Congo president to visit explosion site; 242 dead

San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 5th July, 2010

KINSHASA, Congo — A government official says that Congo's president is heading to the site of the massive tanker blast in eastern Congo that killed at least 242 people. Marcellin Cishambo, ...

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