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Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Central Bank of Kenya received 44.1 billion shillings ($589.6 million) in bids for an infrastructure bond sale that was twice oversubscribed.
In Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 stories about the hijacking of the oil tanker Maran Centaurus, The Associated Press erroneously reported the value of the crude oil aboard. The correct value is about $150 million, not $20... Piracy - Oil tanker - Petroleum - Business - Energy
It took the Fallon girls basketball team a quarter to settle down and shaky a pesky Dayton team on Tuesday. When the Lady Wave did find their groove, they ran away from Dayton with a 57-36 season-opening win. Leading the charge for Fallon was senior forward Sara Parsons, who scored 26 points and grabbed five rebounds. Junior center Lena Wolf added 10 points and senior Kenya Brown chipped in with ...
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.
Capitalism gets the blame in this talking-heads documentary. But the movie review points out that 'The End of Poverty?' offers few real-world solutions.
When Paul and Connie Zimmerman were tourists in Kenya, they quickly fell in love with the country and its people. Just about as quickly they discovered incredible poverty and a seemingly endless need for education and medical help. Not to mention how difficult it is for many Kenyans to access clean water. Feeling an urge to do something, the couple started the nonprofit Small World Education ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Developing countries will need tens of billions of dollars each year to cope with the effects of climate change such as floods and drought, the global head of the U.N.'s development arm said.
Health experts on Thursday called for more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed 1.8 million people around the world last year.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Three government ministers were among at least 19 people killed in a suicide-bomb attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during a university graduation ceremony, the African Union Mission in Somalia said.
NEARLY ALL TOP NAMES FOR LONDON LONDON (GBR): Virgin London Marathon is promising also for 2010 something special for the 30th edition on April 25. Both title defenders are coming, Kenyan olympic winner Samuel Wanjiru and German WMM winner Irina Mikitenko.
Experts are seeking more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed 1.8 million people worldwide last year, Reuters reported.For doctors, confirming active tuberculosis, or TB, is a laborious procedure, while diseases like AIDS and malaria can be diagnosed in minutes by applying a drop of blood to a rapid test kit.The TB test requires a ...
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.
The shares of 16 companies gained, 15 fell and 24 were unchanged. The following were among the most active stocks on the Nairobi Stock Exchange today.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
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.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Greek shipping company says an oil supertanker Somali pirates hijacked four days ago has reached the coast of Somalia. Maran Tankers Management Inc. says in a Wednesday statement the tanker is near the Somali coastal of Hobyo. The town is a haven for pirates.
