Horn of Africa

Africa's largest wind farm set to emerge from Kenyan desert

NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it soon will be the site of...

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Interview with Meb Keflezighi: Running Man

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Indian boy mirrors the plight of millions of kids

By Ravi Nessman Associated Press Posted: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 Arun Kumar, center, 13, returns from school to the children's shelter where he lives in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents,...

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Iraqi lawmakers seek to end election crisis

BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question. Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed the...

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Travers: It's not Somalia, but it's same in so many ways

R ick Hillier, one of the powerful figures at the epicentre of the prisoner torture storm, has a revealing quirk. Question what happened in Afghanistan under his command and the former chief of defence staff talks about what...

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Egypt will not be 'lax' in defending nationals: Mubarak (AFP)

AFP - President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Cairo will be firm in dealing with those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match.

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US Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack - Voice of America

Times LIVE US Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack Voice of America AP Photo The United States Wednesday welcomed the repulsion of a band of pirates by gunfire from a private security team on a ship off the northeastern...

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Will Politicians Block New Constitution Again?

The draft constitution cobbled together by the Committee of Experts is now public. But the question is if it will ultimately be the graveyard for Kenyan politicians. Will the politicians, as usual, derail the country's quest...

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LEBANON: Migrant Women Dying on the Job

By Dalila Mahdawi BEIRUT, Nov 21 (IPS) - October and November have been bloody months for Lebanon's migrant domestic workers - over the last five weeks nine women have died. The workers leave their families behind to travel to...

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'Everybody is grinning:' Families celebrate adoptions at Whatcom County courthouse

| BELLINGHAM - About 20 Whatcom County families got a little bigger Friday, Nov. 20, as the county celebrated National Adoption Day.This is the second year the County Courthouse has hosted the event, at which families and...

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