http://www.newsvine.com/mount-kenyaNewsvine - mount-kenyaen-usCopyright 2013Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:42:30 +0000Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:55 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13253953-3rd-body-found-in-kenya-helo-crash-4-missinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13253953-3rd-body-found-in-kenya-helo-crash-4-missingmissingugandakenyaworld-newsafrican-unionafmount-kenyacoptersone-ugandanMon, 13 Aug 2012 08:53:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo provided by the Kenyan military and taken Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, Lt. Col. Chris Kasiji, a senior Ugandan air force pilot, is rescued from the wreckage of a helicopter on Mount Kenya. Rescue teams were searching on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 for 14 Ugandan soldiers and airmen whose helicopters crash-landed on Kenya’s highest peak two days ago while en route to Somalia. (AP Photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/18/10756586-mt-kenya-fire-out-but-consumed-10-pct-of-foresthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/18/10756586-mt-kenya-fire-out-but-consumed-10-pct-of-forestfireforestkenyaworld-newsforest-fireafkenya-wildlife-servicemount-kenyaMon, 19 Mar 2012 00:26:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A helicopter from the Lady Lori charter company drops water from the air in an attempt to put out a fire on the slopes of Mount Kenya, in Kenya Monday, March 19, 2012. A fire on the slopes of Kenya's tallest mountain has already consumed hundreds of acres of forest and is sending big game animals like elephants fleeing for their lives, as wildlife agents and British troops are fighting to put out several fires, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Sokomoto Images, Teeku Patel)</p><p>A helicopter from the Lady Lori charter company drops water from the air in an attempt to put out a fire on the slopes of Mount Kenya, in Kenya Monday, March 19, 2012. A fire on the slopes of Kenya's tallest mountain has already consumed hundreds of acres of forest and is sending big game animals like elephants fleeing for their lives, as wildlife agents and British troops are fighting to put out several fires, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Sokomoto Images, Teeku Patel)</p><p>A patch of forest burned by forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya is seen from a helicopter, in Kenya Monday, March 19, 2012. A fire on the slopes of Kenya's tallest mountain has already consumed hundreds of acres of forest and is sending big game animals like elephants fleeing for their lives, as wildlife agents and British troops are fighting to put out several fires, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Sokomoto Images, Teeku Patel)</p><p>A helicopter from the Lady Lori charter company drops water from the air in an attempt to put out a fire on the slopes of Mount Kenya, in Kenya Monday, March 19, 2012. A fire on the slopes of Kenya's tallest mountain has already consumed hundreds of acres of forest and is sending big game animals like elephants fleeing for their lives, as wildlife agents and British troops are fighting to put out several fires, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Sokomoto Images, Teeku Patel)</p><p>Fires burn across the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>An elephant takes a dust bath as he grazes on the lower levels of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), as forest fires burn on the slopes above, in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Forest fires burn across the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>An area of forest that was burned to the ground by forest fires is seen on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Members of the British military, working with Kenyan Wildlife Service workers wearing high-visibility orange jackets, gesture to indicate their success at extinguishing an area of wild fire, to an over-flying helicopter carrying park officials and the media, on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Burned scrub lies smouldering on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>The shadow of a helicopter carrying park officials and media is cast on an area of forest that was burned to the ground by forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>A hiker approaches the Chogoria Gate on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Members of the Kenyan Wildlife Service point to locations of fires on a map as they discuss their strategy to put out forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Simon Gitau, deputy warden of Mt. Kenya National Park, seated center, discusses strategy with other members of the Kenyan Wildlife Service as they attempt to put out forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Simon Gitau, deputy warden of Mt. Kenya National Park, takes photographs of forest fires from a helicopter, in order to show to those on the ground trying to locate and extinguish the fires, over the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Forest fires burn across the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6577007-kenya-elephants-killed-near-prince-william-cabinhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6577007-kenya-elephants-killed-near-prince-william-cabindeathselephantkenyaprince-williamworld-newsafkate-middletonmount-kenyaTue, 3 May 2011 15:54:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo of dated Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, Three elephants, including one wearing a GPS tracking collar, cross through an elephant underpass near Mount Kenya in January. Britain's Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton at a rustic cabin near to the slopes of Mount Kenya, an area which is experiencing a dramatic rise in elephant poaching, according to the Save The Elephants group. Seven elephants were fitted with GPS tracking collars in the area and four of those are known to have been killed in recent months, "We've uncovered a poaching crisis near Mount Kenya that we didn't know about before," according to the Save The Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/06/3720543-american-mother-baby-killed-by-elephant-in-kenyahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/06/3720543-american-mother-baby-killed-by-elephant-in-kenyafamilykenyaworld-newstrampledafmount-kenyasharon-brownWed, 6 Jan 2010 11:48:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Friends and colleagues wait outside Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, Kenya to attend funeral services Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 for US teacher Sharon Brown, 39, and her daughter Margaux, 1, who were trampled to death by an elephant while on a guided nature walk on Monday . Four adults and the baby were walking with an unarmed guide just outside Mt. Kenya National Park on Monday morning when the elephant charged, said a Kenya Wildlife Service official. Brown and her husband are listed as faculty members at the International School of Kenya, who declined to comment. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)</p><p>Friends and colleagues wait outside Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, Kenya to attend funeral services Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 for US teacher Sharon Brown, 39, and her daughter Margaux, 1, who were trampled to death by an elephant while on a guided nature walk on Monday. Four adults and the baby were walking with an unarmed guide just outside Mt. Kenya National Park on Monday morning when the elephant charged, said a Kenya Wildlife Service official. Brown and her husband are listed as faculty members at the International School of Kenya, who declined to comment. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)</p><p>May 10, 2009 photo released by her family of Sharon Brown 38, holding her baby Margaux. A lone elephant charged out of the brush as an American family was hiking near Mount Kenya and trampled to death the mother and the 1-year-old daughter she held in her arms, officials said Wednesday Jan 6 2009. Four adults and the baby were walking with an unarmed guide just outside Mount Kenya National Park on Monday morning when the elephant charged, said Kenya Wildlife Service official Michael Kipkeu. Brown, originally from New York, and her husband are listed as faculty members at the International School of Kenya. Friends and colleagues at the American-curriculum K-12 school held a memorial service Wednesday (AP Photo/ Family HO )</p><p>May 2, 2009 photo released by her family of Sharon Brown 38, holding her baby Margaux. A lone elephant charged out of the brush as an American family was hiking near Mount Kenya and trampled to death the mother and the 1-year-old daughter she held in her arms, officials said Wednesday Jan 6 2009. Four adults and the baby were walking with an unarmed guide just outside Mount Kenya National Park on Monday morning when the elephant charged, said Kenya Wildlife Service official Michael Kipkeu. Brown, originally from New York, and her husband are listed as faculty members at the International School of Kenya. Friends and colleagues at the American-curriculum K-12 school held a memorial service Wednesday (AP Photo/ Family HO )</p> http://raatkiraani.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/07/947704-high-drama-on-mount-kenyahttp://raatkiraani.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/07/947704-high-drama-on-mount-kenyaglobal-warmingafricascienceclimate-changekenyakilimanjaromountainsmount-kenyaFri, 7 Sep 2007 15:47:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark