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Twin blasts in Kenya kill at least 10, injure 70 more

British tourists queue with their luggage to leave by charter flight from the international airport in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, May 16, 2014. Britain's government warned its citizens this week to avoid the coastal city of Mombasa and beach towns nearby, prompting a travel company to cut short the vacations of hundreds of British citizens and fly them home, while Kenya's National Disaster Operation Centre says that two explosions in Nairobi have killed at least four people Friday with one blast targeting a mini-van that Kenyans use for public transportation and a second blast went off in a market. (AP Photo) NAIROBI, Kenya - Two bombs killed 10 people and wounded 70 others Friday, tossing bodies into the air at a market in Kenya's capital, while hundreds of British tourists were evacuated from the coastal resort of Mombasa after warnings of an impending attack by Islamic extremists. The U.S. ambassador has requested additional security and is reducing the number of people stationed at the embassy in Nairobi amid an increase in threats. No group claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off minutes apart in the Gikomba market near downtown Nairobi. President Uhuru Kenyatta, appearing at a previously planned news conference shortly after the bombings, offered his condolences.




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