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KenyaStar.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Issue 2119
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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Mwakwere still flying the flag on his guzzler
Probe on for theft of millions of IDP cash
Raila steps up push for Ongeri to resign
Plan to put rail firm on track under review
Renewed anti-graft crusade a carbon copy of earlier State mission

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Man Arrested in Attempted Scam of Elderly Lakeland Woman
Cruise Specialists Sends Off World Cruise Guests In Style
Expectations for retirement savings plunge in 2009
Women, young Canadians banking on RRSPs for retirement

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Mickey Rourke defends Megan Fox's acting skills
Kolkata family exhibits musical instruments of British Raj era
Foreign artistes perform at Khajuraho Dance Festival
Flight-testing of cryogenic stage of GSLV in April, says ISRO Chairman
Mystery as Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building, shuts to public

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Breaking News
Team probes how bullets left armoury
learnt that the investigation team had formally been invited to scrutinise records at the Administration Police Training College in Embakasi, Nairobi, where the armoury is...

Sacked magistrate in quest for justice
The Judiciary is caught in yet another controversy as a sacked magistrate prepares to sue the Chief Justice and the Judicial Service Commission for contempt of court. Former chief magistrate Joyce...
Act to boost ties, Kalonzo tells US
US lauds Kenyan efforts on graft war One way they could help Kenya deal with her development challenges was by fast-tracking her application to access the Millennium Challenge Account funds, just...
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World
NATO aware of Taliban buildupNATO aware of Taliban buildup
It has been suggested by Afghan villagers that the Taliban may be preparing for a major offensive against NATO...

Gas plant explodes in US
In the United States, at least five people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after an explosion ripped through a gas power plant under construction in Middletown in...
Man dies after stowing away on jetMan dies after stowing away on jet
The body of a man has been found slumped in the landing gear of a plane at Japan's Narita...
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Business News
U.S. stocks slip into red MondayU.S. stocks slip into red Monday
U.S. stocks hovered in and out of positive territory Monday, with the bears only slightly getting the upper...

Stocks could be on a downer this weekStocks could be on a downer this week
There is a growing sense that the US stock market's rally from the lows of March 2009 has run out of...
Nissan decides not to desert SpainNissan decides not to desert Spain
Japanese carmaker Nissan has it will not close its Avila plant in Spain, although it will run at less than 50 percent capacity for at least three...
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Boston, Feb. 5 : A US immigration judge has given President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt two more months to prepare an argument against her deportation.

The decision came six years after Aunt Zeituni Onyango was first ordered to leave the United States.

On Thursday, an immigration judge heard two hours of testimony from Zeituni Onyango, 57, and gave lawyers until mid-March to file written arguments.

Onyango entered court in a wheelchair with a cane across her lap.

She smiled, but didn't speak to reporters.

Doctors also spoke on behalf of Onyango, who has said she suffers from the 'Guillain-Barri syndrome.

Obama hasn't intervened for his aunt, who guided Obama around Kenya on a visit 20 years ago.

She came to the U.S. in 2000 and was ordered out in 2004 after an asylum request was rejected, but she did not leave.

"She really wants to stay in America," said her lawyer, Margaret Wong.


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    Stock markets around the world are falling again. How do you think they will fare by the end of the year?


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