19 killed in Kenya clashes

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-28-2008 09:07

Ethnic clashes have killed at least 19 people in Kenya's Rift Valley. The violence came as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve the month-long crisis.

Soldiers were deployed as gunfire rang out and smoke poured from homes and vehicles.

Soldiers were deployed as gunfire rang out and smoke poured from homes and vehicles. Barricades blocked Kenya's main western highway and police turned back cars. A quarter of a million people have been forced from their homes by the unrest.

The running battles between supporters of President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Odinga threaten to undermine Annan's mediation efforts. Annan called on both parties Sunday to name four officials for further talks.

Editor:Zhang Ning