The blackened, shredded wreckage of a vehicle which is believed to have carried the bomb which went off outside the American embassy in Nairobi is now being examined for clues as to who might have been responsible.

The suspect car was pulled off the embassy wall by a bulldozer and taken to a nearby parking lot.

Investigators say they hope the car will eventually lead them to the bombers.

In total, nearly two-hundred-and-fifty people -- most of them Africans -- were killed in the explosions in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam.

The rescue operations are now officially over, with any hope now gone of finding any survivors.

Earlier, the American Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, said the United States would continue to play a leading role in international affairs despite the attacks.

Mrs Albright is in Germany to escort home the bodies of ten Americans killed in the attacks.

President Moi of Kenya has announced that a number of people have been detained in connection with the attack in Nairobi; several have been arrested in connection with the explosion in Tanzania.