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Marathon champ recalls Kenya vote terror

Five years since Kenya's world marathon champion Luke Kibet narrowly escaped death in post-election violence that killed two of his colleagues, the runner is nervous as fresh polls approach.

Men wave machetes during demonstrations on December 30, 2007 at a slum in Nairobi. More than 1,100 people were killed in the chaos and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's 2007 presidential elections.

More than 1,100 people -- including two international athletes -- were killed in the chaos and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's 2007 presidential elections.

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