Clinton warns Kenya on cost of election unrest

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Kenya on Saturday to hold free and fair elections and be a role model for Africa, underlining the need to avoid the bloodshed and economic loss suffered during the last vote five years ago. The general election next March will be the first since a disputed poll in 2007 that set off a politically based ethnic slaughter in which more than 1,200 people were killed. "We urge that the nation come together and prepare for elections which will be a real model for the entire world," Clinton told reporters in Nairobi. ...