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...While the U.S. continues the hunt for the African embassy bombers, Madeleine Albright takes over as the public face of the Administration, making show-of-support stops in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi...
...NAIROBI: Don't set too much store by reports that "suspects" have been held in connection with last week's embassy bombing. "They've made a broad sweep of people deemed 'suspicious' -- often simply because of their Arab origins -- but none of them have actually been arrested," says TIME reporter Clive Mutiso. "They are, in official parlance, simply 'assisting the police with inquiries.' If the authorities had evidence linking them directly to the bombing, they would be likely to have arrested them by now." Mutiso reports that while investigators are making progress, solving the crime remains some...
...NAIROBI: Investigators probing the U.S. embassy blast which killed 254 people last week will have to rely more on the painstaking search for forensic evidence than on "eyewitness" accounts. TIME reporter Clive Mutiso explains: "I arrived at the scene within moments of the blast and there was nothing there but death and destruction -- it's unlikely that any witnesses survived that bomb. But when I went back 90 minutes later, there were suddenly loads of 'eyewitnesses' -- none of them injured -- all telling anyone who'd listen exactly what happened...
...statement that "we cannot say we have got somebody who is really responsible" but "we think we are doing well" underlines the grounds for skepticism. U.S. investigators continue to probe for the forensic evidence crucial to establishing a "fingerprint" modus operandi that could help identify the bombers: Reports from Nairobi that the terrorists used the plastic explosive Semtex appear to confirm the notion that the attackers weren't amateurs...
...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 Bank of Kenya Nairobi...