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Samantha Lewthwaite, the infamous “White Widow.” (Associated Press)

Interpol issues arrest notice for British terror widow Lewthwaite

By Cassandra Vinograd - Associated Press

A Kenyan soldier prepares to enter the Westgate Mall, following a bout of heavy gunfire just after dawn, in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in an upscale mall for a fourth day Tuesday in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left at least 62 people dead. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Boy, 4, shames Kenya mall gunman: You’re a ‘very bad man’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Security personnel take cover outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after shooting started inside the building early on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Kenya's military launched a major operation at the upscale shopping center and said it had rescued "most" of the hostages being held captive by al-Qaeda-linked militants during the standoff. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

3 Kenya mall gunmen are from America: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Kenyan security personnel motion to bystanders to take cover as gunfire erupts from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi on Monday. Multiple blasts rocked the mall on the third day of a hostage siege. Al-Shabab terrorists were holding an unknown number of people. (Associated Press)

Terrorist attacks on soft targets feared in U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces carry a wounded colleague out of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, following the sound of explosions and gunfire. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya mall crisis: Hostages not yet released

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

An injured man is treated outside an upscale shopping mall, seen background, in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday Sept. 21 2013, where shooting erupted when armed men attempted to rob a shop, according to police. Witnesses say a half dozen grenades also went off along with lobbies of gunfire that started at midday. (AP Photo/ Jason Straziuso)

Nairobi mall attackers targeted non-Muslims with AK-47s and grenades, says witness

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** FILE ** A rescued hostage collapses on the ground after being freed by police at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire during an attack that left multiple dead and dozens wounded. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)

Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group claims responsibility for deadly Kenya mall attack

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President Obama pauses during a town hall meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg Soweto on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Not so gay times in Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration Voter IDs by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama’s ‘evolution’ on voter-ID

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

10 wounded after terrorists bomb Kenyan church, crowd

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was attacked and killed on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, near his barracks in the Woolwich section of London. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence)

Kenya: Suspect in killing of U.K. soldier was arrested in 2010

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win the men's division of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Marathon: Lelisa Desisa, Rita Jeptoo win 2013 titles

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: $5 million for Kony, but no help in Benghazi

The Washington Times

Police from the General Service Unit (GSU) patrol on a street in Kisumu, Kenya, on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Kenyan police deployed forces Sunday in the capital and in the lakeside city of Kisumu, where two people were killed and five seriously injured in riots on Saturday, to contain the continuing threat of violence, officials said, but the country remained mostly peaceful after a high court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's election as president. (AP Photo)

Uneasy calm in Kenya after court ruling on presidential vote

By Rodney Muhumuza and Tom Odula - Associated Press

Ray Flynn

Embassy Row: ‘Half-true’ stories

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Microsoft and Huawei launch phone for Africa

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Kenya study: Big jump in elephant poaching deaths

By JASON STRAZIUSO - Associated Press

Maimouna Awuor, 44, an impoverished mother of four who gave birth to her fifth child in October 2010, couldn't pay the $60 hospital bill, and was held along with many other women and their infants. "They stay there until they pay," said the hospital’s administrator. "If you don't pay, the hospital will collapse." (Associated Press)

Kenyan hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

By JASON STRAZIUSO - Associated Press