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| Kenya diplomatic push for peace | Kenya diplomatic push for peace |
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| Both sides in Kenya's disputed election have accused the other of violence as diplomatic efforts intensify to defuse the country's political crisis. | Both sides in Kenya's disputed election have accused the other of violence as diplomatic efforts intensify to defuse the country's political crisis. |
| About 300 people have now died in the post-poll bloodshed, including 30 burned to death sheltering in a church. | |
| Many Kenyans have been taking refuge from armed mobs and looters as fears mount of further attacks and reprisals. | Many Kenyans have been taking refuge from armed mobs and looters as fears mount of further attacks and reprisals. |
| Police in the capital Nairobi have set up barricades at the major roundabouts into the city and halted traffic. | Police in the capital Nairobi have set up barricades at the major roundabouts into the city and halted traffic. |
| As commuters cautiously start the working year, there are fears of renewed violence if a rally planned by the political opposition for Thursday goes ahead. | As commuters cautiously start the working year, there are fears of renewed violence if a rally planned by the political opposition for Thursday goes ahead. |
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| Call for compromise | Call for compromise |
| Tens of thousands of people have already fled their homes amid the unrest. | Tens of thousands of people have already fled their homes amid the unrest. |
| I refuse to be asked to give the Kenyan people an anaesthetic so that they can be raped Raila OdingaOpposition leader In pictures: Kenya unrestPress issue dire warnings | I refuse to be asked to give the Kenyan people an anaesthetic so that they can be raped Raila OdingaOpposition leader In pictures: Kenya unrestPress issue dire warnings |
| Mwai Kibaki, who was officially re-elected president in Thursday's vote, and opposition leader Raila Odinga, who says he was robbed of victory by fraud, traded accusations while calling for an end to the killing. | Mwai Kibaki, who was officially re-elected president in Thursday's vote, and opposition leader Raila Odinga, who says he was robbed of victory by fraud, traded accusations while calling for an end to the killing. |
| A government spokesman told the BBC Mr Odinga's supporters were "engaging in ethnic cleansing", while Mr Odinga said Mr Kibaki's camp was "guilty, directly, of genocide". | A government spokesman told the BBC Mr Odinga's supporters were "engaging in ethnic cleansing", while Mr Odinga said Mr Kibaki's camp was "guilty, directly, of genocide". |
| Asked if he would urge his supporters to calm down, Mr Odinga told the BBC: "I refuse to be asked to give the Kenyan people an anaesthetic so that they can be raped." | Asked if he would urge his supporters to calm down, Mr Odinga told the BBC: "I refuse to be asked to give the Kenyan people an anaesthetic so that they can be raped." |
| Horror as church burned Rwanda fears propel West | Horror as church burned Rwanda fears propel West |
| He also ruled out a legal challenge to the poll result, saying: "We are not going to go to Kibaki's courts." | He also ruled out a legal challenge to the poll result, saying: "We are not going to go to Kibaki's courts." |
| The African Union chairman, Ghanaian President John Kufuor, is due in the former British colony on Wednesday. | The African Union chairman, Ghanaian President John Kufuor, is due in the former British colony on Wednesday. |
| UK Foreign Minister David Miliband and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have issued a joint statement urging both sides to "engage in a spirit of compromise". | UK Foreign Minister David Miliband and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have issued a joint statement urging both sides to "engage in a spirit of compromise". |
| BBC world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds says that what the US and UK mean by that phrase is there should be a government of national unity. | BBC world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds says that what the US and UK mean by that phrase is there should be a government of national unity. |
| The message of the African Union chairman, whose visit is fully backed by Britain and the US, is expected to be the same, according to our correspondent. | The message of the African Union chairman, whose visit is fully backed by Britain and the US, is expected to be the same, according to our correspondent. |
| The joint US-UK statement noted reports of "serious irregularities" in the vote count but urged Kenya's political leaders to unite in calling on their supporters to end the bloodshed. | The joint US-UK statement noted reports of "serious irregularities" in the vote count but urged Kenya's political leaders to unite in calling on their supporters to end the bloodshed. |
| Poll watchdog 'pressured' | Poll watchdog 'pressured' |
| There were reports of several more deaths overnight, with two police officers killed in the western town of Kericho by youths armed with bows and arrows, a police official told AFP news agency. | There were reports of several more deaths overnight, with two police officers killed in the western town of Kericho by youths armed with bows and arrows, a police official told AFP news agency. |
| But the country has been shocked by the deaths of dozens of people - mainly Kikuyu, the same tribe as Mr Kibaki - in a church that was torched in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret. | But the country has been shocked by the deaths of dozens of people - mainly Kikuyu, the same tribe as Mr Kibaki - in a church that was torched in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret. |
| The BBC's Karen Allen has just returned from the church, which had been sheltering mostly women and children, and described a scene of utter devastation. | The BBC's Karen Allen has just returned from the church, which had been sheltering mostly women and children, and described a scene of utter devastation. |
| Commuters travel by foot after police blocked roads to traffic | Commuters travel by foot after police blocked roads to traffic |
| She saw two bodies outside the charred building, one a man who appeared to have been hacked to death with a machete and the burned remains of a woman. | She saw two bodies outside the charred building, one a man who appeared to have been hacked to death with a machete and the burned remains of a woman. |
| Our correspondent says at least 500 terrified local people have taken refuge in a police station in the town. | Our correspondent says at least 500 terrified local people have taken refuge in a police station in the town. |
| The Kenyan Red Cross has said that in the Rift Valley, at least 70,000 people have been displaced by the unrest. | The Kenyan Red Cross has said that in the Rift Valley, at least 70,000 people have been displaced by the unrest. |
| Ugandan officials also reported hundreds of Kikuyu tribes people crossing the border from Kenya. | Ugandan officials also reported hundreds of Kikuyu tribes people crossing the border from Kenya. |
| Mr Kibaki was declared the winner on Sunday after a controversial three-day counting process. | Mr Kibaki was declared the winner on Sunday after a controversial three-day counting process. |
| On Tuesday, election commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu said he had been under pressure to make the election results public from Mr Kibaki's Party of National Unity and a minor opposition party that recently split from Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement. | On Tuesday, election commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu said he had been under pressure to make the election results public from Mr Kibaki's Party of National Unity and a minor opposition party that recently split from Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement. |
| EU observers said the poll "fell short of international standards" but the government has denied fraud. | EU observers said the poll "fell short of international standards" but the government has denied fraud. |
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