Mediators press Kenyan leaders to end bloody dispute
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Foreign mediators raised the pressure on Kenya's president and opposition leader on Thursday to end post-electoral turmoil that has killed 500 people, but there was little sign the two were ready to meet or compromise.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition rival Raila Odinga went into talks on Thursday for the first time since a disputed December 27 election fuelled weeks of riots and violence, witnesses said.
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The leading U.S. diplomat for Africa met with Kenya's president and the head of the opposition on Saturday to encourage a peaceful resolution after the disputed presidential election that sparked days of deadly riots.
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Kenya's government and opposition begin detailed negotiations on Tuesday to try to end political and tribal conflict that has killed at least 900 people and brought one of Africa's brightest economies to its knees.
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Washington's top diplomat for Africa hopes to meet both sides in Kenya's political crisis on Saturday to seek an end to ethnic unrest that has killed more than 300 and shattered the country's peaceful image.
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Kenya's feuding political parties adjourned talks for the weekend on Thursday, dashing chief mediator Kofi Annan's hopes of having a final political settlement to the post-election crisis this week.
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Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote, shaking hands and promising to work for peace after a spasm of postelection violence left hundreds dead.
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Kenya's rival leaders have agreed to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, the head of the African Union said Thursday.
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The European Union and the United Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.
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A powerful Kenyan minister on Monday rejected mediation by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to try to end unrest over a disputed election that has killed hundreds, saying there was no problem to be solved.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, overshadowing a meeting between former U.N. chief Kofi Annan and opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis.
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Talks to resolve post-election turmoil in Kenya are set to resume amid continuing clashes in western Kenya.
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Kenya's opposition said on Tuesday it would only hold talks with President Mwai Kibaki as part of international mediation efforts to end post-election unrest that has killed hundreds of people.
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African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between Kenyan leaders Wednesday to try to resolve political deadlock following post-election violence that left 600 dead and displaced a quarter of a million.
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Kenya's opposing political forces resumed peace talks Monday in a push to end weeks of violence as ethnic fighting flared in western parts of the country, once considered one of the most stable on the continent.
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The government urges Kenya's political leaders to work together to avoid more post-election violence.
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Kenya's warring political parties have been urged to acknowledge irregularities in the disputed presidential election, with the death toll from the subsequent violence now having risen to a reported 486.