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Friday, December 3, 2010

Kenya corruption costs government dearly

3 December 2010 Last updated at 17:10 GMT

By Kevin Mwachiro BBC News, Nairobi
Demonstrators in Nairobi protest against corruption in politics (Feb 2010) Corruption has long plagued Kenyan politics, causing widespread public anger

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The Kenyan government has said it could be losing nearly one-third of the national budget to corruption.
Finance ministry officials told a parliamentary committee the losses could be nearly $4bn (£2.5bn) a year.
They said individuals were taking huge sums meant for development projects.
Analysts say many Kenyans will be surprised not by the news of the losses, but by the fact the admission has come from such senior officials.
Kitu kidogo - the Swahili for "something small" - is how the kickbacks are commonly described in Kenya.
Taking 10% of an awarded tender or inflating project costs are said to be the commonest means of dipping into government coffers.
Corruption has been the Achilles heel of successive Kenyan regimes.
But the efforts of the country's newly-appointed anti-corruption commissioner - who now has the power to prosecute individuals - are causing ripples in government quarters.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Broke Mexicana stewardesses launch racy calendar

6 November 2010 Last updated at 12:12 GMT


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Female flight attendants from ailing Mexican airline Mexicana have launched a racy aviation calendar in an attempt to ease their financial worries.
The 2011 calendar features the 10 women clad in bikinis and sunglasses draped over parts of an aircraft. Its first run sold out before the launch.
The women said they wanted to help themselves after losing so much.
The airline, which has debts of about $800m (£500m), filed for bankruptcy in August and has suspended operations.
The calendar has evoked comparisons with the 1997 film The Full Monty, in which a group of unemployed British steelworkers organise a striptease act.
"It occurred to me because we all needed money, and I thought that with so many pretty girls there were bound to be some who'd be interested," said organiser Coral Perez, quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
Mexicana check-in Mexicana has proposed cutting salaries and staff
The 10 stewardesses each paid some money out of their own pockets towards the 100,000 peso ($8,000) production costs.
A thousand copies of the $12 (£7.50) calendar have already been sold, and a second edition of 3,000 is being produced.
The 89-year-old airline suffered heavy losses because of Mexico's recession in 2009 and an outbreak of swine flu the same year which caused a sharp fall in tourism.
After filing for bankruptcy protection Mexicana proposed deep pay cuts for pilots and crew, as well as a 40% reduction in the workforce.
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1 December 2010 Last updated at 08:04 GMT

Experts call for routine HIV testing in high risk areas

By Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News
Blood tests Routine HIV tests could be carried out in emergency departments

"The later people are diagnosed with HIV, the more difficult and expensive it is to treat them, the poorer their outcome may be, and the more likely they are to have transmitted the infection."
The number of people living with HIV in the UK reached an estimated 86,500 in 2009, but according to the HPA a quarter - almost 21,000 - were unaware of their infection.
The new studies also suggest that doctors may be missing HIV cases because of preconceptions over what someone with the virus may look like.
At present testing is recommended in areas where there are a greater number of cases of HIV but this doesn't happen across the board.
All pregnant women and anyone who is sexually active and attends a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases are automatically offered a test for HIV.
Almost all pregnant women who are offered a test say yes.
And it seems that patients are also fairly relaxed about routine testing for HIV.
The study found that 95% of patients in a casualty ward and nearly 97% in a GP surgery agreed that testing was a good idea.
The Public Health minister Ann Milton was pleased patients had responded positively.
"Earlier diagnosis means people can start treatment as soon as possible and live a near normal life.
"It also helps prevent spreading the virus, so it's good news that people are happy to be tested and we can pick up cases of HIV that could otherwise be missed or found much later."
The proposal wouldn't see routine testing for HIV rolled out everywhere.
Instead it would be focused on areas with the highest rates of HIV.
In England that would cover around a quarter of Primary Care Trusts.
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Index finger length prostate cancer clue

1 December 2010 Last updated at 00:01 GMT

Fergus Walsh By Fergus Walsh Medical correspondent, BBC News
Male baby in the womb Babies are exposed to hormones in the womb

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The length of a man's fingers can provide clues to his risk of prostate cancer, according to new research.
A British Journal of Cancer study found men whose index finger was longer than their ring finger were significantly less likely to develop the disease.
Researchers made the discovery after comparing the hands of 1,500 prostate cancer patients with 3,000 healthy men.
The length of the fingers is fixed before birth and is thought to relate to sex hormone levels in the womb.
Being exposed to less testosterone before birth results in a longer index finger and may protect against prostate cancer later in life, say researchers at the University of Warwick and the Institute of Cancer Research.
One of the report authors, Professor Ros Eeles, said more studies would be needed, but if these confirmed the findings it could be used a simple test for prostate cancer risk.
She said: "This exciting finding means that finger pattern could potentially be used to select at-risk men for ongoing screening, perhaps in combination with other factors such as family history or genetic testing."
The study was funded by the charities Prostate Action and Cancer Research UK.
Emma Halls, chief executive of Prostate Action, said: "This research brings us another step closer to helping determine risk factors for prostate cancer, which is possibly the biggest issue in current thinking about preventing and treating the disease.
"However, we are still a long way from reducing the number of men who die of prostate cancer every year and need more research and education in all areas to achieve this."
Dr Helen Rippon, head of research at The prostate Cancer Charity, said the research added to growing evidence that the balance of hormones we are exposed to before birth influences our health for the rest of our lives.
But she said men with shorter index fingers should not be "unduly worried".
"They share this trait with more than half of all men and it does not mean they will definitely develop prostate cancer in later life."
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