Word: kenya
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...African embassy bombers appears to have moved to Pakistan, because of that country's proximity to Afghanistan and the base of "prime suspect" Osama Bin Laden. About 200 U.S. personnel were evacuated from Pakistan Tuesday in response to threats of retaliation following last week's arrest and deportation to Kenya of a potential suspect in the bombing. "With fingers pointing towards Bin Laden, it's expected that there may be retaliation against U.S. citizens and personnel as there has been on previous occasions in Pakistan," says TIME correspondent Hannah Bloch. Bin Laden operates under the protection of the Pakistan-allied...
International terrorism may have been on the wane in recent years, but Friday's simultaneous bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania indicates what may be a new trend: "With airline security having been beefed up and U.S. embassies in the Middle East now heavily fortified, we may see an increase in car-bomb attacks at more vulnerable facilities," says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "Africa has traditionally been a low-risk area and our embassies there aren't heavily protected. But these attacks show that terrorists prefer the path of least resistance...
...Grateful Dead), probably no one has taken a longer, harder route to a city near you than Maryam Mursal. She fled Mogadishu, Somalia, with her five young children in 1991 at the height of her native country's bloody civil war. Bribing and buying her way through Kenya and into Ethiopia, she eventually journeyed to Denmark, where she resumed her career as a singer...
...carat-diamond engagement ring. For those who still want to travel but are looking for something different, Marriott Rewards and Hyatt Hotels Gold Passport programs offer cruises to a host of exotic destinations for top members. Hilton counters with a six-night safari for two in Kenya, at a cost of 250,000 HHonors Worldwide points. "It's those different, unanticipated awards that are so meaningful to our members," says Jeff Diskin, president and chief operating officer of HHonors, which provides 10 points for every $1 spent at a Hilton property...
...wrong political and economic models following independence from the colonial powers have been the cause of most of our present misery. The economic and political reforms under way in many of our countries will at long last translate into more freedom and higher living standards for us. In Kenya and other African countries, reforms are being implemented that will result in privatization of state enterprises, more efficient public-service structures, a concerted fight against corruption, and removal of economic controls. It is no exaggeration to state that Africa is the new--and last--frontier for investors. MICAH CHESEREM, Governor Central...