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Kenya: Clinton visit

NAIROBI — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is bringing a message of tough love to Kenya: You are a key American friend in east Africa, but you must rein in graft and follow through on political reform.

On the first leg of a seven-nation tour of Africa, Clinton will speak to Kenya's leadership about U.S. concerns for the country, the homeland of President Barack Obama's father, in the wake of corruption scandals and disputed 2007 elections that led to violence that left more than 1,000 dead.

"We remain concerned about the trajectory of the politics in Kenya over the past two years since the flawed elections of December 2007," Johnnie Carson, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, told reporters aboard Clinton's flight to Nairobi on Tuesday.

Iraq: Al-Qaida arrest

BAGHDAD — The deputy commander of a radical Sunni Islamic group linked to al-Qaida has been arrested in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

The group, Ansar al-Islam, is believed by the military to be behind attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops in Mosul, considered the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq, and elsewhere in the country.

Fakri Hadi Gari, also known as Abu Abbas and Mullah Halgurd, and nine other suspected members were arrested July 24 during a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation, the U.S. military said.

Myanmar: Hospitalized

YANGON — An American facing up to five years in jail for entering the house of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized after suffering seizures, a week before a court is expected to issue a verdict in his case.

John Yettaw, 53, was admitted to Yangon's main hospital Monday, and his condition is improving, according to hospital sources.

Yettaw's health problems — he has epilepsy — risk delaying trial proceedings.

According to his wife Betty Yettaw, the devout Mormon received a head injury during his Army service that caused blackouts and later seizures.

Suu Kyi could also be imprisoned for five years, as could two companions who lived with her. The 64-year-old Nobel Peace laureate is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest for allowing Yettaw to stay for two nights at her Yangon residence.