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NAIROBI-Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and opposition chief Raila Odinga signed an agreement Thursday to form a coalition government and end a two-month crisis that has claimed some 1,500 lives.The two leaders, sitting side by side, signed the accord outside the president's office, in front of the chief mediator Kofi Annan and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, who heads the African Union."I am pleased to be able to tell you and the citizens of Kenya that the two leaders this afternoon completed work on...how to overcome the political crisis," Annan told reporters."I commend all those whose efforts have made this possible," he added.The deal creates the post of prime minister and two deputy prime ministers to end the impasse following the controversial presidential elections which both leaders claim they won.Annan urged parliament to convene soon to enact the necessary laws to flesh out the deal.On Tuesday, Annan had suspended talks between government and opposition negotiators after they failed to agree on a power-sharing deal to resolve the crisis that erupted after Odinga accused Kibaki of rigging the December polls.Ensuing political rioting and tribal fighting killed at least 1,500 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
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