• Mob torches Kenyan church

A mob angry at Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election burnt alive 35 people yesterday who were sheltering in a church from tribal clashes, police and the Red Cross said.“At least 35 people were burned to death in the church, some of them beyond recognition. They included women and children,” Kenya’s top Red Cross official told AFP.Another official from the humanitarian organisation said 42 people had also been taken to hospital with severe burns.