Friday, August 1st, 2008
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| • | IOM, Health Ministry Launch Vaccination Campaign for Migrants, Refugees in Nairobi: IOM in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, through the Nairobi - North District Medical Office - yesterday launched a series of vaccination campaigns for urban refugees and migrants living in Nairobi.
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| • | Activists Say Post-Poll Violence Hit Women Most: Post-election violence hit women most, with some being gang-raped and infected with the HIV virus, the Waki Commission heard on Thursday.
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| • | Speaker Reprimands Former Finance Minister: Kipipiri MP Amos Kimunya was on Thursday chastised by Parliament for seeking to absolve himself from the controversial Grand Regency Hotel sale at a public rally.
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| • | End of an Era as Phone Firm Takes on New Name: Today marks a new beginning for Celtel Kenya, barely four years after the name hit the Kenyan market.
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| • | Unlawful Transfers of 'Terror Suspects' Must Be Investigated: – including Somalia, Ethiopia and the United States.
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| • | Women's Choices Change Cities: This year the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: for the first time in history, more than half its population will be living in urban areas.
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| • | Conflict Prevention Cheaper Than Peacekeeping: When former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan led mediation efforts to end the post-election ethnic rioting in Kenya, which cost the lives of over 300 people, he proved that conflict prevention was more cost-effective than peacekeeping.
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