Violence in Kenya

Kenyans pay their respect to Hon. David Kimutai Too during a funeral service held in the Green Stadium in Kericho on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. The opposition MP was shot dead by a policeman on Jan. 31 in Eldoret. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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A child plays with a tyre in front of diplaced people's belongings in an IDP's camp in Kericho, in western Kenya, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Over 300000 people have been displaced in Kenya since violence erupted on Dec. 30, 2007 when elections results were announced. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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A displaced woman sleeps on a sofa in an IDP camp in Kericho, in western Kenya, while a pick up with a corprate slogan passes by, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Over 300000 people have been displaced in Kenya since violence erupted on Dec. 30, 2007 when elections results were announced. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, also seen pictured in the frame at top right, delivers his message during a prayer meeting at Kenya's International Conference Center, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Kibaki said Friday he was "committed" to negotiations continuing in the capital to end the post election violence, as the Red Cross reported thousands of displaced Kenyans fearing reprisals fled a western town ahead of the funeral of a slain opposition lawmaker. The colors of the draped cloth behind Kibaki are those of the Kenyan flag, black, red, white, and green. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A displaced couple in an IDP camp in Kericho, in western Kenya, sit under some plastic sheet waiting for a truck to reach Kisii, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Over 300000 people have been displaced in Kenya since violence erupted on Dec. 30, 2007 when elections results were announced. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is silhouetted during a prayer meeting at Kenya's International Conference Center, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Kibaki said Friday he was "committed" to negotiations continuing in the capital to end the post election violence, as the Red Cross reported thousands of displaced Kenyans fearing reprisals fled a western town ahead of the funeral of a slain opposition lawmaker. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, meets with U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes at a hotel in Nairobi, Friday Feb. 8, 2008. John Holmes, a top U.N. official for humanitarian affairs, arrived on Friday to meet with organizations helping those affected by the violence. Amid all the talk of finding a solution, there was sporadic fighting in western Kenya, scene of some of the worst violence. (AP Photo/Antony Njuguna, Pool)
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga, right, shakes hands with Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Bert Koenders after their joint press conference, at the Orange Democratic Movement party headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Koenders is in Kenya to provide political support to the mediation efforts between government and opposition, headed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga, center, shakes hands with Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Bert Koenders after their joint press conference, at the Orange Democratic Movement party headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Koenders is in Kenya to provide political support to the mediation efforts between government and opposition, headed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. At right is opposition lawmaker Najib Balala. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
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Two children stand together as heavy rain falls at a temporary shelter for around 19,000 displaced people during post-election violence in Eldoret February 7, 2008. The United States has barred 10 Kenyans suspected of being behind ethnic violence that has convulsed the country since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election, officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/Georgina Cranston (KENYA)
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Pictures of the Week

Men play with snow in Amman Jan. 31. A heavy overnight snowstorm blanketed Jordan Wednesday, closing schools and stores and grounding public transportation.
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Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the River Thames are enveloped in fog Jan. 28 in London.
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A crowd gathers near the body of a man who was reportedly shot by police in the central Kenyan town of Nakuru Jan. 26. What started as post-election riots rapidly descended into settling of tribal vendettas, with marauding gangs armed with machetes, metal bars, and bows and arrows stalking parts of the west of the country, which until the crisis was seen as a beacon of democracy and stability in the troubled east African region. The death toll from weeks of violence has topped 800 and is rising. Vote for best photo
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Hostages held in a branch of the Banco Provincial in Altagracia de Orituco, in the Venezuelan state of Guarico, plead for help from the window of the bank Jan. 29. Four would-be bank robbers armed with rifles and grenades have been holding up to 50 people hostage for almost 24 hours. Authorities allowed the captors to leave the bank with five hostages being used as human shields. The other hostages were unharmed and the five being used as shields were later released unharmed. Vote for best photo
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A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Jan. 31, in Chicago.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Sen. Edward Kennedy as her Democrat rival, Sen. Barack Obama, turns away in the moments leading up to President Bush's the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress Jan. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vote for best photo
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South Korean Marines blast their way through snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 1. Vote for best photo
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A jet passes above a balloon during the 7th Kaiserwinkel Alpine Ballooning Week in Koessen in the western Austrian province of Tyrol Jan. 29. Balloons from Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, England, Belgium, Luxemburg and Austria participate at the competition.
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Competitors make their way through an obstacle course during the Tough Guy Challenge at South Perton Farm Jan. 27 near Wolverhampton, England.
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A rainbow is visible looking West from Palm Springs, Calif., Jan. 28, next to an array of wind turbines. Southern California has been hit with heavy rainstorms totaling more than 4 inches in some areas over a 24-hour period which has some experts on edge about the possibility of mudslides. Scattered showers remained in the forecast.
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Tornadoes Rip Through South

Jeremy McElyea removes debris from a tree he is cutting up on Felix Daniels' property in the Aldridge Grove community of Lawrence County, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. The property was damaged in Wednesday's F3 tornado that ripped through the county, claiming four lives. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Alabama Governor Bob Riley speaks at a news conference in Lawrence County, Ala., near the town of Moulton Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, after touring tornado damage. Wednesday's F3 tornado claimed four lives in Lawrence County. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Robin Thompson and her husband Todd along with Stacie Givens remove frozen foods from the freezer at the Olcie Thrasher home Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, which was destroyed along in Lawrence County, Ala., by an F3 tornado. The home may have been the first destroyed by Wednesday's twister. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Tornado damage litters the campus of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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People view tornado damage at a destroyed dormitory building on the campus of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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A student stands in front of a dormitory building damaged by a tornado at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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A door with a Union University Bulldogs banner stands by itself in front of a Union University dormitory building which was ravaged by a tornado in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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April Bustamante and Angel Griswell, of Henderson, Tenn., volunteer their time, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, to help Stacy Dalton and her family, of Jackson, clean up after Dalton's home was destroyed by a tornado. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/The Jackson Sun, Amanda Herron)
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Jeff Smith carries objects from his grandmother's home in Clinton, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. A tornado struck the town late Tuesday. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Jeff Smith reads an old note from his grandmother's recipe box recovered from the Smith's family home in Clinton, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, after a tornado struck the town late Tuesday. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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