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Nairobi

Type: City

Name: Nairobi

Country: Kenya

Latitude: -1.29

Longitude: 36.82

population: 2,750,561

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)

East Africa in historic trade pact

East African nations agree to common market trade dealLeaders from five East African nations have signed a common market treaty.The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi have agreed to the free movement of people and goods across the ... [BBC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Common Market, Kenya, Tanzania, Will Ross

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Gays say draft law ignored them

Not long after the uproar over the marriage of a Kenyan gay couple in London, the gay community in Kenya is coming out of the closet and agitating for rights they feel are ignored by the draft constitution.Spokespersons for the secretive and tightly-knit ... [Daily Nation - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Gay, Lesbian, Nairobi, Homosexuality

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Kenyan Centum H1 pretax profit slides

It said in a statement that operating costs rose 74 percent in the six months to end September from the same period a year earlier and timing differences in the receipt of dividend income hit profit. Most of Centum's investments are in blue chip stocks ... [Interactive Investor International - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nairobi, Net Asset Value, Kenya

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)

KENYA: Stigma holding back the fight against TB

Monika Juma, a multi-drug resistant TB and HIV-positive patient waits to be treated at the Blue House Clinic in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 5 February 07. Monika has been treated for TB for two monthsSIAYA, 19 November 2009 (PlusNews) - When Dorothy*, ... [IRIN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Kenya, Tuberculosis, Nairobi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Pirates release 'arms ship'

Nairobi - Somali pirates on Thursday released a Panama-flagged ship seized earlier this month and alleged to be carrying weapons, an organisation monitoring maritime activity in the region reported. 'MV Almeezan, the mysterious weapons ship captured for ... [News24.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Mogadishu, ECOTERRA International, Aden, Indian Ocean, Nairobi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Barack Obama

Obama takes a time-out to visit his half-brother in China

PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday revealed he took time out from his trip to Asia to meet his half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the father they share.Obama, who spent three days in China during his ... [Irish Independent - 11/19/2009]

Entities: China, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Sr., Mark Ndesandjo, Dreams From My Father

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Kenya's orphanage for elephants

Sala saunters in the red soil, her wrinkled skin glistening in the sun as she tries to keep up with the rest of the herd.It is hard to believe the 6-week-old, dwarfed by her human keeper, will grow up to be one of nature's biggest beasts.Until then, she ... [CNN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kenya, Daphne Sheldrick, Nairobi, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Nairobi rental prices on the rise

Nairobi, 93.0 Western Kenya and 104.5 Malindi * Catch up with Capital Business News daily at 7.15, 8.15, 12.15, 14.15, 16.15 and 17.15 EAT BY EVELYN NJOROGEUpdated 12 hours 18 minutes ago NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 18 - The influx of Small and Medium Sized ... [CapitalFM - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nairobi, Kenya, Malindi (Kenya), Real Estate Investment

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Zain is a Superbrand

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 18 - Mobile telephony operator Zain has said its strategy for deeper market penetration is pegged on improving network quality as opposed to engaging in price wars with competitors.Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, Zain East Africa ... [CapitalFM - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Zain, Superbrands, Kenya, Network Infrastructure, Nairobi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Piracy money distorting property prices

Huge amounts of money made through piracy is causing jitters in Kenya’s property market. Photo/REUTERSColossal amounts of money received by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean are being used to buy houses and land in Nairobi, thus distorting the property ... [Daily Nation - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Piracy, Kenya, INVESTMENT MANAGER, Indian Ocean, Nairobi

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

UGANDA: HIV-positive women need family planning services, study shows

NAIROBI, 20 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - HIV-positive women in western Uganda want fewer children than women not living with the virus, but often do not have access to family planning services, a new study reveals. ... [IRIN Plusnews Service - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Uganda, HIV/AIDS, Nairobi

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Kenya central bank FX reserves edge higher

NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Kenya's central bank said onFriday its official usable foreign exchange reserves stood at$3.356 billion, up for a seventh week in a row.Here are highlights from the bank's latest weekly bulletin:* Official usable foreign exchange ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kenya, Daniel Wallis, Forex

Quotes

...who are at their formative stage who require adequate guidance and impacting of knowledge to prepare them for their future role in the society. "These are the change agents in our society, scouts believe in the brother-sisterhood principle which can help the society overcome negative ethnicity and fight other social evils', he added.The Vice President made the remarks Friday evening during a fundraising dinner for the Kenya Scouts Association held at Holiday Inn Westlands in Nairobi."

World Scout Moot to be held in Kenya [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 6 hours ago]

...'You know if a human child came in need of care, you wouldn't put a bullet in or turn it away,' said Daphne Sheldrick of the foundation. "Elephants are the same. ... Whatever comes in, we have to make space." The facility has more than 20 elephants in Nairobi and more at another center in Tsavo National Park, where they are also rehabilitated

Kenya's elephant orphanage [CNN - 11/20/2009]

...from the use of web addresses written only in the Roman alphabet so that users around the world can write them in their own languages and scripts. "Kenya will have a chance to market its ICT industry as a viable Business Processing Outsourcing centre. Most of all, Kenya will be marketed as a key tourism destination in Africa" said Dr Bitange Ndemo, permanent secretary Ministry of Information and Communication during a media briefing in Nairobi on Thursday

Kenya: New Initiative Seeks to Widen Internet Usage by Kenyans [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]

The VaticanVatican Council II's Decree 'On the Mission Activity of the Church', Ad Gentes, states that the particular churches in missionary lands "should launch a common pastoral effort and suitable works to increase the number of vocations to the diocesan clergy and to religious institutes, to discern them more readily, and to train them more efficiently, so that little by little these churches may be able to provide for themselves and to bring aid to others" (§ 19). Since he was chosen as a Superior Regular of the Franciscan Capuchins in Kenya (1984-1990), Mgr Baldacchino launched a bold and incisive plan...

A Maltese bishop with an African heart [Malta Independent Daily - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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Monetary team may hold central bank rate stable [Daily Nation - 2 hours ago]
Kagame: EAC faces revenue challenges [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 3 hours ago]
New Kenya Safari Holiday Package - KATS Announc... [Prlog - 5 hours ago]
Hutu rebels denounce leaders' arrests [Namibian - 6 hours ago]
A new railway for Kenya [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 6 hours ago]
World Scout Moot to be held in Kenya [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 6 hours ago]
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Feature Film PUNCTURED HOPE Enlightens and Thri... [PR Newswire via MSN Money - 8 hours ago]
UNICEF urges stepped-up response to crisis in S... [Xinhua News Agency - 10 hours ago]
Lighting products awards [Vector Online - 10 hours ago]
East African nations plan trade deal [Individual.com - 11 hours ago]
Kenya’s population grows by a million per year [Daily Nation - 14 hours ago]
Kenya awaits progress report on Vision 2030 [CapitalFM - 15 hours ago]
Kenya to host global ICT meet [CapitalFM - 15 hours ago]
Changes due at Kenya power firm [CapitalFM - 15 hours ago]
Africa Animation in 'Tinga Tinga Tales' [Animation Insider - 16 hours ago]
Poly loses equipment to robbers in police uniform [Daily Nation - 18 hours ago]
Japanese to head Red Cross Federation [Asahi.com - 18 hours ago]
Interpol 'red alert' to nab absconding convicts [The New Nation - 18 hours ago]
Pirates investing "colossal amounts of mon... [Individual.com - 19 hours ago]
E. Africa common market to take effect in July ... [The Saudi Gazette - 19 hours ago]
Kenya Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 ... [Mindbranch - 19 hours ago]
Gays say draft law ignored them [Daily Nation - 20 hours ago]
Body in church, spirit in Nairobi [Daily Sun - 20 hours ago]
EAC common market protocol to spur economic growth [Xinhua News Agency - 20 hours ago]
Centum posts fall in earnings [Daily Nation - 21 hours ago]
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Moveme... [United Nations Multimedia - 21 hours ago]
First Islamic Book-Fair is Held in Nairobi [AllAfrica.com - 21 hours ago]
Youth Warned Against Joining Somalia War [AllAfrica.com - 21 hours ago]
Vaccine offers best hope in malaria fight [The Monitor - 22 hours ago]

Blogs

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"The View From Your Window" - Now Jus... [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11/19/2009] Apologies for the belated update, especially to the 1000+ readers last week who pledged to purchase at least one Window View book. (Total pledges: nearly ...
Obama brothers meet in China [CNN Political Ticker - 11/18/2009] Embedded video from CNN Video (CNN) – President Obama's four-day visit to China was aimed at building deeper ties - and also spending time, albeit briefly, on family ...
Maersk Alabama hit by pirates again [BLACKFIVE - 11/18/2009] These clowns are amazing, but at least this time they caught some gunfire right away.NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for ...
The human rights of terrorists \| Afua Hirsch [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009] That the alleged 9/11 conspirators, if convicted, will face the death penalty requires some mental acrobatics from a human rights perspectiveInches of column space ...
Drumbeat: November 17, 2009 [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - 11/17/2009] Of oil reserves, fudged data and World Energy Outlook '09 (Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The energy industry is peculiar -- ...

Audio/Video

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Orphaned elephants in Kenya [CNN.com - Video - 11/19/2009]
East Africa Report - Outsourcing & Contact ... [ABN Digital - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Nairobi street children [CNN.com - Video - 11/10/2009]
Kenya accused of training Mogadishu fighters - ... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/07/2009]
Kenya's street teens [CNN International - YouTube - 11/06/2009]

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