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Former Rwandan health minister Casimir Bizimungu

UN court acquits Rwandan ex-ministers of genocide

The U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda on Friday acquitted two former ministers of genocide charges, making them among the most high-profile officials to be found not guilty of playing key roles in the 1994 slaughter of about 800,000 people.
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Kenyan police find 75 bodies in slum fire

At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, police said on Monday.
9/11 10th Anniversary

Sept. 11, 2001 - What Happened, and Where Are We Now?

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 stunned the United States and the world, and pushed both in to a new era: The day remains the most important international event since the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Onyango Obama Released from Massachusetts Jail

Police arrested Onyango Obama in Massachusetts last month for allegedly driving under the influence. Police has said the sports utility vehicle Onyango Obama was driving failed to make a proper stop at an intersection, and then almost collided with an unmarked vehicle that was being driven by a police officer.
Bono, lead singer of Irish band U2, performs

Bono and N'Dour to Hold Famine Concert in Kenya

Irish musician Bono and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour are planning a global Olympic-style torch relay, culminating in a concert in Kenya in 2012 to raise funds and awareness about the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Worst drought of Africa in 60 years

Somalia Lastest: Famine, Elections and Truces

Spurred by a massive drought in the Horn of Africa, the famine in Somalia has already left tens of thousands of people dead. Making matters worse, Somalia's ineffective government has been unable to counter the crisis on its own, and is desperately relying on the humanitarian efforts of foreign powers.
Malnourished Somali children are seen inside a paediatric ward at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu

Hundreds dying daily as famine spreads in Somalia: UN

Famine has spread to six out of eight regions in southern Somalia, with 750,000 people facing imminent starvation, the United Nations said on Monday, and hundreds of people are dying each day despite a ramping up of aid relief.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica congratulates Christophe Lemaitre of France after the men's 200 metres final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu

Bolt Back Where He Belongs, Vlasic Vanquished

Usain Bolt raced to redemption in 19.40 golden seconds on Saturday to retain his world 200 metres title while Anna Chicherova ended Blanka Vlasic's four-year run as high jump world champion.
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1.76-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Found

A haul of picks, flakes and hand axes, recovered from ancient sediments in Kenya, has been reported to be 1.76 million years old. This is as per a new geological study, being reported in the journal Nature.
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Kenya interbank rate tumbles, stocks drop

Kenya's interbank lending rate tumbled to 19.2515 percent on Tuesday from 27.7299 percent the previous day, central bank data showed on Thursday, as the bank's action last week to bring down interbank rates filters through the market.
Malnourished Somali children cry inside a paediatric ward at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu

Somalia famine yet to reach its peak: UN

Food will be increasingly scarce in famine-struck southern Somalia until next year's harvest, the head of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Bernard Lagat of the U.S. attends a news conference ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Daegu

Lagat, Farah Cruise into Men's 5,000 Meter Final

American Bernard Lagat ran like a million bucks to win his 5,000 meters heat at the world championships on Thursday, while Britain's Mo Farah managed to stay out of trouble in a physical second heat to cruise into the final.

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