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| Kenya peace talks 'breakthrough' | |
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| Kenya's ruling party and opposition have reached a "breakthrough" during talks in Nairobi to end post-election bloodshed, officials say. | Kenya's ruling party and opposition have reached a "breakthrough" during talks in Nairobi to end post-election bloodshed, officials say. |
| The two sides are trying to break the political deadlock that has left the country convulsed by violence since December's presidential polls. | The two sides are trying to break the political deadlock that has left the country convulsed by violence since December's presidential polls. |
| Details are unclear but chief mediator, ex-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is expected to make an announcement soon. | Details are unclear but chief mediator, ex-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is expected to make an announcement soon. |
| Some 1,000 people have died and 300,000 others fled their homes in the clashes. | Some 1,000 people have died and 300,000 others fled their homes in the clashes. |
| Opposition official William Ruto said the rival parties had reached a deal on an interim joint government, says the BBC's Adam Mynott in Nairobi. | |
| Mr Ruto was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying: "We have finally agreed there is a problem in the country and neither side can proceed on its own." | |
| A senior UN official told our correspondent that the rival parties had reached consensus on a "broad brushstrokes agreement". | A senior UN official told our correspondent that the rival parties had reached consensus on a "broad brushstrokes agreement". |
| There is huge excitement in the Kenyan capital at the apparent breakthrough, which follows weeks of intransigence from both sides, says our correspondent. | There is huge excitement in the Kenyan capital at the apparent breakthrough, which follows weeks of intransigence from both sides, says our correspondent. |
| President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election two months ago, which observers said was flawed. | |
| The opposition Orange Democratic Movement, led by Raila Odinga, said it was cheated of victory. |