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| Kenya's ruling party and opposition have reached a "breakthrough" during talks in Nairobi to end post-election bloodshed, officials say. | Kenya's ruling party and opposition have reached a "breakthrough" during talks in Nairobi to end post-election bloodshed, officials say. |
| The two sides are trying to break the political deadlock that has left the country convulsed by violence since December's presidential polls. | |
| Details are unclear but chief mediator, ex-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is expected to make an announcement soon. | Details are unclear but chief mediator, ex-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is expected to make an announcement soon. |
| Some 1,000 people have died and 300,000 others fled their homes in the clashes. | Some 1,000 people have died and 300,000 others fled their homes in the clashes. |
| Opposition spokesman William Ruto said the rival parties had reached a deal on an interim joint government, says the BBC's Adam Mynott in Nairobi. | |
| A senior UN official told our correspondent that the rival parties had reached consensus on a "broad brushstrokes agreement". | |
| There is huge excitement in the Kenyan capital at the apparent breakthrough, which follows weeks of intransigence from both sides, says our correspondent. |