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'The death of Vincent Foster: I think that's the Rosetta Stone to the whole Clinton Administration,' ultraconservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife told a New York Times reporter in 1995. 'There [...]

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The article examines the International Criminal Court (ICC) and crimes against humanity charges it has brought against several Kenyan political leaders over their alleged roles in the violent unrest following the country's 2007 election. The author describes the intense attention the ICC process has garnered among Kenyans and the effects it is having on domestic Kenyan politics, including the planned 2013 presidential election. She examines the dilemma between the value of allowing Kenyan political institutions to develop sufficiently to handle such crimes internally versus the value of obtaining timely justice for the victims via the ICC. Comments are presented from human rights lawyer Ron Slye and political scientist Peter Kagwanja.

This article focuses on billionaire Richard Scaife. He thrives on conspiracy lacking close friends, and fascinated throughout his life by tales of media plots and C.I.A intrigue, he is ready to believe the worst of just about anybody. To those who have observed him through the years, there is an amusing irony in seeing Scaife now cast as a central figure in the "right-wing conspiracy" referred to by the U.S. President's wife Hillary Clinton. The wellsprings of Richard Scaife's paranoia, and his politics, lie in Pittsburgh, where he was born and has lived all his life. INSET: What's conspiracy got to do with it?.

Focuses on political developments in South Africa as of April 1980. Measure to fight back against the country's growing international isolation; Need for the country to have a public relations offensive; Country's efforts to buy its way into the American media.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Liberal Media," and "Misreading the Somali Threat," both of which appeared in the May 11, 2009 issue, and "A New Deal for Culture," that appeared in May 4, 2009 issue.

Focuses on financial support to New York-based newspaper "The Trib," by South African press. Role of the newspaper in operations of South African Department of Information (SADI); Involvement of a newspaper owner John McGoff in operations of SADI; Views of South African government about McGoff's involvement.

The article discusses the relationship between media coverage of negative stories in Africa and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in African countries. The author argues that Western NGOs have encouraged the dissemination of negative stereotypes regarding Africa, including poverty, famine, and civil war, in order to secure funding and public attention for their causes. The increased competition among NGOs for funds is described. The author details the interdependence between Western journalists and NGOs, citing journalists' unwillingness to ask difficult questions of NGOs, news stories produced and funded by aid organizations, and heavy reliance by journalists on NGO data. She advocates for more independent journalism and the reporting of positive African stories.

In this article the author comments on aspects of the Peace Corps on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the service by president John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. A number of topics are addressed including the opinions on the Peace Corps expressed by Michael Maren, author of the book "The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity," the impact that being a Peace Corps volunteer had on the author, and the legitimacy of Peace Corps work in the current developing world.

The article discusses the way that Kenyans received the news that Barack Obama had been elected U.S. president, and how Kenyans had been following the U.S. presidential election campaign for months, and producing Obama beer, t-shirts, pop songs such as "Obama Be Thy Name," and a musical called "Obama: The Musical." The author mentions the intelligence of Barack Obama, Sr., and the positive way Kenya and the rest of the world is viewing the U.S.

Discusses two series of reports written by three mainstream reporters during the 1992 presidential campaign that chronicled issues of special breaks for the rich and income disparity. Donald Barlett and James Steele of the `Philadelphia Inquirer'; Sylvia Nasar of the `New York Times'; What they revealed to members of the middle class; How then Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton used the articles' information in his speeches; More.

Claims that the recent spate of articles on the huge salaries paid to corporate executives missed the real story of why so many workers make so little money. Disparity between worker salaries including journalists' salaries and those of corporate executives; Fascination with money during the 1980s; Executive-pay-cap bill introduced by Congressman Martin O. Sabo; Earnings of Gannett Company and Knight-Ridder executives.