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	Encyclopedia article: Eldoret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The name is based on the Masai (A Nilotic language) word "Eldoret" meaning "stony river" because the bed of the nearby Sosiani River is very stony.
		The town of Eldoret itself started in 1910 with a post office on what was known to the white settlers as "Farm 64" or just "64" because, at that time it was 64 miles from the newly built Uganda Railway (additional info and facts about Uganda Railway) railhead at Kibigori.
		Eldoret is the hometown of numerous Kenyan star runners, the most renowned of whom is Kipchoge Keino (additional info and facts about Kipchoge Keino).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/eldoret.htm (286 words)

	International Games News November 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The IOC's Olympic Solidarity program, designed to give development support to nations of lesser means has announced plans to open three training centers in Africa.
		The Kip Keino Children's Home in Eldoret Kenya has been chosen as a center to develop distance runners from throughout Africa, and was opened in the fall of 1998.
		A swimming training center in Cairo and a sports center in South Africa are planned for the near future.
	www.internationalgames.net /November98.htm (943 words)

	East Africa Living Encyclopedia
		In 1986 a private air company founded African Express Airways Kenya Limited to transport horticultural products to Europe as well as to work routes not already covered by the national airline.
		In December 1994, a third international airport was underway at Eldoret in the Rift Valley Province under a KSh3.7bn ($66 million) contract.
		The project was not, however, popular with donors, who were under-informed about the project's course even shortly before the official announcement of construction plans.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /NEH/ktransport.htm (655 words)

	Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.
		ELDORET, Kenya—We're halfway up a steep hill leading out of the town of Iten when our Range Rover sputters to a stop.
		Our driver, Charles, climbs out and lifts the hood, and we watch as steam rises into the deep blue afternoon sky.
		My AAA card won't work here, and there are no auto shops around, no service stations, no used parts stores where we can buy another radiator.
	www.marathonandbeyond.com /tocvol5.htm (21614 words)

	Balancing Act News Update - African internet developments
		It also plans to install an additional antenna in Nairobi, which will use a different satellite and land at a different teleport.
		Depending on the demand, says UUNet Communications general manager, Robert Kariuki, there is a possibility of installing a node in Western Kenya in either Eldoret or Kisumu.
		Reliability of backbone services has been an issue in Kenya, because Telkom Kenya's sister company Jambonet has suffered regular service breakdowns, seriously inconveniencing users.
	www.balancingact-africa.com /news/back/balancing-act_261.html (14640 words)

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