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Disasters The United States "loses track" of 119,000 private planes, with uncertainty over who has access to them. (Al Jazeera) (The Hindu) (CNN) A new archive of the genocide in Rwanda is unveiled in the capital Kigali. (Rwanda News Agency) (BBC) International relations A group of 26 ex-EU leaders has urged the union to impose sanctions on Israel for continuing to build settlements on ...
On 14 September 1966, the Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling at par, although the latter was not demonetised until 1969. The Central Bank of Kenya issued notes in denominations of 5/=, 10/=, 20/=, 50/= and 100/=. All of the notes feature a portrait of Kenya's first prime minister and president, Jomo Kenyatta, on the front and ...
January 8 - Kenya gazetted the new media law, despite being criticised by the media for limiting the freedom of press. [1]January 21 - Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal was deported from Kenya. [2]
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections start today in the Philippines. ( Philippine Inquirer ) (BBC) The South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young announces that investigators have found traces of explosives in the wreck of the ROKS Cheonan that sank in March .
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points for a record intraday loss before recovering about 70% of its losses. (Reuters) (CNBC) (The Wall Street Journal) North Korean leader Kim Jong-il allegedly meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing .
Business and economics BMW announces the international recall of hundreds of thousands of luxury cars. (BBC) American Bob Dudley succeeds Tony Hayward as the new CEO of BP after the recent controversies over the Oil Spill crisis in the Deepwater Horizon. (AP via Google News) Disasters A massive rainstorm, formed from the combination of the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole and a second ...
(news.com.au) Dulmatin, the alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, is confirmed dead in a police raid in Pamulang, Jakarta, by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a state visit in Australia. (ANTARA News)
In the first move of a possible major realignment of U.S. college sports, the Pacific-10 Conference announces that the University of Colorado, a current member of the Big 12 Conference, has accepted the Pac-10's invitation to join that conference.