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  Kenya's Supreme Court upholds presidential election results

  Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending an election season that riveted the nation with fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence.

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  Kenya's Supreme Court orders partial recount in presidential vote

  Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday ordered a recount of votes in some constituencies in the country's March 4 presidential election.

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  Kenya sees tribal words of war erupt online after peaceful election

  Tribal lines are being drawn over who won Kenya's presidential election. But unlike the bloody violence that scarred the country five years ago, this time the only fighting is online.

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  Kenya bracing for photo finish to presidential election

  Kenya faced a photo finish in its race for president on Friday as the last ballots were counted. The leading candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta, saw his percentage yo-yo around the crucial 50 per cent mark, as officials told The Associated Press it appeared likely Kenyatta could win a majority.

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  Kenya's 'spoiled' ballots suggests presidential runoff is likely

  A slow ballot count in Kenya's presidential vote raised questions Tuesday about the election process, but it was a decision on the more than 325,000 rejected ballots that made it appear likely the election will be decided in a runoff.

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  Kenya election violence claims 19 lives; gunmen take control of 2 polls

  Separatists armed with guns, machetes and bows and arrows launched attacks that killed 19 people Monday, as millions of Kenyans waited in long lines to cast ballots in the country's first presidential election in five years.

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  Violent start to Kenyan election as police are ambushed

  Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday will begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important -- and complicated -- in its 50-year history.

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  Kenya prepares for watershed elections, police brace for violence

  The toll of more than 1,000 dead after Kenya's last election makes Monday's presidential vote the most important in the country's 50-year history.

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  Kofi Annan warns that ethnic rivalries, violence could undermine March 4 Kenya vote

  The former head of the U.N. -- the man who helped save Kenya from spiraling deeper into election violence five years ago -- warned Saturday that intimidation, ethnic rivalry and violence could undermine Kenya's March 4 presidential vote.

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  Kenya makes history with first presidential debate

  Three weeks before they go to the polls, millions of Kenyans watched and listened to the nation's first-ever presidential debate, with the two front-running candidates trading barbs over the looming trial of one of them in the International Criminal Court.