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187:"Kenya: Garissa Policemen Survive Al-Shabaab Ambush in Yumbis"
264:"Funding jihad: Al-Shabab cash lures in young Kenyans"
136:"Kenyan police clash with al-Shabab in Garissa County"
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16:On 26 May 2015, Kenyan police were ambushed by
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