Kibaki offers talks, protests shake Kenya
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Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki offered to talk to political rivals on Thursday as corpses lay in the street and smoke rose from burning slums after a day of battles between police and anti-government protesters.
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Kenya's political rivals accused each  other on Thursday of sabotaging international mediation efforts  to end weeks of unrest, despite a symbolic handshake after  talks brokered by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
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Â· Kibaki put on defensive by Odinga's yes to mediation  Â· African Union head due to arrive to help end turmoil
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KISUMU, Kenya  - Kenyan police fired in the air and used tear gas as hundreds of opposition protesters took to the streets on Wednesday in defiance of a ban on rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.
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A planned opposition rally faltered on Friday, giving Kenya some respite from post-election turmoil that has killed more than 300 people and threatened one of Africa's strongest economies.
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Kenya's opposition said on Friday it planned to restart protests across the east African nation against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after the failure of African Union (AU) mediation.
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Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai on Wednesday urged President Mwai Kibaki to open dialogue with opposition foe Raila Odinga to stem unrest that has claimed more than 300 lives.
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The two rivals in Kenya's political crisis met on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election and pledged to seek an end to weeks of unrest that have killed nearly 700 people.
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Kenya's opposition said on Friday it would restart nationwide protests against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after African Union (AU) mediation failed to end the country's political crisis.
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Kenya's feuding parties resumed talks on Tuesday after a torrent of calls from home and abroad to solve a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and jeopardized the east African nation's reputation.
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Opposition supporters rioted in the  western city of Kisumu on Tuesday after Kenyan President Mwai  Kibaki named several members of a new cabinet, dashing hopes of  an end to post-election bloodshed.
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Diplomatic pressure mounts on Kenya's leaders to end violence over the country's disputed presidential election.
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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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African Union-led crisis talks on Kenya failed Thursday but mediators said President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition had agreed to work with former UN chief Kofi Annan to end unrest that has left hundreds dead.
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Plans for key talks toward a political solution to Kenya's post-election crisis fell through Tuesday. Meanwhile, 250,000 have been displaced by ethnic violence.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki opens a landmine conference with an appeal for more countries to sign up to a ban.
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NAIROBI, Feb. 14 -- Negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga issued conflicting statements Thursday about whether progress had been made toward a political settlement of a post-election crisis in this once stable East African nation.