECESSIONRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | AlertNet

    ... certain." "Sudan is sliding towards violent break-up," he warned. (Writing by Opheera McDoom; Editing by Jon Hemming) Kenya railway workers use a crane to lift a cargo train that derailed on the Kenya-Uganda railway line in Nairobi's Kibera slums, ...

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  8. Odegbami's fears for EaglesRead the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Vanguard

    ... on African soil. On the last day of the qualifiers after the Eagles nail-biting 3-2 victory over the Harambee Stars of Kenya right there on their Kasarani stadium pitch in Nairobi, this reporter spoke with Chief Odegbami on phone from Lagos and he ...

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  9. AP Enterprise: Year after warships come, piracy upRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Newsday.com

    KATHARINE HOURELD NAIROBI, Kenya a ' A helicopter fired warning shots toward a suspected pirate skiff, where six Somali men sat among assault rifles, grappling hooks and an aluminum ladder.

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  10. Christmas HopeRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Free Republic

    For me, Christmas brings images of boxes, not wrapped but valued. At the end of rural road in Kericho, Kenya, there is a compound overrun by playing children.

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  11. AP Top News at 8:56 a.m. ESTRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | The Oregonian

    ... and West Virginia, while a wind chill advisory cautioned of temperatures as low as 30 below zero in Montana. NAIROBI, Kenya - A helicopter fired warning shots toward a suspected pirate skiff, where six Somali men sat among assault rifles, grappling ...

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  12. Michael Gerson: Christmas HopeRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TownHall.com

    For me, Christmas brings images of boxes, not wrapped but valued. At the end of rural road in Kericho, Kenya, there is a compound overrun by playing children.

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  13. Camping in the rain. - Kisumu, KenyaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    I was woken up by hundreds of birds singing their morning songs in Kakamega Rainforest.

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  14. Fish Mongers - Homa Bay, Nyanza, KenyaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    ... be roughing it in rural Africa. Speaking of which, I mentioned a couple of days ago that we were getting into rural Kenya. Well that was before today and in comparison we are definitely more rural now than we were before. EVERYONE looks to see the ...

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  15. Well, nothing to do now but go to bed! - Magina, Central, KenyaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    The co-op also takes care of orphans from past members . there are approximately 50 of these children.

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  16. No Sunshine in the Midwest - Kericho, KenyaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    Still feeling sick/tired but unable to sleep much since we were off to the city of Kericho which is well known for its tea plantations.

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  17. Carnivore! - Nairobi, KenyaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    Hard to believe that it's already September and already the last day of this part of the tour.

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  18. Quick Stay - Nairobi, KenyaRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    Long drive back from Arusha to Nairobi, quick stay at Comfort Hotel in Nairobi (for shower) and then to the airport to head back home via Heathrow.

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  19. Two more arrests in Limerick priest murder probeRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Limerick Today

    ... to the brutal murder of Limerick missionary priest Fr Jeremiah Roche. Reuters news agency is reporting that police in Kenya made two fresh arrests on Christmas Eve. Fr Roche, 68, was buried in his native Athea last Sunday. He was planning to return ...

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  20. Day for many creeds, cultures, speciesRead the original story w/Photo

    14 hrs ago | The Age

    ... degree in education, said family lunches, gift-giving and carols were much the same here and at home. ''But, in Kenya, Christmas is a very public thing. In Nairobi, the streets would be full - people going to church, rejoicing.'' On the other side ...

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