Westgate Mall

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  Kenya Readies 10,000 Police to Boost Security for Pope Francis

  Kenya said today it may deploy as many as 10,000 police officers to boost security during a visit by Pope Francis later this month as the country readies for crowds of one million people.

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  Kenya Massacre Mall Reopens in Capital

  Kenya's Westgate shopping mall reopened for business on today, almost two years after Somali Islamists stormed in and massacred 67 shoppers and staff in four days of carnage.

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  Scarred by Islamist Attacks, Kenya Set to Re-Open Westgate Mall

  Kenya's trendy Westgate shopping mall will reopen on Saturday, nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex.

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  Al-Shabab Militants Kill 28 in Kenya Bus: Police

  Police officials say al-Shabab militants from Somalia have hijacked a bus in northern Kenya and killed 28 non-Muslims on board.

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  Kenya Marks Anniversary of Westgate Mall Attack

  Kenya on Sunday marks a year since Somali Islamist gunmen attacked Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, with anniversary commemorations including the unveiling of a memorial stone and candlelight vigil.

• Westgate attackers disagreed over killing kids: witness

  Islamist gunmen who shot dead scores of people in a Nairobi shopping mall last year were in apparent disagreement over whether they should kill women and small children, a court in Kenya heard on Thursday.

• Grenade attack wounds ten in Kenya tourist resort: police

  Ten people were wounded Thursday when attackers hurled a grenade into a restaurant in a popular coastal tourist resort town in Kenya, police said.

• Kenya says all terrorists died in mall attack

  All the terrorists died in a recent attack on a Kenyan mall, contrary to suggestions in a New York Police Department report that some of the attackers could have escaped, a Kenyan official said.

• In violent world, US companies must plan for 'unthinkable'

  Companies and diplomats operating in some of the world's most dangerous and unstable places must plan for the unthinkable as terror groups arm up and form alliances to strike Western targets.

• Investigators piece together plot to attack Kenya mall

  Four gunmen who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall in September came to Kenya about four months earlier and some had exercised at a gym in an area of the Kenyan capital popular with Somalis, Western officials with knowledge of the investigation said.

• Investigations at Kenya mall massacre site over: government

  Detectives scouring Kenya's Westgate shopping mall after September's massacre by Islamist gunmen have completed on-site investigations, the government said Wednesday.

• Kenya Westgate attackers were suicide squad: Somalia's Shebab

  Gunmen who massacred at least 67 people in Kenya's Westgate mall in September were special suicide commandos, Somalia's Shebab insurgents said.

• Kenya charges four over Westgate mall attack: court

  Kenya charged four men on Monday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September, an attack claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab in which at least 67 people were killed.

• 'White Widow' wrote ode to Osama bin Laden: report

  The British woman wanted for alleged terror offences in Kenya, dubbed the "White Widow", wrote an ode to the late Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden proclaiming her love for him, a report said on Tuesday.

• Video suggesting soldiers looted Nairobi mall angers Kenyans

  Security camera footage of soldiers appearing to loot goods during last month's Nairobi shopping mall siege has infuriated Kenyans who had initially praised troops for their courage in battling the Somali attackers.