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  "id": 15624092,
  "title": "Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty over 191 starvation deaths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-cult-leader-paul-mackenzie-found-guilty-over-191-starvation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:49:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/kenyan-cult-leader-paul-mackenzie-found-guilty-over-191-starvation-deaths/a-79706279?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "summary": "Preacher Paul Mackenzie is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death. He ran a Christian doomsday cult called the Good News International Church that claimed the end of the world was imminent.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenyan court convicts starvation cult leader for murder of 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-court-convicts-starvation-cult-leader-for-murder-of-191-people",
        "published": "2026-10-19T15:34:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-found-guilty-of-murder-of-191-children",
        "published": "2026-10-19T15:51:17.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader convicted in deaths of nearly 200 children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-convicted-in-deaths-of-nearly-200",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:17:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Kenyan cult leader, assistants guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-cult-leader-assistants-guilty-on-all-charges-over-191",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:21:17.000Z"
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        "title": "Kenyan cult leader guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-cult-leader-guilty-on-all-charges-over-191-starvation-deaths",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:32:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Mackenzie guilty verdict: What Kenyan law says about punishment for murder convictions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/mackenzie-guilty-verdict-what-kenyan-law-says-about-punishment-for",
        "published": "2026-10-19T17:00:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Kenyan cult leader found guilty of murdering 191 people, mostly children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-cult-leader-found-guilty-of-murdering-191-people-mostly",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:10:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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