Kenya heads for one of Africa's closest votes
MANDERA, Kenya (Reuters): Election time, and a bus ambles across the sand, dodging potholes and rattling plastic milk-containers on its roof as it slowly comes into view. The capital letters on its side spell out a single name: Lampard. Neither of the two main candidates....
Tradition shackles love, marriage
MUMBAI (Reuters):In drama and intrigue, the story is straight out of a film script - she a fabulously rich girl, he an information technology engineer, and both dare to marry despite her family's arch-resistance. Changing cars to throw off their pursuers...
US still unprepared for disaster - report
WASHINGTON (Reuters):The United States remains unprepared for disasters ranging from biological attacks to a flu pandemic, and funding for preparedness is falling, according to a report released on Tuesday.Many states still lack a stockpile of drugs,...
Device can spot cancer cells in blood, say researchers
CHICAGO (Reuters):A highly sensitive microchip may help doctors detect rare traces of cancer circulating in the bloodstream, offering a way to better manage treatment, U.S.researchers said on Wednesday. The device can isolate, count and analyse circulating tumour cells from a blood sample....
Prosecutor says there is enough evidence against ANC's Zuma
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): South Africa's top prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to bring renewed graft charges against Jacob Zuma, newly elected head of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), a local radio station reported yesterday....
Bomber kills 13 Iraq volunteers, 1 US soldier
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters): A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in Iraq's Diyala province yesterday, killing 13 neighbourhood patrol volunteers and a U.S.soldier. U.S. forces said the explosion struck a foot patrol near a building where a city council meeting....
Chávez oil diplomacy gains ground in Carib
HAVANA (Reuters):Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will assert his regional leadership at a summit in Cuba on Friday for PetroCaribe, his initiative to sell oil to Caribbean nations with soft financing. With oil prices above $90 a barrel, PetroCaribe is offering terms...
Bush: Patience with Syria's Assad ran out long ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters): United states President George W. Bush said yesterday his patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had run out long ago. "Syria needs to stay out of Lebanon," Bush told a White House news conference...
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