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How the world is reacting to Obama's reelection
From China to Iran, President Obama's reelection elicited everything from celebration to doubt about his second-term agenda. Here are 11 responses:
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Iran vs. Israel: 8 recent attacks Israel blames on Iran
Yesterday's attack on Israeli tourists in the Bulgarian town of Burgas is the eighth major incident in which Israel has accused the Iranian government and its allies of planning to attack, or of attacking, Israeli citizens. Iran denies involvement in any of the incidents, but it accuses Israel of a string of deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists over the past year.
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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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3 great photo books
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Iran attack on UK embassy: 5 high profile embassy breaches
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Africa Monitor President at home, on trial abroad: How Kenya's new leader is coping
Kenya's new president and deputy say they are cooperating with the International Criminal Court's investigation against them, but the ICC prosecutor says that's simply not true.
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Global News Blog Kenyan police clear protesters - and a drove of pigs - from Parliament's gates
Demonstrators are upset with efforts by Kenya's lawmakers to give themselves a pay raise.
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Change Agent Two extraordinary African women tell their stories
As disabled women refugees, Dahabo Hassan Maow and Aitm Caroline Ogwang faced tremendous obstacles. But they've overcome every one and now advocate for other women in need.
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Kenyan official seeks ally in UN to drop criminal charges against new president
Kenya's UN ambassador says the crimes against humanity indictments of the country's president and his deputy are flawed. Can his move influence the International Criminal Court?
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A 'novel' idea for spreading literature in Africa: The cellphone
Publishers across the continent are increasingly targeting readers with mobile phone apps and other technologies that are far cheaper than either e-readers or traditional books.
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Two Iranians in Kenya found guilty of bomb plots
The men were found with enough RDX explosives to bring down a building, and more could be hidden. They scoped-out British and Israeli embassies, and a synagogue.
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New Kenyan lawmakers vote themselves free luxury car perk, worth $60,000
Before elections in March, salaries for politicians in the East African nation were agreed to be pruned as a matter of national contrition. That didn't last long.
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Change Agent EcoZoom builds a market for clean cookstoves in developing economies
In impoverished areas, people spend $1 to $2 per day to burn charcoal or wood to cook food, a huge expensive for them. A clean-burning cookstove cuts that cost by more than half.
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Africa Monitor From exile, a Sudanese journalist tells Darfur's stories
Nadia Taha is a producer at Sudan Radio Service in Kenya. She spoke with the Enough Project's Laura Heaton about the dangers and rewards of reporting on the humanitarian crisis in her home country.
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Will Bashir's visit help close the divide between the Sudans?
On Friday Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir visited South Sudan for the first time since the two countries split in 2011. Experts say it's a sign that relations between the Sudans are finally stabilizing.
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Change Agent Crop insurance helps Kenya's urban poor return to farming
The plan compensates farmers with fertilizer and seed for their crop losses, with the aim of helping them start over after a loss.
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Kenya's Supreme Court upholds election results
On Saturday, Kenya's Supreme Court upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta, who was declared the winner of Kenya's presidential elections earlier this month with 50.07 percent of the vote. Kenyatta is accused of human rights violations by the International Criminal Court.
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Pope Francis signals core mission – returning Catholics to the church (+video)
In his first blessing from the Vatican balcony, Pope Francis spoke of the 'evangelization' of Rome, a clear sign he would carry on the 'New Evangelization' legacy of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
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African Catholics see hope in choice of non-European pope
Catholics praised the selection of Pope Francis, saying that his roots in the Southern Hemisphere could mean more attention to issues of poverty and underdevelopment.
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Opinion: Key signs that Al Qaeda's Islamic extremism is moving into southern Africa
A surge of sectarian strife and Al Qaeda-linked terrorism in Tanzania signals that Africa's jihadist wave is expanding south. The failure of the international community to assist Tanzania in tackling the roots of Islamic extremism will likely allow it to grow.
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Indicted abroad for crimes, Kenya's new leaders pose diplomatic dilemma
Foreign governments must decide how to interact with Kenya's newly elected president, Uhuru Kenyatta, because of his indictments at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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In Kenya, dancing, doubt, and sighs of relief as Kenyatta wins presidency
Uhuru Kenyatta got 50.07 percent in an election that stood in sharp contrast to the 2007 vote, which saw deadly outbreaks of violence. His opponent has said he'll challenge the results.
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Kenyan presidential candidate alleges vote-rigging
As a hand recount of votes from Monday's election continued Thursday, candidate Raila Odinga cried foul, saying the emerging tallies were not accurate.
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Tense wait in Kenya as electronic vote tally fails
The expensive new counting system was designed to avoid the vote rigging allegations that led to violence after the country's 2007 election. But when it failed Wednesday, a hand count began.
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Kenya elections: Top presidential candidate accuses UK of 'shadowy' meddling
After the electronic vote counting system broke down, meaning votes will have to be tallied by hand, the top presidential candidate blamed Britain's high commissioner.
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On Kenyan election day, limited violence and high turnout
Although 16 died in militant attacks before polls opened Monday morning, for most Kenyans the biggest barriers to voting were long lines and overcrowded polling stations.
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Change Agent Push for biogas in Kenya asks women to get their hands dirty
Women are among those being trained as masons to install biogas digesters in Kenya, providing households with cheap, clean energy and helping to slow climate change by replacing wood, gas, or kerosene.
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Kenyans vow no repeat of 2007 violence ahead of Monday's election
Polls show a tight race ahead of Kenya's election tomorrow. Across the country, average Kenyans are vowing there will not be a return to the ethnic clashes that marred the country's controversial 2007 vote.
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Focus Can Kenya's March election avoid killings, catastrophe, of last national vote?
Kenya prized its strategic and symbolic importance as one of Africa's leading democracies. But bloody post-election riots in 2007 has the world now watching.
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Focus Will Twitter make an impact in Kenya's elections next week?
Smart phones now affordable for the first time and can carry messages of reconciliation as well as hate.
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