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...golf. The resort's golf package gets you and your partner 18 holes, starting at $388 per night, including breakfast. If lounging is more your thing, there's a Spa Escape package with two maple butter massages starting at $472 per night, including breakfast. The hotel's Kamp Kanu will even entertain the kids for you - it's free for kids ages 3 to 10. 7 Whiteface Inn Lane, Lake Placid...
...independence from Britain in 1963. It was also a major disappointment for a country that had been considered a bright spot in the troubled region of East Africa. The economy, particularly tourism, is booming and Kibaki was considered to be an improvement over his predecessor, Daniel arap Moi, whose Kanu party regime was seen as autocratic and corrupt. Five years ago, when Kibaki won election as head of the Democratic Party on promises to clean up the massive corruption of the Moi era, crowds of close to 1 million cheered at his swearing-in ceremony...
...will be difficult. Once ranked a middle-income country, Kenya is now a pauper. More than half of Kenyans scrape by on less than a dollar a day. Much of the blame for the country's decline can be pinned on Moi and his Kenya African National Union party (KANU), which ruled, until last week, since independence in 1963. In the early years, under the father of independence President Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya thrived. But since Moi took power following Kenyatta's death in 1977, Kenya has succumbed to a pernicious combination of corruption and mismanagement. Moi held onto power...
...long. We need someone new.'" Sadly, someone new may mean more of the same. While Kenyans worry about their future, both the ruling party and the opposition are fielding candidates with strong links to the past. Moi's choice to lead the ruling Kenya African National Union party (kanu) is Uhuru Kenyatta, 41, a businessman-turned-politician and son of Kenya's first President, Jomo Kenyatta. The young Kenyatta has never held a publicly elected office; he contested a seat in parliamentary elections five years ago and lost by 12,000 votes. But Moi brought him into parliament...
...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. Accusing...