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Jan.1   European Union   EU casts doubts over Kenyan poll  EU election monitors: Kenya's presidential poll was 'flawed' and 'fell short of international standards'

  Pakistan   Early poll 'impossible'   The spokesman for election commission has said that holding parliamentary elections as scheduled on 8 January 'looks impossible'

  Washington U.S. denies it ignored danger to Bhutto  The State Department denies it ignored security dangers surrounding former Pakistan Prime Minister when she returned to Pakista

  Egypt 19 killed in bus plunge  A bus plunged into a canal alongside the Nile River in southern Egypt, killing 17 passengers and the driver

  Sudan US diplomat shot in attack  American officer with the US Agency for International Development was wounded and his Sudanese driver killed

Day News


  Kenya   Mob burns Kenyans cowering in church Map of Eldoret Kenya
  A mob set fire to a church where Kenyans were seeking refuge from post-election violence, searing many and leaving others as heaps of ash
 The mob set fire to the church in Eldoret where many people from President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe were sheltering. An estimated 250 people have died following the controversial re-election


  Sudan   Gunman kills U.S. diplomat, driver Map of Khartoum Sudan
  John Granville, 33, working toward restoring peace was shot and killed along with his driver as he headed home from a New Year's party in Khartoum
 He was a U.S. Foreign Service diplomat from Buffalo, New York.


  Baghdad     Suicide bomber hits funeral  36 people killed, 32 others were injured in the blast which struck mourners at the funeral for a Shia Muslim army officer

  Iraq Second-lowest U.S. death in Iraq  The U.S. military death toll in Iraq for December is the 2nd-lowest monthly death toll of the war, although 2007 has been the deadliest

Evening News


  Sri Lanka   Deadly bomb blast strikes Colombo Map of Colombo Sri Lanka
  A bomb targeting a military bus in the capital has killed at least four people and injured another 20


  Pakistan     Bhutto had vote warning for U.S.
  On the day she died, Benazir planned to hand over to visiting U.S. lawmakers a report accusing Pakistan's intelligence services of a plot to rig elections


  Kenya   Ethnic violence fears grow   Both sides in disputed election have accused each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands have fled their homes fearing further clashes
San Francisco Bay Area , January 1, 2008 Timeline