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Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal

Posted Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST in World 

(Newser) –  Kenya’s feuding leaders have finally reached a power sharing deal, Kofi Annan announced today after a four-hour meeting. Annan said he could not yet release details, but the deal is expected to spell out duties for the prime minister position to be created for opposition leader Raila Odinga, the BBC reports. Though the violence that swept Kenya after the election has waned, tensions remain high.

Deals have been announced before during Annan's month-long diplomatic mission in Nairobi, one BBC analyst cautioned, but Annan seems confident that this is a major development. Around 1,500 have died since Odinga’s disputed election defeat, and another 600,000 have fled their homes.

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Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, speaks with former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, right in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday Feb. 27, 2008. Kenya's opposition has called off mass protests planned...   (Associated Press)
Mediator Kofi Annan announces at a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 the suspension of negotiations on Kenya's post-election crisis.(AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)   (Associated Press)
Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga, centre left, escorts former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, centre right, to his car, following their meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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