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River of Blood Runs in Kenya

Toll up to 69 in latest ethnic violence

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2008 7:45 AM CST

(Newser) – Kenyans were burned alive and hacked to death with machetes as raging ethnic violence in western Kenya claimed another 69 lives in the latest bloodshed since last month's controversial presidential election. Houses were in flames in the tourist getaway of Naivasha today and bodies were... Read full story »

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