Opposition holds poll advantage in tight Kenya vote
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday after a campaign that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition holding a small lead in opinion polls.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, media tallies showed, while activists voiced fears over delayed official results.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga pulled ahead of President Mwai Kibaki on Friday in the race to lead east Africa's biggest economic power, according to early election tallies by local media.
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Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted and accusations of rigging that ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.
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Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted as accusations of rigging ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.
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The opposition called Friday for three days of rallies to protest Kenya's disputed presidential election, igniting fears of more deadly violence. Police said they would not allow the demonstrations.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga led on Saturday in the race to govern east Africa's largest economy but tempers flared over the slow pace of vote tallying in the incumbent's strongholds.
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Kenyan election officials were counting millions of ballots Friday in the country's closest-ever presidential race as unofficial early results showed President Mwai Kibaki trailing.
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Kenya's government and opposition were on Tuesday wrestling for control of parliament after the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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NAIROBI, Dec. 27 -- Waiting in hours-long lines and in some cases queuing up well before dawn, Kenyans streamed to the polls by the millions Thursday in what was shaping up to be the most open and competitive presidential election since the country gained independence from Britain in 1963.
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Kenyan election officials counted ballots Friday in the country's closest-ever presidential race after an election praised as orderly and peaceful despite sporadic violence
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Kenyan opposition officials were behind attacks on the president's ethnic group, a rights group says.
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The top candidates in Kenya's presidential election hold final rallies in Nairobi before Thursday's vote.
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President Mwai Kibaki tried to fend off a fiery opposition leader Thursday in an election that was shaping up to be the closest in this East African country's history.
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NAIROBI, Dec. 28 -- With vote-counting underway in what appears to be the closest and most open presidential contest in this nation's history, Raila Odinga, a fiery opposition leader, appeared to hold a strong lead over President Mwai Kibaki, according to early returns broadcast Friday on three m...
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Early forecasts showed Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki in a close fight on Friday with his main challenger after an election diplomats praised as smooth, despite sporadic violence and rigging claims by both sides.
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Guarded by armed police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a general election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades of independence from Britain.