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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday he had asked judges to allow a formal probe of Kenya's 2007-08 post-election violence with a view to trying those responsible.
Philip Bereano, a University of Washington professor who worked with nongovernmental organizations during the 1999 World Trade Organization conference, believes events in Seattle led to more citizen oversight of the WTO and more public debate on complex global issues.
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An Australian photojournalist kidnapped and tortured in Somalia has held an emotional reunion with his mother in Kenya, in which the pair "just hugged and hugged", a report said Sunday.
NAIROBI, Kenya - The East African belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to...
When Grant Rissler goes to market, he looks over the food and local wares as any other buyer would. But when he checks the color and texture of a tomato, it's not produce but a perfect picture that interests him.Rissler has spent a lifetime traveling the globe, camera in hand, and he will show s...
Adopting two chil dren from Kenya was the first con nection that Jean Corey, a professor of English at Messiah College, had to the poverty-stricken nation.
Its 8:55 a.m. on Oct. 12 and freezing cold. Melinda Kelly doesnt have much time. She reaches into her backpack and finds her cell phone. She punches out a message to John Pasley in Charleston. "Mt. Killi Success!!!" &q...
The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to $75,000 selling a complete dismembered set. Mary Owido, who lacks pigment that gives color to skin, eyes and hair, says she is only comfortable when at work or at home with her husband and children.
Soldiers help the founder, a French veterinarian, care for cheetahs and other species.
Austrian Guenther Weidlinger upstaged Olympic champions Sammy Wanjiru and Stefano Baldini to take out the Great Australian Run over 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) here on Sunday.
This room where I work is a gallery of artifacts — some of them even more ancient than myself. And to each object there are memories attached. The very oldest is a Persian pottery fragment — the base of what may have been a wine jar — dating perhaps from 3000 B.C. or earlier.
Superstitions in Africa lead to wave of terror and fear
Stephen Pagliuca speaks Dutch. Alan Khazei boasts of seeing South Africa with President Clinton. And US Representative Michael E. Capuano has traveled the globe, albeit often on the taxpayer dime, meeting with presidents, prime ministers, and American troops.
A local lawyer called late last month and asked if I would be in my office for a little while because he had something for me.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Leading results Sunday from the 15-kilometer Great Australian Run on the streets of Melbourne: Men 1. Guenther Weidlinger , Austria , 43 minutes, 1 second. 2. Collis Birmingham , Australia , 43:19. 3. Martin Dent, Australia, 44:00. 4. Sammy Wanjiru, Kenya , 44:20. 5. Andrew Carlson, United States , 44:25. 6. Scott Westcott, Australia, 44:37. 7. Mark Tucker, Australia ...
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