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Kenya death toll near 800 in a month

Kenya death toll near 800 in a month: "Gangs of youths armed with machetes and clubs fought running battles with police on Sunday and burned tribal rivals alive in their homes in western Kenya, pushing the death toll from a month of escalating ethnic violence to nearly 800."

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