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Kenya oil blaze kills around 100
reuters ^ | Feb 1, 2009 | Martin Telewa

Posted on 02/02/2009 9:57:49 PM PST by Jet Jaguar

MOLO, Kenya, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Rescuers combed a tanker crash site in Kenya on Sunday where around 100 people were killed when oil they were scrabbling for caught fire in one of the east African nation's worst accidents of recent times.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the disaster, in which 178 people were burned and injured, showed the desperation of poor Kenyans and the nation's lack of preparedness for accidents.

"Poverty is pushing our people into doing desperate things just to get through one more day," Odinga said during a visit to victims of the blaze, which took place on Saturday evening on a road near Molo town in the central Rift Valley

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kenya; odinga

1 posted on 02/02/2009 9:57:49 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

“Prime Minister Raila Odinga”

Now there is a familiar name...


2 posted on 02/02/2009 9:59:32 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 14 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Obama’s friend and the thug he advised on how to take power, aka genocide, runs this country.


3 posted on 02/02/2009 10:25:13 PM PST by Eagles2003
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To: Jet Jaguar

These maggots worked themselves into their current situation Startin back in the 50s and early 60s with their Mau Mau games. Let them eat their cake.


4 posted on 02/03/2009 2:02:14 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Jet Jaguar

Earlier articles said it was gas. This sounds like some very volatile oil if it exploded.


5 posted on 02/03/2009 3:10:06 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (What's Obama's Secret?)
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To: Jet Jaguar

RIP.


6 posted on 02/03/2009 6:47:42 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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