KENYA’S feuding leaders shook hands and smiled yesterday after a landmark first meeting brought about by former UN chief Kofi Annan, a month after disputed presidential polls.

KENYA’S rival leaders have agreed to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, said the head of the African Union yesterday.

KENYA’S Patrick Ivuti edged Morocco’s Jaouad Gharib in a photo-finish yesterday to win a Chicago Marathon run in blast furnace conditions.