Gems from newspaper corrections columns.
An article said a secret file compiled by British colonial officials in the 1950s included a list of Kenyans studying in the US, along with a note that the US state department had expressed concern about such students “falling into the wrong hands”. The report highlighted the fact that the name of Barack Obama, the father of the US president, topped the list. To clarify: his name headed the list only because it came first alphabetically.
