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| Kenya opposition cancels protests | Kenya opposition cancels protests |
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| Kenya's opposition leader has called off nationwide rallies planned for Tuesday, following disputed elections. | Kenya's opposition leader has called off nationwide rallies planned for Tuesday, following disputed elections. |
| Raila Odinga said he hoped international mediation could solve the crisis. He says he was cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki. | Raila Odinga said he hoped international mediation could solve the crisis. He says he was cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki. |
| The police now say that 486 people have died in violence following the polls - up from the previous figure of 350. | The police now say that 486 people have died in violence following the polls - up from the previous figure of 350. |
| Seven people were killed in a shoot-out at a police station on Sunday and there have been further clashes in Mombasa. | |
| Some 250,000 people have fled their homes in clashes between rival political supporters, ethnic groups and the police. | |
| "We are now assured that the mediation process is about to start," Mr Odinga said after meeting Washington's top Africa official, Jendayi Frazer. | |
| "We are therefore informing our supporters countrywide that there will be no public rallies [on Tuesday]." | |
| Mr Odinga said Kenya was living through the gravest crisis it had faced and condemned the violence that had taken place. | |
| Both sides have accused the other of ethnic cleansing during a week of violence after Mr Kibaki was declared the winner. | |
| 'Not credible' | |
| Mr Odinga said he understood that Ghana's President John Kufour, current chairman of the African Union, would also be going to Kenya soon, to hold talks. | |
| Last week, the government said there was no need for Mr Kufour to go to Kenya. | |
| Charities are warning of a looming health crisisMr Kibaki has offered to form a "government of national unity" but Mr Odinga says the president must step down. | |
| European Union observers have criticised the way some of the votes were counted, including anomalies between the results announced locally and nationally. | European Union observers have criticised the way some of the votes were counted, including anomalies between the results announced locally and nationally. |
| The Law Society of Kenya has called for Mr Kibaki to step down, saying the election was "not credible" and the announcement of a winner "unacceptable", reports Reuters news agency. | |
| The government says it has deployed its military engineering unit to assist in unblocking the main highways to enable relief supplies to be delivered to displaced people and for public transport to resume. | The government says it has deployed its military engineering unit to assist in unblocking the main highways to enable relief supplies to be delivered to displaced people and for public transport to resume. |
| The head of the humanitarian services committee, Rachael Arunga, told a news conference in Nairobi that sufficient urgent supplies were yet to reach thousands of displaced people. | The head of the humanitarian services committee, Rachael Arunga, told a news conference in Nairobi that sufficient urgent supplies were yet to reach thousands of displaced people. |
| Ms Arunga said the Rift Valley province was the worst hit area and efforts were being made to deliver food items, tents and medicine to the displaced people. | Ms Arunga said the Rift Valley province was the worst hit area and efforts were being made to deliver food items, tents and medicine to the displaced people. |