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...presidency, promising an end to corruption as "a way of life." Kenya was once one of Africa's fastest growing economies, but misrule and graft had helped lead to poverty and made the country unpopular with donors, who froze hundreds of millions of aid dollars. Outgoing President Daniel arap Moi, whose Kenya African National Union party had ruled the country for four decades, was so unpopular at the end of his term that when he rose to speak at Kibaki's inauguration the crowd pelted the dais with mud. Kibaki appointed Githongo, a former journalist who founded the local office...
...their body weight--but mice that were dangerously overweight quickly regained their health. In fact, early signs of diabetes reversed, fat no longer accumulated in the liver, and cholesterol and glucose levels dropped to normal. "We don't know if this will happen in people," warns Dr. Wadih Arap, a co-leader of the study. "But conceptually, it's possible...
...jubilant Kenyans poured into Nairobi's Uhuru Park for the inauguration of their new President on Dec. 30, joy threatened to turn to chaos. Frustrated at the three-hour wait for Mwai Kibaki, the crowd crushed forward, causing dozens of people to faint from suffocation. When outgoing President Daniel arap Moi stood, Kenyans angry at his 24 years of corrupt and autocratic misrule pelted the dais with mud and drowned out his speech with chants of "All is possible without Moi" and, simply, "Go Away." Street urchins took advantage of the confusion to snatch wallets, cell phones and cameras...
...stern face of president Daniel arap Moi has stared out at Kenyans for more than 24 years. Framed on office and shop walls, pictured on every banknote and coin and ubiquitous on the nightly news, the steely gaze hints at his rule: paternal, omnipotent and tough. Don't question the chief, the stare seems to say, because I'm everywhere. But Moi, 78, is constitutionally obliged to step down at the upcoming presidential and parliamentary election on Dec. 27, and his country is more than ready for the change. In the past few years of economic decline and rampant corruption...
...EAST Hot Water Israel protested when Lebanon inaugurated a project to pump water from a river near their joint border. The Lebanese project will draw water from a tributary of the Hasbani River, which feeds the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater reservoir. KENYA Breaking Up President Daniel Arap Moi's KANU party split over his choice of successor. The party, which has ruled Kenya for 40 years, was divided over Moi's decision to name political neophyte Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the country's founding father Jomo Kenyatta, as kanu's candidate for presidential elections due within months...