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Runners Are Targets Amid Kenya Strife

Athletes meet over accusations of stirring up violence

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 24, 2008 9:29 PM CST

(Newser) – Some of the world's best runners have been receiving death threats as conflict continues in their native Kenya, where rumors circulate that the athletes were involved in stirring up ethnic killings. Top Kenyan runners are meeting in the town of Eldoret to discuss their response,...   Read full story »

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