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| At least 15 people have been burned to death in a church in western Kenya, after seeking refuge from the mounting violence over last week's elections. | At least 15 people have been burned to death in a church in western Kenya, after seeking refuge from the mounting violence over last week's elections. |
| A mob attacked and set fire to the church in the town of Eldoret where hundreds of people were hiding, say police and eyewitness reports. | A mob attacked and set fire to the church in the town of Eldoret where hundreds of people were hiding, say police and eyewitness reports. |
| Dozens more are reported to have been taken to hospital with severe burns. | Dozens more are reported to have been taken to hospital with severe burns. |
| It comes as EU election monitors said the presidential poll "fell short of international standards". | |
| In an interim report, chief EU monitor Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said the tallying process "lacked credibility". | |
| Four Kenyan election commissioners also expressed unease at the result, but the government denied any irregularities. | |
| Fresh killings | |
| Western Kenya has witnessed some of the worst violence since the controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. | |
| At least 120 people were killed after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise after continued violence on Monday. | |
| Mr Kibaki's challenger, Raila Odinga, said that if fresh killings were taken into account, the total would likely be about 250 or "slightly more". | |
| Some of the violence has taken an ethnic dimension with the majority Kikuyus supporting Mr Kibaki and the Luo community seen as backing Mr Odinga. | |
| UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has again urged Kenya's political leaders to talk, and said: "The violence must be brought to an end." |