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Article: Bombing, travel warning delivers one-two punch to Kenya tourism
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- August 12, 1998
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CANDICE HUGHES Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-12-1998
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Kenya is the stuff of Hollywood legend, of Hemingway fame _ a place etched into popular culture by countless books and films, from ``The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' to ``Out of Africa.''
For many people, going on safari in Kenya, a land famed for its wildlife and spectacular scenery, is the dream of a lifetime.
Tourism is vital to Kenya, as important as coffee and tea exports to the faltering economy. And it has just suffered a stunning one-two punch.
On Friday, a terrorist bomb rocked the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. A nearly simultaneous blast hit the embassy in neighboring Tanzania.
The bombings - ...
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