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My days in Dallas are numbered

My days in Dallas are numbered

By kenyanobserver • on November 20, 2008

Since I left Kenya many many years ago, I have lived in and around the Dallas Fort Worth area the whole time. I  consider myself responsibly liberal and I must say it has not been easy living down here but I, like many others with whom I share the same ideology, find ways to cope through all kinds of social networks, political activist groups and so

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KENYA

Two Italian nuns abducted by Somali gunmen in Northern Kenya

Two Italian nuns abducted by Somali gunmen in Northern Kenya

By kenyanobserver • on November 10, 2008

Two Italian nuns

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AFRICA

Africa…….the last billion

Africa…….the last billion

By kenyanobserver • on November 17, 2008

If you are an African stuck in the West unhappy in your office cube or truck cabin wondering how you are “going to make it big”, you need to

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AROUND THE US

Loretta Wavinya and her sister sentenced to federal prison

Loretta Wavinya and her sister sentenced to federal prison

By kenyanobserver • on November 16, 2008

Loretta Wavinya, 32, and Lillian Nzongi, 28, the two sisters who ran a identity theft ring among long-term patients and older people resident in Kansas

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EUROPE

Kenyan blog shut down after Obama tape saga

Kenyan blog shut down after Obama tape saga

By kenyanobserver • on November 17, 2008

Posted on November 17, 2008 by

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BUSINESS

Kenya Airways launches Nairobi-Guangzhou nonstop flight

Kenya Airways launches Nairobi-Guangzhou nonstop flight

By kenyanobserver • on October 13, 2008

Kenya Airways has launched a nonstop flight from Nairobi to Guangzhou making it the first airline in Sub-Saharan Africa to launch a non-stop flight to

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IMMIGRATION

E-Verify extended to March 9, 2009

E-Verify extended to March 9, 2009

By kenyanobserver • on October 17, 2008

Congress has pushed the decision on the reauthorization of the E-Verify programme to March 9, 2009.

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

D Magazine - Best doctors in Dallas 2008

D Magazine - Best doctors in Dallas 2008

By kenyanobserver • on October 10, 2008

If you live in the Dallas Fort Worth area or plan to soon, make sure you get this edition of

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SPORTS

Welcome or not, Kenyan runners converge in Mexico

Welcome or not, Kenyan runners converge in Mexico

By kenyanobserver • on November 3, 2008

The climate, terrain and altitude in Toluca, Mexico is not the only thing that attracts Kenyan runners to Mexico. They also enjoy small-purse races all

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COMMENTARY

What will I be doing on November 5th?

What will I be doing on November 5th?

By kenyanobserver • on October 29, 2008

……………..after the victory celebration that is! [knocks on wood] I’m going to get some popcorn, get a comfortable chair

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TECHNOLOGY

India All Set to launch First Mission to the Moon

India All Set to launch First Mission to the Moon

By kenyanobserver • on October 21, 2008

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch, Chandrayaan 1, an unmanned spacecraft to the moon tomorrow (October 22nd) from a launch-pad

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HEALTH

Ingredient found in Jam and Jelly might help you fight cancer

Ingredient found in Jam and Jelly might help you fight cancer

By kenyanobserver • on October 15, 2008

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research based in Norwich in the UK have released a study suggesting that a modified version of

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EVENTS

The First African Day of Prayer - Louisville KY - October 18, 2008 3PM

The First African Day of Prayer - Louisville KY - October 18, 2008 3PM

By kenyanobserver • on October 18, 2008

What: First African Day of Prayer organized by the African Christian Fellowship. Where: Calvin Presbyterian Church on Rudy Lane starting at 3 p.m. today. More

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ENTERTAINMENT

Havard Law Professor takes on the music industry’s attack dog - the RIAA

Havard Law Professor takes on the music industry’s attack dog - the RIAA

By kenyanobserver • on November 18, 2008

Charles Nesson, a Harvard Law professor has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Recording Industry Association of America’s

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Other Headlines

The Far Side: South African musician arrested in Germany, claims he is Kenyan

The first thing South African opera musician, Richard Mbovane, 36, on tour in Germany said when he was arrested for shoplifting was that he was a Kenyan. If it came that easy for him, does it mean that

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The Far Side: African swindler at work in Bossier city

This storyline sounds a little too familiar. The only difference is that this used to happen lot on Nairobi streets. I’m just saying….. Swindler cons woman one day, pair the next A man swindled

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Delta Airlines set to begin US-Kenya flights June 3rd 2009

Delta Airlines is set to begin direct flights from the US to Kenya June 3 2008. The direct flights will originate from the airline’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta hub

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Kenyan student implicated in gang rape case in Boston

Edward K. Kingori, 21, of 63 Ledgecrest Drive, Worcester MA along with Bizmark Obeng-Mensah, 21 also from Worcester, MA were arrested and arraigned in court last month.  They are accused of gang raping

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Kenyan students in India express joy at Obama’s victory

Jac Kihikoand and Srida Malandi are Kenyan students in India. They talked to

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November 6th, 2008 declared National holiday in Kenya to celebrate Obama victory

The President of Kenya has declared November 6th, 2008 a national holiday to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential election and the joy he has brought to all Kenyans.

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IT’S NOT ONLY A LANDSLIDE VICTORY - IT’S A MANDATE !!

“CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA” Barack Obama last night became the 44th President and the first African-American of the United States in a historic election no matter what angle you look at it. No

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Historic US Presidential elections underway

November 4, 2008 8:45AM Dallas, TX Either way the results come out this evening, history will be in the United States because the country will have the first woman vice president or the first African-American

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Anamazing Workshop: a company to watch out for

Company name: Anamazing Workshop Type of company: Animation company Founders:

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The next 24 hours feels like walking on pins and needles……

After 21 months it has come down to this: A feeling of walking, sitting, sleeping on pins and needles. Honestly, I am nervous. Very nervous. So are very many others. I cast my vote at the earliest opportunity

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Barack Obama’s Grandma dies at 86

Barack Obama has just announced that his maternal grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, 86, lost her battle with cancer peacefully early Monday morning just how hours before the elections are set to begin

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Dallas Morning News endorses McCain, reporters traveling with Obama campaign booted off plane

This happened about 3 days ago. Reporters from Dallas Morning News, my local paper,

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I know there is a rush to cover Obama from all angles but….

Please watch your punctuation yawa…too much use of “but” in one story by a major news outlet like

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What I like about the republicans

Someone asked me a tough question the other day - “What do you like about the republicans?” I thought long and hard and it has to be…… Roberta McCain

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