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Fire at Church Kills 50 as Riots in Kenya Rage

Disputed election uncorks seething ethnic tensions

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 1, 2008 12:08 PM CST

(Newser) – A mob set fire to a church filled with people in Kenya today, killing at least 50, according to the Red Cross, most of them members of Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe. Chaos has reigned in the country since Kibaki’s disputed election victory, which...   Read full story »

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