Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Thu, 2013-03-07 08:13
Election officials have urged patience after problems with electronic systems - being used in the country’s polls first time - slowed counting down to a snail’s pace.
Counting of Kenyan election results yesterday slowed down, because of problems with electronic systems. Returning officers were ordered to physically deliver paper copies of their constituency’s tallies to the counting centre in the capital. Election officials have urged patience. Read more about Electronic fault slows Kenyan count
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Thu, 2013-03-07 08:13
The South American country has declared a week of mourning after the death of Hugo Chavez, the self-styled socialist revolutionary who led the nation for more than 14 years.
Armed forces deployed after Chavez death
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez lost his battle against cancer on Tuesday - his death silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left and putting the oil-rich nation on a path to early elections.
Vice-President Nicolas Maduro, who struggled to stifle tears as he announced Chavez’s passing, said the government had deployed armed forces and police “to accompany and protect our people and guarantee the peace”. Read more about Venezuela mourns charismatic leader
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2013-03-06 08:39
Kenyans were late yesterday still awaiting the results of the African country’s first presidential elections since the disputed 2007 vote that caused a wave of violence.
Kenyans nervously eyed results trickling in yesterday from the presidential election, the first since disputed polls five years ago triggered a wave of bloodletting, with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta taking an early lead.
Kenyatta, who faces a trial for crimes against humanity over the violence that killed more than 1 100 people and forced over 600 000 to flee their homes, edged ahead in partial results over rival Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who says he was robbed of victory in 2007. Read more about Tense Kenya awaits poll results
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2013-03-06 08:36
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2013-03-06 08:34
The Venezuelan president’s breathing problems have worsened and he is suffering from a “severe” new
respiratory infection, as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a severe infection and his breathing has worsened during chemotherapy, putting him in a "very delicate" state, the government said late Monday. Read more about Chavez’s breathing woes worsen
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2013-03-06 08:32
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Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Tue, 2013-03-05 08:55
Queen Elizabeth went into the hospital on Sunday to be treated for a stomach bug, according to Buckingham Palace officials.
Britain's 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II spent Sunday night in hospital after being admitted for the first time in 10 years, as a precautionary measure against the symptoms of gastroenteritis. Read more about British queen hospitalised
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Mon, 2013-03-04 08:48
One of Kenya's top two presidential rivals accused the electoral commission on Saturday of disadvantaging him by “design or omission” in today's vote, a poll intended to reassert the rule of law after savage post-election tribal fighting in 2007.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, locked in a tight race against Uhuru Kenyatta, told Reuters he was still confident of a first-round victory, but his comments hint at legal wrangles and tension if the result is as close as surveys suggest. Read more about Odinga alleges unfairness before Kenyan poll
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Mon, 2013-03-04 08:45
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed the Al-Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant earlier this year.
Chad says its troops in northern Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist leader who masterminded an assault on an Algerian gas plant that left 37 foreign hostages dead in January.
The Chadian army, whose troops have been at the forefront of the hunt for Al-Qaeda-linked fight-ers hiding in northern Mali, said Belmokhtar was killed during an operation in the Ifogha mountains on Saturday. Read more about Islamist leader killed in Mali
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Mon, 2013-03-04 08:42
Venezuela’s vice-president has said that Hugo Chavez is in good spirits as he undergoes chemotherapy in Caracas.
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