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Liberia opposition calls poll 'flawed,' pulls out (AP)
MONROVIA, Liberia ? Opposition parties in Liberia say they're pulling out of a recent presidential poll which they called "flawed" and say they won't accept the results.
A Saturday statement from eight opposition parties including those of the second- and third-place candidates say the electoral commission manipulated vote-counting in favor of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The statement also called for a Sunday rally but gave no details.
Sirleaf led late Friday with 45.4 percent of the vote, falling short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff, according to partial results.
The Harvard-educated Sirleaf faced 15 challengers on Tuesday. She is viewed abroad as a reformer and was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her role in stabilizing Liberia after a 14-year civil war.
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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) ? Liberian police say an office occupied by the country's ruling party has burned down just days after a hotly contested presidential election.
Police spokesman George Bardue says police are pursuing suspects but have made no arrests after the incident early Saturday.
Voters in the West African nation went to the polls Tuesday.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf led late Friday with 45.4 percent of the vote, falling short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff, according to partial results from the country's electoral commission.
The Harvard-trained Sirleaf faced 15 challengers. She is viewed abroad as a reformer and was just awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her role in stabilizing Liberia after a 14-year civil war.
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Kenya helicopter crashes; push into Somalia begins
MOGADISHU, Somalia?? Kenyan military forces moved into southern Somalia on Sunday, an official and residents said, a day after top Kenyan defense officials said the country has the right to defend itself after a rash of militant kidnappings inside Kenya.
Late Sunday evening, a military helicopter crashed and caught fire inside Kenya from an apparent mechanical malfunction, a diplomat and a resident said. No civilian casualties were reported but the status of the pilots on board was not immediately known.
Residents in southern Somalia said that columns of Kenyan troops had moved in and that military aircraft were flying overhead. Resident Ali Nur Hussein said Kenyan troops arrived in tanks and military trucks, and that troops were coordinating with Somali government soldiers.
Kenya's government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, said Kenyan troops "are pursuing al-Shabab across the border." He did not give any other details.
In response, al-Shabab, Somalia's most dangerous militant group, tried to raise the alarm in areas it controls. Residents in the town of Qoqani who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals said militants were going into homes and forcibly recruiting new fighters.
"Are you ready to live under Christians?" one al-Shabab official shouted on a militant radio station. "Get out of your homes and defend your dignity and religion. Today is the day to defend against the enemy."
A Somali government spokesman, Abdirahman Omar Osman, said his government welcomes logistical support from "our Kenyan brothers," but said Somalia did not need Kenyan troops.
"Our forces are ready to combat al-Shabab and they are doing so effectively. They are ready at the borders, so sending troops is not needed," Osman said.
The helicopter crashed in Liboi, a town about 10 miles (20 kilometers) from the Kenya-Somalia border. The Liboi resident asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. The diplomat's employer does not allow him to be identified.
Mutua and Kenya's military spokesmen did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kenyan troops have frequently crossed the border into Somalia, but Sunday's push appears to be a bigger and more concerted effort. Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti told a news conference on Saturday that Kenyan forces would pursue al-Shabab into Somalia.
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"For the first time our country is threatened with the most serious level of terrorism," he said.
The public declaration to attack al-Shabab came two days after armed militants kidnapped two Spanish aid workers with the group Doctors Without Borders from the Dadaab refugee camp, a sprawling expanse of temporary homes where almost 500,000 Somalis live. The population of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, has swelled by tens of thousands in recent months because of Somalia's famine.
On Oct. 1, Somali gunmen took a wheelchair-bound Frenchwoman from her home near the resort town of Lamu. Somalis also abducted a British woman from a Kenyan coastal resort in September. Her husband was killed in the attack.
Kenya's push north into Somalia will open another front that Somali militants must contend with. African Union forces from Uganda and Burundi have expanded their control of Mogadishu in recent months and have almost completely forced al-Shabab out of the capital.
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Jason Straziuso contributed and Houreld reported from Nairobi, Kenya.
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Rail bombs raise fear of left-wing attacks in Germany (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) ? Germany stepped up security on its railways on Thursday, dispatching police reinforcements to halt a campaign of arson attacks after officials found a firebomb on tracks near Berlin.
It was the 16th explosive device detected in four days.
Noone has been hurt but hundreds of trains have been delayed and the spate of attacks has triggered fears of a surge in left-wing violence.
Federal police and prosecutors are now in charge of the investigation. Dozens of experts, some in protective clothing, are scouring railway tracks for clues. Police helicopters are hovering over railway lines to spot possible suspects.
"We are looking at a new dimension of left-wing violence which is extremely worrying," Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said.
"It is an attempt to comprehensively and systematically put at risk the working of a city which is of great importance," he told Focus magazine.
Over the summer, mystery attackers set on fire over 100 cars in mostly affluent districts of Berlin. Police have not discovered who was responsible but many politicians blamed left-wing radicals targeting the rich.
The latest attacks have reawakened memories of the deadly Red Army Faction attacks in the 1970s and 1980s which killed dozens of people, including some top establishment figures.
The series of arson attacks started on Monday. Most of the devices, which consist of bottles with flammable liquid, have not exploded although on Wednesday one caught fire.
Most bombs have been planted on tracks in the Berlin area -- one was on the high-speed link between Berlin and Hamburg.
Railway operator Deutsche Bahn has offered a reward of 100,000 euros for clues and federal prosecutors, who usually get involved only in cases of national security, say they suspect "anti-constitutional sabotage."
A group called the "Hekla Reception Committee -- Initiative for more Social Eruptions" claimed responsibility on Monday, saying it aimed to cause widespread disruption and it opposed Germany's part in the Afghanistan war.
Asked about fears of a new wave of RAF-type terrorism, Friedrich said historical comparisons were difficult.
"But we must be extremely vigilant and make sure that the readiness to commit violence seen in these attacks does not develop into a new form of left-wing terrorism."
Germany's intelligence service has for months warned about the danger of growing left-wing militancy.
On Saturday, left-wing protests are due to take place across Europe, including in Berlin.
(Reporting By Madeline Chambers)
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