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Jon Dennis

Newsdesk notes for Tuesday January 29

The editor of Guardian Unlimited's politics site, Deborah Summers, assesses the case of Derek Conway MP, who faces suspension from the Commons over payments to his son. Today the police were asked to investigate, and the parliamentary watchdog urged to launch an inquiry into another of Conway's sons.

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Xan Rice reports from Kibera, a slum area of Kenya's capital Nairobi, where rival gangs are confronting each other after the murder of an opposition MP.

Suzanne Goldenberg reviews George Bush's final state of the union speech, which focused on the economy and Iraq.

As Florida votes for its preferred Republican presidential candidate, Ed Pilkington meets some Miami Cubans, who will be a major influence on the election.

After the conviction at London's Old Bailey of five men for their roles in Britain's biggest heist, Duncan Campbell says some Securitas gang members are still at large - as is most of the money.

And the Guardian's south-east Asia correspondent Ian MacKinnon reports from Bangkok on Thailand's new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. Samak is a TV chef allied to the ousted and exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, now owner of Manchester City FC.

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