Kenya looks for economic peace dividend after calm vote

Kenya looks for economic peace dividend after calm vote


Kenya looks for economic peace dividend after calm vote

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:29 AM PDT

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's tourism industry may be a swift winner from the election of Uhuru Kenyatta, owner of hotels and a vast business empire, as east Africa's biggest economy seeks to benefit from a vote that avoided a re-run of bloodshed of five years ago.


Three killed in Alaska rescue helicopter crash

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:24 AM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska State Troopers helicopter crashed during a rescue mission, killing all three people on board, officials said on Sunday.


Dr M calls on Johor voters to end Kit Siang's political career

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:09 AM PDT

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on the various communities in Johor to ensure that the 13th general election (GE13) will end DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang's political career.

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Muhammad Ridzwan surrenders to help Sabah intrusion investigation

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:08 AM PDT

The president of Pertubuhan Kebajikan Al-Ehsan, Datuk Seri Muhammad Ridzwan Sulaiman, surrendered at the Ampang District Police head quarters here today, to facilitate the Sabah armed intrusion investigation.

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Japan venture to bring electric tuk-tuks to Asia

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:01 AM PDT

A Japanese company is hoping to win a big slice of Asia's tuk-tuk market, it said Wednesday, betting battery-operated buggies could cut burgeoning city pollution.

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South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:57 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes.


Philips Design tests smartphone birthing coach

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:59 PM PDT

Dutch moms-to-be are test-driving a new app from Philips Design that hopes to help improve the experience of giving birth.

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Wristband tracks whether or not your doctor's hands are clean

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:57 PM PDT

A new startup aims to police the hand-washing efforts of healthcare workers, to help control the spread of illnesses in hospitals, in the form of a bracelet that alerts them to whether or not they've scrubbed sufficiently.

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Volvo demonstrates breakthrough cyclist protection system

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:56 PM PDT

Volvo claims its system is the first in the world that can automatically apply a car's brakes when sensors detect a cyclist.

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Freddie Mercury 'took Princess Diana to gay bar in drag'

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:50 PM PDT

Queen singer Freddie Mercury disguised the late Princess Diana as a male model and smuggled her into a notorious gay bar, according to a memoir serialised in Britain's Sunday Times.

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Paris chainsaw thief hacks off Sun King elephant tusk

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:50 PM PDT

A man broke into the Paris natural history museum early Saturday and used a chainsaw to hack off the tusk of an elephant that belonged to King Louis XIV of France, officials said.

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Titanic II titan unveils Australian dinosaur park plan

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:48 PM PDT

An eccentric Australian mining magnate who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic on Saturday unveiled his latest scheme -- a park of giant robotic dinosaurs.

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Tibet landslide leaves 21 dead, 62 missing: media

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:46 PM PDT

Rescuers have recovered 21 bodies three days after a massive landslide in Tibet buried more than 80 mine workers, China National Radio reported on Monday.

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Strengths and weaknesses of Selangor state government

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:46 PM PDT

Whether Pakatan Rakyat can retain Selangor or not, it depends on the tug of war between livelihood problems and incorruptibility.

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Shanghai boosts checks after bird flu deaths

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Shanghai is stepping up monitoring at local hospitals after a new strain of bird flu killed two people last month in China's commercial hub, state media said Monday.

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Massive investigation launched into district attorney killing

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:24 PM PDT

DALLAS, April 1 — Authorities have launched a massive investigation into the weekend killings of a Texas district attorney and his wife, which occurred months after an assistant prosecutor was shot dead in the same county. Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were discovered with fatal gunshot wounds at their ...


S. Korea leader vows 'strong' retaliation to North

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:09 PM PDT

South Korea's new president on Monday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries were now in a state of war.

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Cutting-edge 3D film revives a Warsaw lost to war

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:08 PM PDT

Nazi bombs left Warsaw as little more than a smouldering heap of rubble at the end of World War II.

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VIDEO: Who will be next to lead Cuba?

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:09 PM PDT

Cuban politics has been dominated by the Castro brothers, Fidel and Raul, ever since it became the western hemisphere's first communist country in 1959.

VIDEO: Views on the Korean border crossing

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:02 PM PDT

Lucy Williamson reports from the highly guarded border between North and South Korea, as South Korea's president promises a swift military response to any provocation from the North.

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