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 PORT VICTORIA, Kenya (AP) - Thousands turned out Saturday to bury a slain opposition lawmaker as political rivals struggled to agree on a power-sharing plan to resolve the violent, drawn-out election crisis in Kenya.
Melitus Mugabe Were, 39, was shot twice in the head on Jan. 29 during the violence that erupted in the wake of Kenya's Dec. 27 presidential vote. Two days later, opposition legislator David Kimutai Too also was killed. Both deaths triggered violence in the capital, Nairobi.
More than 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced by clashes, arson and looting triggered by disputed election results in which President Mwai Kibaki claimed victory and opposition leader Raila Odinga alleged fraud.
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