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“Kenyan Church Fire Kills Dozens”
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, AP
Posted: 2008-01-01 13:55:49
Filed Under: World News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “NAIROBI, Kenya (Jan. 1) - A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of Kenyans fleeing election violence Tuesday, killing up to 50 people as four days of rioting and ethnic clashes marked some of the darkest times in this country’s history.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The violence - which has erupted from the shantytowns of Nairobi to resort towns on the sweltering coast - has exposed tribal resentments that have long festered in Kenya. Kibaki’s Kikuyu people, Kenya’s largest ethnic group, are accused of turning their dominance of politics and business to the detriment of others.
Odinga is from the Luo tribe, a smaller but still major tribe. In the slums, which are often divided along tribal lines, rival groups have been going at each other with machetes and sticks as police fire tear gas and live rounds to keep them from pouring out into the city center.
The church fire in Eldoret, some 185 miles from the capital, killed at least 50 people, said a Red Cross volunteer who counted the bodies and helped the wounded. But she asked that her name - which would identify her tribe - not be published, saying gangs were even checking on the tribal affiliations of aid workers.
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“The Poster That Awaits US President Bush in Jerusalem”
by Baruch Gordon
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) In the upcoming days, billboards all over Jerusalem will be plastered with a new poster on the eve of U.S. President Bush’s visit to Israel. Pictured in the poster is a gigantic Bible, towering over the walls of the Old City.
The caption says: “Bush, read your Bible. God gave Israel to the Jews.””
ARTICLE SNIPPET: ““It isn’t enough that this poster fills the streets of Jerusalem,” Fishman asserts. “It has to be circulated all over the Internet, on every Christian, Baptist, Evangelist, Catholic, and Jewish site. A vast part of the world still believes in the Bible, and if these hundreds of millions say no to the ‘Road Map’ and email the poster to the White House, they can help us save our Holy City and prevent the Holy Land from turning into a haven for Islamic terror.””
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“Kenyans burned to death in church”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A pastor from the church, Jackson Nyanga, told the BBC that many of the people were beaten before the building was set on fire.
“After torching the church, children died - around 25 in number - four elderly people. And our men and our people who tried to confront them were injured,” he said.
Eldoret, in the Rift Valley, has witnessed some of the worst violence since last Sunday’s controversial poll and has a history of inter-ethnic tension.
Correspondents say that over the past few days hundreds of Kikuyus in the Eldoret area have been taking shelter in churches and around the town’s police station.
Eldoret resident Bernard Magamu told the BBC News website that many houses and businesses have been torched, and that roads in and around the town are closed.
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“People are still fearful. It’s hard. People are really scared,” said Mr Magamu, adding that local hospitals were struggling to cope with the high number of casualties.
The Kenyan Red Cross said that at least 70,000 people have been displaced in the Rift Valley area as a result of the unrest, describing it as “a national disaster”.
Alfred Mutua, spokesman for the Kenyan government, accused Mr Odinga’s supporters of a systematic campaign of ethnic violence.
“Raila Odinga’s supporters... are engaging in ethnic cleansing and they are not doing it in a haphazard manner, they’re doing it in a very well organised, calculated manner... attacking in military precision,” he told the BBC World Service.”