Monday, July 19th, 2010
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| • | Overriding Goal Should Be to Defeat Or Neutralise Al-Shabaab [opinion]: Following al-Shabaab's audacious assault on Kampala last Sunday, the first reaction from Somalia's neighbours will be to beef up the troop numbers of the Africa Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Amisom.
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| • | Lessons for the Region From Kampala Attacks: That al-Shabaab, the Mogadishu-based radical Islamist group, has claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing in Kampala, must serve as a wake-up call for first, the East African community, the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and,...
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| • | Fifa Should Re-Think the Red Card Rule: As I reported recently, Socrates considered the spectator as the noblest of the three kinds of people who attended the Olympics - in Peloponnesian Arcadia and, later (after Hellenic patriarchy had deposed Pelasgic matriarchy), astride Thessaly and...
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| • | Optic Cable Advent Boosts Internet Access [column]: The advent of international submarine fibre has brought about significant changes to the connectivity market.
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| • | Seasoned Investor With Knack for a Hard Bargain: Businessman Chris Kirubi has dipped his hands in many sectors of the economy, raising his stock among the wealthiest and prominent personalities in Kenya.
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| • | New Marketing System Yet to Boost Coffee Incomes: The low utilisation of direct coffee marketing system introduced in 2006 has sent the regulator Coffee Board of Kenya back to the drawing board, and is currently preparing to carry out a study on the model in August.
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| • | Firms Build War-Chests As the Economy Picks Up: It's the economy, stupid. This is the simple slogan - coined by his campaign strategist James Carville - on which Bill Clinton rode to the US presidency in 1992.
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| • | Police Arrest Pastor, Seize Bomb Material: Kenya police have arrested two men, one of them a pastor, and recovered bomb material after they intercepted a car they were travelling in.
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| • | Kenya Arrests Another Local: Another Ugandan-born al Shabaab terrorist suspect has been arrested by the Kenyan Police. The man, who was in transit to Somalia, was arrested in connection to last Sunday's bombings in Kampala.
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| • | Pirates' Money Threatens Kenya: Piracy and the big money being made out of it is seeping into Kenya's economic fabric, presenting a serious threat to the economy as well as law and order, experts warn.
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