Kenya and Cellphones

Here's an interesting article about how cellphones were used anonymously to spread hate and information in Kenya following the elections when TV and Radio were under blackout.

No resolution to Kenyan poll crisis

Talks to end post-election violence in Kenya have been suspended, former UN head and mediator Kofi Annan has said.

Mr Annan said that negotiations had become acrimonious and that the situation had become 'very dangerous'.

He also said he would speak to President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to find a way to move forward 'much faster'.

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Castro Retires

Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro has said he will not accept another term as president, ending 49 years in power.

"I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," he told the newspaper, Granma.

The 81-year-old handed over power temporarily to his brother, Raul, in July 2006 when he underwent surgery.