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Article: New embassy opens in Kenya
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2003
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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,