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  • Kenyas injury-hit Kirui to defend world marathon title

    London Marathon last month due to a stress fracture in his right shin. "We are crossing our fingers and hoping that Kirui will recover in time for Moscow," AK technical committee chairman Paul Mutwii told reporters. ...

  • ICTJ Welcomes Kenyas TJRC Report

    The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) welcomes the release of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report, which is the result of an official truth-seeking process undertaken by Kenya following the 2007/2008 post-election violence. The report shares the TJRC's findings on gross violations of human rights, economic crimes, illegal acquisition of public ...

  • Kenya Medic Raises Concern Over Acute Shortage of Staff At Busia District Hospital

    THE Medical Superintendent at the Busia district hospital Jane Rose Ambuchi has expressed concern over an acute shortage of medical personnel at the health facility. Speaking during a stakeholders' forum at a Busia hotel yesterday, the medic said the health facility also lacked an ambulance as well as a mental unit The medical officer at the same time said that lack of adequate medical ...

  • Former Nigeria coach urges Super Eagles to beat Kenya

    Former Nigeria's Super Eagles head coach Christian Chukwu has charged the team to defeat the Harambee Stars of Kenya in a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier, even in the absence of some key players.Three Super Eagles top midfield players Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Kalu Uche have been ruled out of the crucial encounter, due to injuries.Chukwu told reporters in Lagos on Saturday that he was ...

  • 3 more suspects arrested in slaying of soldier in London

    Three more suspects were arrested Saturday evening in the hacking death of a British soldier in London. Counter-terrorism officers took the trio, ages 21, 24 and 28, into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, the BBC reported. Police said the arrests were made at two locations in southeast London. The 21-year-old and 28-year-old suspects were shot with stun guns but didn't ...

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The Beach [DVD]

The Beach [DVD]

"The Beach" marks Leonardo DiCaprio's first leading role in more than two years, since the worldwide juggernaut that was "Titanic" (1997), and that alone invests the film with a certain interest value. It is not interesting so much because DiCaprio stars in it (although he is certainly one of the finest young actors working today), but rather because one's curiosity is peaked when a certified "mo ... ...

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  • Kenya Diplomatic dilemma as Kenya mulls over Somalia exit strategy

    Kenya's exit strategy from Somalia has hit a major diplomatic wall after Mogadishu developed hostility towards the new leadership of a newly formed autonomous region in southern ...

  • Kenya Governor renews unity call

    County Assembly to co-operate so as to speed up their development agenda. He said that like other counties in northern Kenya, Garissa lagged in development and advised that its leadership need not to waste time but remain focused in achieving socio-economic growth. "It is paramount for us to be proactive and quickly develop our county," said the Governor, who spoke after a planning ...

  • Kenya UK Lords keen on stronger ties with Nairobi

    • Lord Chidgey (right): "Kenyatta and his Jubilee Alliance were clear winners and thus avoided a run-off against his main political opponent, Raila Odinga and his Coalition for Reform and Democracy. Jubilee won by just 8,000 votes, a victory confirmed by Supreme Court." • Lord Anderson: "Is there a degree of bias against Africa in the ICC? Is it right that there has ...

  • Kenya Will truth teams explosive report heal wounds

    NAIROBI, KENYA : The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to say sorry - at least 11 times - for ill deeds including massacre, political assassinations, extra-judicial killings, sexual and other violence meted against women, children and the ...

  • Kenya Mutua is talking less and thinking big on Machakos

    Zayed University in United Arab Emirates , Dr Alfred Mutua, Machakos Governor received a call from secretary to former minister of Information and ...

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