May 2011

World

US farms flooded to save New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, May 15 – US Army engineers began opening a major Louisiana floodgate to ease pressure from the swollen Mississippi River, in a...

May 15, 2011

World

Zurich voters asked to ban death tourism

ZURICH, May 15 – Voters in the Swiss region of Zurich, which has become a hub for controversial "death tourism" from abroad, will decide...

May 15, 2011

World

Syria bloodshed spills over into Lebanon

DAMASCUS (AFP) – The deadly unrest in Syria spilled over into Lebanon where a woman was killed at a border crossing as protests against...

May 15, 2011

World

IMF boss charged with sex assault

NEW YORK, May 15 – IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, widely expected to run for the French presidency next year, was charged Sunday with the...

May 15, 2011

Kenya

Pirates earn Sh600m from two hostages

MOGADISHU, May 15 – Somali pirates received a ransom of seven million dollars (Sh603 million) for the release of two Spanish hostages held for...

May 15, 2011

Kenya

Kenya’s flag flies in Burundi

NAIROBI, May 14 – The government has strengthened its diplomatic ties with Burundi following the opening of an Embassy in the capital Bujumbura on...

May 14, 2011

World

Death toll climbs to 89 in Pakistan suicide attack

PESHAWAR, May 14 – The death toll from a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre in northwest Pakistan rose to 89...

May 14, 2011

World

Kadhafi says NATO bombs won t get him

TRIPOLI, May 14 – Moamer Kadhafi declared in an audio message Friday that he was beyond the reach of NATO bombs, following a government...

May 14, 2011

World

Palestinian teen dead after Jerusalem clashes

JERUSALEM, May 14 – A Palestinian teenager wounded in Jerusalem clashes Friday, as Palestinians launched events to mourn the 1948 creation of the Jewish...

May 14, 2011

Kenya

Tobiko, Kiage, Oduor nominated for DPP job

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 14 – Three lawyers have been nominated for the post of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) among them Keriako Tobiko...

LORDRICK MAYABIMay 14, 2011