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• Kenya Works Toward Peace
• Georgians Vote For President
• Power Crisis Leads To Blackouts In Gaza
  

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A power crisis is getting started in the Gaza Strip, as Israel has recently reduced quantities of fuel needed for operating Gaza's power plant. FSRN's Rami Al-Meghari has more.

Kenya's opposition has ruled out joining any government of national unity set up by President Kibaki, and are instead calling for a transitional administration to clear the way for a rerun of the presidential election in three months. But in his first press conference since the post-election violence erupted, President Kibaki has ruled out this option. So just what other options are available? John Bwakali reports from Nairobi, Kenya.

Do lethal injection executions cause a risk of excruciating pain and if so should they be ruled unconstitutional. That's the oral argument lawyers brought to the Supreme Court today in a case that will effect how and if lethal executions will happen across the country. FSRN's Karen Miller has more.

Three and a half million Georgians were asked to cast their vote on Saturday in the closest and most competitive presidential race in the country's history. In a calculated gamble to save his presidency Mikheil Saakashvili had called these elections almost a year before his term in office expires and after riot police had clashed with anti-government protestors and a state of emergency was imposed last November. Thus, for many this election was also regarded as a test of the country's democratic progress. Deborah Wild in Tbilisi has the story.