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Kenya Mourns Double Tragedy That Killed 136

Grieving kin blame poor emergency response in 2 fires

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Feb 2, 2009 6:23 AM CST

(Newser) – Kenyans are blaming the government for poor public safety and emergency response as they mourn the loss of 136 people in back-to-back fires at a Nairobi supermarket and on a rural highway. Emergency crews were slow to respond to yesterday's fuel tanker explosion, which came... Read full story »

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