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'Sickening Brutality' Spreads in Kenya

Annan meets with opposition leader

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2008 10:06 PM CST

(Newser) – Ethnic violence and revenge killing continued unchecked in western Kenya today, with at least 17 more people beaten, hacked, or burned to death by mobs engaged in what the BBC correspondent calls "sickening brutality" since last month’s contested presidential election. The death toll... Read full story »

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