Kenya rivals reach 'half-way deal'
Kenya's rival parties have agreed to change the constitution and bring the opposition into government in what was described Friday as a 'half-way deal' to end turmoil that has left more than 1,000 dead.
Former UN chief Kofi Annan is to announce on Friday details of the accord signed by negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose dispute over the December presidential election exploded into violence.
Talks led by Annan are to resume on Monday when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives to deliver a message to Kenya's leaders that "there must be a full return to democracy".
Nairobi's Daily Nation newspaper carried the headline: "Annan's team strikes half-way deal in talks," while the Standard sounded a more pessimistic note: "48 hours later... and no deal yet."
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