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ozymandius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 07:51 AM
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23. Up to 500 killed in Lagos fuel blast
LAGOS (Reuters) - Up to 500 people were burnt alive on Tuesday when fuel from a vandalised pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, emergency workers said.

Hundreds of residents of the Abule Egba district went to scoop fuel using plastic containers after thieves punctured the pipeline overnight.

"We are talking hundreds (dead). We are yet to confirm the death toll so we don't know if it is 300, 400 or 500," Red Cross secretary-general Abiodun Orebiyi said, adding that 60 people had been evacuated to hospital with serious burns.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=U...
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  -STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday December 26 ozymandius  Dec-26-06 06:38 AM   #0 
  - I hope everyone had a restful holiday weekend.  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 06:44 AM   #1 
  - Kind of business-related  nitpicker   Dec-26-06 06:52 AM   #4 
     - That headline shouted at me too.  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 06:54 AM   #6 
  - WrapUp by Tim W. Wood  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 06:49 AM   #2 
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  - Nigerian pipeline explosion kills 200  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 06:52 AM   #5 
  - Up to 500 killed in Lagos fuel blast  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 07:51 AM   #23 
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  - Europe catches Wall Street's sniffles  nitpicker   Dec-26-06 06:58 AM   #8 
  - Retailers slashing prices even more  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 07:10 AM   #9 
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        - I'll even one up ypu!  Lucky Luciano   Dec-26-06 08:29 AM   #32 
     - Did you see this?  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 07:59 AM   #26 
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  - Sluggish consumption slows Japan economy  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 07:14 AM   #11 
  - daily dollar watch  UpInArms   Dec-26-06 07:19 AM   #13 
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  - Good morning UpInArms and Ozy.  burf   Dec-26-06 08:49 AM   #34 
     - hi burf and I'll attempt to answer your question  UpInArms   Dec-26-06 07:32 PM   #38 
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  - pre-open blather  ozymandius   Dec-26-06 08:20 AM   #28 
  - More premarket mutterings  nitpicker   Dec-26-06 08:38 AM   #33 
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  - Stocks End Higher, Lifted by Lower Oil  MATTMAN   Dec-26-06 03:58 PM   #36 
  - here are the numbers and the "snapping" blather  UpInArms   Dec-26-06 06:43 PM   #37 
  - WTF - Appeals court slashes damages payable by Exxon for oil spill  54anickel   Dec-26-06 09:28 PM   #39 
 

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