Child prostitution up after Kenya's election bloodshed

This time last year, Janet Kimani spent her days at school and her nights fighting with her little brother.

Now, she sleeps all day and sells her skinny, 14-year-old body at night for $3 an hour."There are so many of us girls on the streets these days," Janet, dressed in a black miniskirt and white blouse, told The Associated Press in Eldoret, a western Kenya town that was a flashpoint of this year's deadly postelection crisis.Prostitution and sexual exploitation are on the rise in the wake of the violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, eviscerated the economy and forced tens of thousands of children to leave school, doctors and human rights groups say.A girl lies in a brothel next to a baby born to a prostitute in Mombasa, Kenya, a center of trade in underage girls.

Sex without condoms raises alarm about AIDS
Although no firm figures are yet available, medical experts say they fear the increase in young prostitutes -- known here as "twilight girls"

Guards quizzed over Antigua honeymoon murder

Antigua (AP) -- Three security guards have been questioned about the fatal attack on a honeymooning British doctor in Antigua, but officials said Wednesday they have not yet arrested any suspects.
Police Commissioner Gary Nelson told Observer Radio that the guards, who are not suspects, agreed with one another about what happened early Sunday at the Cocos Hotel, when Catherine and Benjamin Mullany were shot in the head.He gave no further details about their testimony, but said witnesses have reported that the couple screamed for help.The wife died and the husband is brain dead and on life support with a fractured skull and broken leg, Doctor Fidel Fernandez told reporters.
The Antigua and Barbuda Hotel Association is offering a US$95,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.The couple, both 31, came to Antigua for a two-week honeymoon following their July 12 marriage, police said. The wife was a doctor from the Pontardawe area of south Wales. The couple's parents arrived from England and have visited the hospital and a funeral home.Police Inspector Cornelius Charles said the motive appeared to be robbery, but authorities have not ruled out other possibilities. Investigators have not determined whether there was more than one intruder.

'Terror' school turns out to be moderate madrassa

KARACHI, Pakistan -- It's an alarming message: Two American boys are held captive in a madrassa, a Pakistani religious school, once visited by Osama bin Laden and with ties to the Taliban.
The film, "Karachi Kids," describes threats to artistic freedom of expression from the teaching of conservative Islam. Early copies of the film prompted outrage after the story of the American boys appeared on Fox News, CBS and other news outlets. It also led to demands from Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, for the boys to be returned home.But the independent filmmaker may have confused the madrassa with one with a similar name tied to Islamic extremists.The madrassa the boys attended isn't linked to bin Laden or Muslim radicals; instead, it's one the U.S. State Department says is preferred by Pakistani-Americans for its moderate Islamic teachings and one recently visited by a top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan.

Iran: No deadline agreed on nuke deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has already responded to an international offer of incentives for suspending its nuclear enrichment activity, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told in an interviewMottaki said Iran responded with its own proposal, which involves another set of talks.
And contrary to what others -- including the United States and the European Union -- have said, no deadline was agreed upon during talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana during talks in Geneva earlier this month, Mottaki said.U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday warned Iran not to delay its response. A two-week deadline for the response to the offer made to Iran by envoys from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China ends this week, officials have said.But Mottaki told in interview no deadline was discussed at the meeting -- one was mentioned only afterward on Wednesday.

Kenneth Cole Holiday: Black and White, and Red All Over

New York - Kenneth Cole had the right idea with their Holiday 2008 collection, which they presented in New York on Wednesday, July 23. Here's the prescription: Keep the regular fall wardrobe of cozy shawl knits, simple smocked jersey tops and little black dresses and when holiday party season rolls around, just add a jolt of jewel toned color in the form of a smart round toe patent leather pump or flat, or a chic envelope clutch bag.Starting with dark grays and inky blacks as their base - something that Kenneth Cole knows will never go out of style - for Holiday 2008, the collection added fuchsia, teal and cherry red sweaters, tops and dresses for a more festive look, if accessories alone won't get you in the spirit of things.For men, it's all about toned down tailoring - wearing that button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up and keeping it slightly wrinkled, but adding a crisp touch like a wool vest. And no need to don the full tuxedo - a tuxedo-detailed shirt can work just as well.