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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Kenya, in the south-central part of the country. Founded in 1899, it became the seat of government for British East Africa in 1905 and capital of independent Kenya in 1963.
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- proper noun The capital of
Kenya .
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- noun the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
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NAIROBI — At a banquet room in a downtown Nairobi hotel last week, just as the sun began to set, some 50 Somali members of parliament and other dignitaries gathered to break that day's Ramadan fast.
Africa Dispatch: Dinner, Dates and Politics With Somalia's Premier 2010
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NAIROBI -- An American lawyer accused of minimizing Rwanda's 1994 genocide arrived in Nairobi late Saturday after Rwanda granted him bail on medical grounds.
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CATHERINE BOND, CNN NAIROBI BUREAU CHIEF: Well, the Kenyans in (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in the predominantly Somalia area of Nairobi called Esily (ph) yesterday, a suburb that's fairly close to the city center.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (Sapa-AP) - Two Ugandans were convicted of raping and murdering a British housewife in Nairobi last year and sentenced to death by hanging.
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NAIROBI: Running street-battles between members of the Nubian and Luo tribes continued in Nairobi with witnesses reporting at least five dead over two days.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Muslim cleric whose detention in Nairobi caused deadly riots on the streets of the capital is expected to be put on a plane back to Jamaica in the next two days,
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Muslim cleric whose detention in Nairobi caused deadly riots on the streets of the capital is expected to be put on a plane back to Jamaica in the next two days,
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Muslim cleric whose detention in Nairobi caused deadly riots on the streets of the capital is expected to be put on a plane back to Jamaica in the next two days,
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NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) - Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is living with HIV and was recently diagnosed with
WN.com - Articles related to Media watchdog urges Arroyo to take firm stand on massacre case 2010
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NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) - Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is living with HIV and was recently diagnosed with
WN.com - Articles related to Bank Launches Big Plan to Cut Mortgage Debt 2010
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