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Supporters of Raila Odinga's party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), run from tear gas grenades past a burning barricade they constructed, as they clashed with police in the Kibera slum area of Nairobi yesterday.

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Overhaul of welfare for lone parents proposed
The Government is planning to introduce welfare changes that could end up moving thousands of lone parents from welfare to work by making it obligatory for them to seek employment or training.
Anger turns to violence as Kenya's slums smoulder
Jennifer Titus went to choir practice yesterday as she does on a Thursday morning. Thirty minutes later she was on her knees begging for her life, as a mob set her church alight around her.
Lenihan blames barristers for delays in asylum appeals
Minister of State for Integration Conor Lenihan has blamed cases taken by a "voracious group of barristers" for the "grief and difficulty" surrounding the asylum process.

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PSNI chief defends decision not to pre-empt
Two PSNI officers identified by the judge in the Omagh bombing trial last month as having lied to the court are still on duty, the Chief Constable has admitted. p
FG may lodge complaint against Ahern
Fine Gael is giving "active consideration" to lodging a complaint against the Taoiseach with the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) in relation to his tax affairs, a spokesman said last night. p
New role for HSE's hospitals chief
The head of the Health Service Executive's National Hospitals Office is to leave his post and return to work as an adviser to HSE chief executive Prof Brendan Drumm. p
Slow take-up on green cards by immigrants
Fewer than 3,000 migrants were granted green cards during the first year of a new Government scheme for recruiting highly skilled workers from outside Europe, according to official figures. p
Boy faces two-year wait for speech therapy
A five-year-old boy who has been waiting for more than a year for speech and language therapy has been told that even though he is on a priority list, it could be another 12 months before he will be called for therapy. p
Film will give an in-depth look to U2 live
Rock band U2 have announced plans to release a concert film billed as "the first live-action movie shot and exhibited in breakthrough digital 3D". p
Poolbeg smell to be gone by July
The foul odour which has emanated from Dublin's main sewage plant on the Poolbeg peninsula in Ringsend since the facility was built in 2003 will be eliminated by next July, Dublin city manager John Tierney has pledged. p
Smithfield horse fair to get new site
A new location for the monthly horse fair which has been held on the same site in Smithfield, Dublin, for several hundred years is expected to be announced shortly by Dublin City Council. p
Lack of psychiatric support cited
The majority of young people with a mental illness are not receiving appropriate treatment, the director of a mental health group said yesterday. p

Finance

Tax take falls €1.87bn short of forecast
Tax revenues fell short of budgetary expectations by €1.826 billion during 2007, according to the exchequer returns for the year published yesterday by the Department of Finance. p
Mansfield's assets valued at €1.7bn
Jim Mansfield's property portfolio has been valued in recent weeks at €1.7 billion. This represents a €300 million increase on the €1.4 billion valuation placed on Mr Mansfield's extensive landbank as recently as 2006. p
Petrol and oil prices about to rise
Motorists and consumers face further increases in the price of petrol and home heating oil in the next few days as the Republic's major fuel suppliers move to boost wholesale prices. p
CRH expects profits to increase 19%
Building materials giant CRH expects 2007 profits to approach €1.9 billion, 19 per cent ahead of the previous year. p

World

No security lapse at Bhutto rally, says Musharraf
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, yesterday rejected claims that a security lapse led to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and dismissed speculation that elements within the country's security and intelligence agencies may have been involved in her murder. p
Exhausted candidates fight to advance to primaries
US: As Iowans voted overnight candidates made their final pitches, writes Denis Staunton in Des Moines p
Rubbish collection problems pile up in Naples
ITALY: Commentators have been calling it "another circle in Dante's Hell" while Rome daily La Repubblica has described the region as one that "is sinking in and suffocating in its own excrement". p

Sport

Berbatov won't go cheaply
SOCCER: Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos has warned potential bidders for Dimitar Berbatov that they would have to break the British transfer record to sign the striker. p
O'Connell makes welcome return
RUGBY: That Paul O'Connell makes a return to competitive action this weekend is good news not just for the Munster coach, Declan Kidney, but also for the Ireland coach, Eddie O'Sullivan, who gathers his Six Nations squad together later this month. p
RTE in battle to stay the top player
The GAA division of live television and radio championship rights will be announced in the next fortnight, and RTÉ are under significant pressure to maintain their position as the country's leading sports broadcaster. p

Features

Reel hero of Irish history
No Irish film-maker has shed more light for less money on Ireland's history than George Morrison, writes Martin Doyle p