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Indonesia steps up aid as tsunami toll tops 400

Indonesia, Oct 29 – Indonesia battled Friday to deliver aid to remote islands where a tsunami has killed over 400 people, as bodies lay...

October 29, 2010

World

Australia hunts for French missing helicopter

SYDNEY, Oct 29 – Australia and the United States scrambled air force planes Friday to hunt for a French helicopter which went missing in...

October 29, 2010

World

Hezbollah warns against UN Hariri probe

BEIRUT, Oct 29- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah urged all Lebanese to boycott a UN-backed probe into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri\’s murder, warning that cooperation amounted...

October 29, 2010

World

Tensions high at UN biodiversity talks

NAGOYA, Oct 29 – UN talks on an ambitious pact to protect the world\’s ecosystems hinged on Friday on last-ditch efforts by rich and...

October 29, 2010

Kenya

CJ sets up tribunal to probe Kiplagat

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – Chief Justice Evan Gicheru has finally set up a tribunal to investigate the Chairman of the Truth Justice and...

ROB JILLOOctober 29, 2010

Kenya

Ministers unfairly targeted, says Murungi

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi has now accused Parliament of unfairly vilifying ministers accused of alleged involvement in corruption without...

October 29, 2010

Kenya

Kenya hard hit by mortality rates

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – Kenya is still grappling with high maternal and child mortality rates, with at least 8,000 mothers dying annually despite...

CATHERINE KARONGOOctober 29, 2010

Kenya

Court puts brakes on new parking fees

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – New parking fees that were to take effect on Monday in Nairobi have been suspended by the High Court....

JUDIE KABERIAOctober 29, 2010

Kenya

Saitoti: I am up to the task

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – Internal Security Minister Prof George Saitoti has welcomed his appointment as acting Foreign Affairs Minister and backed the renewed...

ANTHONY KAGIRIOctober 29, 2010