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Fri 01 Jan 2008Odinga says police are 'executing citizens'
KENYA:Protesters battled police armed with batons, tear-gas and live rounds for a second day yesterday as opposition leaders in Kenya said they were planning an economic boycott to force President Mwai Kibaki to back down over disputed elections.
By nightfall, a steady trickle of casualties with gunshot wounds was making its way out of Kibera, Africa's biggest slum, after waves of riot police stormed its narrow alleys. The country is braced for a third day of protests today as opposition supporters try to force a rerun of December's vote. Opposition leaders accused police of heavy-handed tactics and claimed that seven people had been shot dead.
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