 Kenya’s Kibaki: A checkered legacy in power
NAIROBI — Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will step down after more than a decade in power that spanned some of the country’s most violent periods, but also saw a new constitution that has brought ho... (photo: Creative Commons / DEMOSH) The Daily Tribune
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 Buffett firm's 4Q up 49 pct. on paper gains
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's company reported a 49 percent surge in fourth-quarter profit because of a big paper gain on its investments and derivative contracts, but the investor called ... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) US News
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 Iran Increasing Arrests, Torture, Executions, UN Says
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Iran has stepped up executions of prisoners including juveniles as well as arrests of dissidents who are often tortured in jail, sometimes to death, t... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Huffington Post
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 Detroit in 'financial emergency', declares governor Rick Snyder
Emergency state 'not hard to justify' says Snyder when faced with recent damning report claiming Detroit close to collapse | Michigan Governor Rick Snyder talks to a group of people about the city of ... (photo: Public Domain / Daderot) The Guardian
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 Pittsburgh Mayor Ravenstahl won't seek re-election
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, whose chance political ascendancy made him one of the youngest heads of a major American city, announced this morning in a news conference that he would not seek reelection, jus... (photo: AP / Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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 Oil falls as US spending cuts loom
The price of oil fell Friday by another $1 to below $91 a barrel, as the prospect of U.S. government spending cuts raised concerns about oil demand in the world's leading economy. | By early afternoon... (photo: AP / Jin Lee) STL Today
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