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The village of Kilelengwani has been at the centre of the recent violence Two mass graves have been discovered in Kenya's coastal Tana Delta region.
The number and identities of the bodies in the graves are unknown, police say. A court order to exhume the bodies has been requested.More than 100 people have been killed in clashes in the area in the past month between farmers and cattle herders over land and water.
There are accusations that politicians have incited the violence ahead of elections next March.
The long-running conflict is between the Pokomo people - mostly farmers growing cash crops by the Tana River - and the Orma, semi-nomadic
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Nuclear power has become a key issue in Japan after the Fukushima disaster Japan has partially approved a plan - without a specific deadline - to phase out nuclear power after last year's Fukushima disaster, officials say.
It unveiled the plan to drop nuclear energy by the 2030s on Friday, but its feasibility was opposed by the business sector. The government has also launched a new nuclear safety regulatory agency.
Nuclear power has become a key public issue after a tsunami led to a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plants.
Before the nuclear disaster in March 2011, Japan had wanted to raise its nuclear energy use to 50% by 2030.
Under the country's new energy policy, there would be a shift towards the use of renewable energy, as well as oil, coal and gas for its power needs.
"But whether we can become nuclear-free by the 2030s is not something to be achieved only with a decision by policy makers," Trade Minister Yukio Edano, who also oversees the energy portfolio, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
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