Kenyan bloggers aren’t the only ones who are using the technology to track the violence; the United Nations has a mapping agency that is using satellite images to stay on top of developments in the country.

South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, got some bad news this week about his bid to try to run in the Beijing Olympics.

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