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Pol's Death Sparks Kenya Battles

Odinga warns nation is slipping into anarchy

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 29, 2008 3:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Army helicopters fired on crowds to protect Kenyans fleeing bloodshed and mobs torched homes and people as violence escalated today in the wake of the killing of an opposition politician, the BBC reports. At least four people were killed in a Nairobi slum after a... Read full story »

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