International Business News - KEN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-488.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:59:55 EDT Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/foreign-born-tb-cases-need-better-control-us-says.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:53:37 EDT John McCain can be a Berliner, too. The Republican National Committee decided to have a little fun with Barack Obama's widely anticipated speech Thursday at Berlin's Victory Column. It is airing anti-Obama ads in Berlin's namesakes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96490-germany-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/mccain-has-berlin-moment-too-_-in-little-berlins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/mccain-has-berlin-moment-too-_-in-little-berlins.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:51:27 EDT If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wrong time. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96569-obama-mccain-oratory.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/obama-mccain-and-their-uneven-gifts-of-gab.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/obama-mccain-and-their-uneven-gifts-of-gab.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:22:11 EDT Sudan's president said Wednesday he would not be cowed by his indictment on genocide charges nor allow it to distract him from seeking peace in troubled Darfur. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96368-aptopix-mideast-sudan-darfur.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/sudanese-president-is-defiant-in-darfur-visit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/sudanese-president-is-defiant-in-darfur-visit.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:25:45 EDT A fundamentalist Muslim suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-Qaida has taken over as head of Somalia's exiled opposition movement, pushing out a relative moderate who tried to strike a peace deal with the government, officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/hardline-islamist-takes-over-somali-opposition.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:29:28 EDT The former president of Liberia is on trial. A vice president of Congo is in custody. The former leaders of Cambodia are in the dock. And a key figure in the Bosnia war is now in custody. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/karadzic-arrest-puts-spotlight-on-new-tribunals.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:26:08 EDT Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/foreign-born-tb-cases-need-better-control-us-says.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:05:50 EDT Dahir Abdi Salah used to feed his children three meals a day--pancakes for breakfast, spaghetti for lunch and beans for dinner. Now, due to a global food crisis that is hitting this impoverished country especially hard, the family eats one meal a day. Other times they drink tea or water to ward off the inevitable hunger pangs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/un-says-14-million-in-africas-horn-need-food-aid.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:12:00 EDT As of Monday, July 21, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 12 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:11:35 EDT Kenyan armed forces are preventing aid workers from helping homeless, hungry families caught between a brutal militia and an army crackdown, an aid agency said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/kenyan-forces-block-aid-work-in-restive-west.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:19:40 EDT Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe and his bitter opposition rival agreed Monday to hold talks immediately about sharing power to end the country's political crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94877-robert-mugabe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/opposition-zimbabwe-power-sharing-talks-deal-made.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/opposition-zimbabwe-power-sharing-talks-deal-made.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:23:34 EDT Zimbabwe's beaten down opposition may end up being forced to accept what it swears is unacceptable--a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/sharing-power-with-mugabe-may-be-only-option.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:44:47 EDT As of Friday, July 18, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 12 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:41:26 EDT As of Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:27:39 EDT POPE BENEDICT XVI: Pope Benedict XVI has made nine foreign pilgrimages since assuming the papacy in 2005, the same number as his predecessor John Paul II during the first three years of his papacy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/a-look-at-papal-travel.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:59:12 EDT Three Chinese citizens were arrested Wednesday at Nairobi's international airport carrying dozens of pieces of ivory, including chopsticks, bracelets and carved figurines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/3-chinese-carrying-ivory-held-in-kenya.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:27:33 EDT Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting him and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals doesn't bother him but that it was an insult to Muslim Americans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92085-obama-2008-iraq.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/obama-says-yorker-insulted-muslim-americans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/obama-says-yorker-insulted-muslim-americans.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:03:28 EDT Barack Obama's status as the first black presidential candidate of a major political party has not influenced the perception of race relations in this country, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/poll-finds-racial-divisions-on-obamas-candidacy.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:47:44 EDT Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting him and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals doesn't bother him but that it was an insult to Muslim Americans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91998-obama-2008-iraq.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/obama-says-new-yorker-insulted-muslim-americans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/obama-says-new-yorker-insulted-muslim-americans.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:32:44 EDT