Article: New embassy opens in Kenya

WAR ON TERROR

New embassy opens in Kenya, 4 1/2 years after attack

Associated Press

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

Nairobi, Kenya -- A new, heavily fortified U.S. Embassy was inaugurated Monday in Nairobi, 4 1/2 years after a terrorist attack on the complex killed 219 people.

The $68 million, four-story building is the first U.S. mission to be built from scratch since Congress authorized upgrades to diplomatic missions around the world after the Aug. 7, 1998, bombing.

A second new embassy was to be dedicated today in Dar es Salaam,

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