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Kenya's Home Afrika says 2014 profit to fall by a quarter

Kenyan property developer Home Afrika Ltd said on Friday its 2014 profit would be at least 25 percent lower than the previous year, hurt by a delay in developing its infrastructure projects during the year. The firm however said it expected improved performance in the second half of this year, buoyed by revenues from new roads and development of its flagship commercial and residential real estate project in Kiambu County,

Real estate scion Durst pleads not guilty to Louisiana gun charges

By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Real estate scion Robert Durst pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Louisiana state court to firearms charges, as prospects for his swift extradition to California to face a murder charge appeared increasingly remote. Prosecutors in California have been seeking Durst’s return to Los Angeles County, where he stands accused of the 2000 slaying of a longtime friend, Susan Berman, in a case recently

Obama touts clean energy in bid to restore U.S. leadership in Caribbean

By Matt Spetalnick KINGSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with Jamaica’s prime minister on Thursday, announcing a major clean energy partnership ahead of a Caribbean summit where he hopes to reassert U.S. leadership in the region at a time when oil-producing Venezuela’s economic clout may be receding. The White House used the occasion to announce a major step towards healing its five-decades-old rift with Cuba, saying the State Department