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  • Proposal unveiled to defuse Kenyan violence

    Former UN secretary general and chief mediator Kofi Annan addresses the media at a hotel in Nairobi yesterday. KENYA: Kofi Annan yesterday unveiled an agenda for constitutional and electoral reform agreed by Kenya's government and opposition, although it fell far short of the powersharing deal most believe is the only way to ensure lasting peace. p

  • College killer 'outstanding' student

    US: The man who opened fire at an Illinois university on Thursday, killing five people, was an "outstanding" graduate student who became erratic after he stopped taking medication for an undisclosed condition, police said yesterday. p
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  • Democrats' Iraq timetable will not work, says US envoy

    IRAQ: The top US diplomat in Iraq waded into the election debate over troop withdrawals yesterday, warning security improvements could be jeopardised by setting a timetable for a pull-out. p

  • Wisconsin vote seen as crucial to Clinton camp

    US: For the first time in modern history, the small mid-western state of Wisconsin will play a pivotal role in US presidential elections when it goes to the polls next Tuesday in the latest phase of the battle for the Democratic nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. p

  • Public believes baseball hero is as much a liar as accuser

    America:  Brian McNamee is a self-confessed liar who has been misleading journalists and investigators for years about his role in administering banned steroids to some of the most illustrious giants of baseball. p

  • Art auction raises €29m for Aids fund

    US: Contemporary art collectors opened their wallets on Thursday night and shelled out $42.6 million (€29.01 million) at a Valentine's Day charity auction spearheaded by U2 singer Bono and British artist Damien Hirst to benefit the fight against Aids in Africa. p

  • Medvedev sets out reform plan

    RUSSIA: Russia's likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, said yesterday that freedom, private property and an independent judiciary would be the central planks of his administration. p

  • Rebels stop transport of refugees

    CHAD: Gunmen in eastern Chad have prevented the United Nations from moving newly arrived refugees from Sudan's Darfur region away from a volatile border area and into camps, the world body said yesterday. p

  • Convicted of attempt to behead soldier

    BRITAIN: A man was yesterday convicted of being part of a cell whose leader planned to kidnap and behead a British soldier. p

  • Arab satellite TV faces censorship

    EGYPT: Information ministers of the 22-member Arab League have adopted a proposal to regulate and restrict content broadcast by Arab satellite television stations and to prohibit material deemed offensive to Arab rulers. The ministers of Qatar, the sponsor of free-wheeling and feisty al- Jazeera, and Lebanon, which has long had unfettered media, opposed the measure. p

  • 'Kosovo's Gerry Adams' is set to seal its secession

    SERBIA: As the former Yugoslav province prepares to declare independence, Serbs blame a US plot, writes Daniel McLaughlin p

  • Ahern signals State's readiness to recognise province's independence

    IRELAND: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has said the Government should recognise Kosovo when it declares independence to help bring stability to the Balkans. p

  • MEP caught up in row over Canadian seal hunt

    EU: Fianna Fáil MEP Seán Ó Neachtain has become embroiled in a bitter dispute with animal rights campaigners for supporting Canadian seal hunters and their right to sell their products in the EU. p

  • Muslim anger at reprint of Danish cartoon

    DENMARK: Danish Muslim preachers sought to soothe Muslim anger yesterday after newspapers reprinted a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad which caused outrage in Islamic countries two years ago. p

  • In Short

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
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