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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 3:55 pm ET
Wildlife officials here Monday displayed more than half a tonne of recently-seized ivory, reflecting a rise in poaching they said was prompted by the controversial sale of stockpiled tusks last year.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 7:34 am ET
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya’s automated bond-trading system, which started on Nov. 9, has boosted liquidity of the securities, Nairobi Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Peter Mwangi said.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 6:48 am ET
The shares of 18 companies gained, 6 declined and 31 were unchanged. The following were among the most active stocks on the Nairobi Stock Exchange today.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 30, 9:48 am ET
African authorities raided shops, intercepted vehicles at checkpoints and used sniffer dogs to detect and seize over 3,800 pounds of illegal elephant ivory in a six-nation operation, Interpol and the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 5:13 pm ET
NAIROBI, Kenya — Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload. That's one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a U.S.-bound supertanker carrying $20 million in crude.
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KPAX Missoula - Tue Dec 1, 2:06 pm ET
Beautiful jewelry made from fair-trade beads and Kenya silver, baskets of dolls made from dark fabric, and photos of beautiful happy African children adorned a display at the Corvallis Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 28th.
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Journal of the American Medical Association - 40 minutes ago
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2305-2312.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 6:10 am ET
Pilots will enable local organizations to test new ideas for delivery and storage of safe water for consumers who lack access
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Duke University - Tue Dec 1, 9:39 am ET
Andy Cunningham co-founded WISER, the first all-girls boarding school and community center set to open early next year in Muhuru Bay, Kenya.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's aunt buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she described her anguish over no longer having contact with him and his family after the revelation she had been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Dec 1, 1:55 pm ET
NAIROBI, Kenya - International naval forces will never be able to completely secure the vast area of ocean where Somali pirates are hijacking ships off East Africa, the commander of the EU Naval Force's counter-piracy efforts said Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 4:18 am ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya will press ahead with plans to sell or lease as many as 26 state-owned companies and assets by 2012 in an effort to boost industries including tourism and agriculture, Privatization Commission Chief Executive Officer Solomon Kitungu said.
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Stars and Stripes - 1 hour 56 minutes ago
NAIROBI, Kenya — Using flares and hoses, the crew of a Greek oil tanker fought off a pirate attack Tuesday in the Arabian Sea, two days after brigands seized a tanker bound for the United States with $20 million of crude oil.
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The World - 24 minutes ago
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An oil tanker bound for the United States that was hijacked by Somali pirates was traveling outside a recommended maritime corridor, the commander of the EU Naval Force said today.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 30, 5:08 pm ET
Here we go again. If shooting doesn't work, which apparently it does not, a well placed bomb will. NAIROBI, Kenya — Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload.