| Kenya: Widow Lives in Fear After Death Threats and Raid
A year after the Marsabit plane crash claimed her husband, Ms Bernadette Okotu Shama lives in fear. The widow of former Moyale MP Guracha Galgalo, who was among 14 people who perished in the accident, says she has been constantly harassed, assaulted in public and her home raided by gunmen. .
Hobbs warns costs likely to hit birth rate
THE spiralling cost of raising a child means more couples are deciding to limit the size of their family, according to Eddie Hobbs (pictured right). He lashed out at current fiscal policy in Ireland saying it was not sufficiently family friendly and warning it could have long-term repercussions for the national birth rate. The consumer champion was in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel last night to reveal the three biggest financial worries facing Irish consumers following a poll of readers of 'You and Your Money' magazine. The number one concern was inadequate pensions, followed by repaying the mortgage and the cost of childcare. "The biggest issue was pensions. This shows that people are thinking long-term - I was surprised at that." However, the "biggest shocker" was how worried people were about the cost of raising a child and how this might be affecting our birth rate.
Test: Is it worth driving to see?
As someone who never watched "The Sopranos," here is my interpretation of the series finale in which the TV screen simply went dark. It did not represent Tony Soprano's death; rather it represented the time killed — a whopping 86 hours, not counting reruns — by regular viewers over the past six seasons. Imagine what else could be accomplished in those 86 hours. And that is just one TV show. It is estimated the average American watches 42 hours of TV a week! If you add up that time for an entire year, it is beyond depressing. But I am not here to preach that everyone should throw their TV sets into the garbage, although my good friend and mentor, Wayne Bryan, once literally tossed his twin sons's video-game console into the barranca behind their Camarillo home. He feels the same about TV.
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