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WASHINGTON 鈥?Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump choice for Energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry and has corporate roles in two petroleum companies pushing to get government approval for the proposed 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline that has stoked mass protests in North Dakota.Perry current roles as board director at Energy Transfer Partners LP and also at Sunoco Logistics Partners L
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NAIROBI, Kenya AP 鈥?Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won ;t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenyas government in decades.The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt, but Kenyans said the bill caused more economic pain as mill
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yeezy vowing to help Kenyans cope with rising costs but has seen much of the country unite in opposition to his latest attempt at reforms.It is necessary for us to have a conversation as a nation on how to do we manage the affairs of the country together, the president said.Kenyans faced the lingering smell of tear gas and military in the streets a day after the latest protests saw thousands storm parliament, an act of defiance that Ruto called an existential threat. At least 22 people were killed, a human rights group said.Ruto acknowledged deaths, calling it an unfortunate situation, and offered condolences.The capital, Nairobi, has seen protests in the past, but activists
