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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya said violence over disputed elections had eased enough to lift a monthlong ban on live television broadcasts, while the country's political rivals sat down for new talks Monday despite the withdrawal of a leading mediator.
The fighting has killed more than 1,000 people and made 300,000 homeless since the Dec. 27 presidential election, which foreign and local observers say was rigged. Protests have deteriorated into ethnic clashes, with much of the anger aimed at President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe, long resented for dominating politics and the economy.
"The live coverage ban was lifted because the security is better," government spokesman Alfred Mutua told The Associated Press. In late December, he said the ban was implemented to prevent the incitement of violence. Rights groups said it was an attack on free speech.
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