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Republic of the Congo : Over 100 buried in Congo mass funeral
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| on 2012/3/12 11:53:39 |
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AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Women wearing masks against the odor of death threw themselves over the graves of their dead children, while men had to be restrained to stop them from hurting themselves as more than 100 victims of last week's arms depot explosion were laid to rest in a mass funeral Sunday.
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Republic of the Congo : Rep. of Congo builds 200-plus coffins after blasts
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| on 2012/3/10 10:05:44 |
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AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Coffinmakers on Friday hurried to build more than 200 identical caskets for the victims of last week's deadly explosion ahead of Sunday's state funeral, following a government request that the coffins be identical in both material and design in order to convey the national character of the loss.
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Republic of the Congo : Rep. of Congo: 236 dead after arms depot blasts
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| on 2012/3/7 15:17:58 |
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AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo.
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Republic of the Congo : Rescuers try to keep fire from 2nd depot in Congo
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| on 2012/3/6 15:13:36 |
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AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — International experts fought Monday to prevent a fire from reaching a second arms depot and exploding more munitions, a day after a blaze set off blasts so violent they flattened buildings, killing hundreds and trapping countless others under debris.
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Republic of the Congo : Small blasts in Rep. of Congo for 2nd day
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| on 2012/3/6 14:58:22 |
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20120306
AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Small detonations shook the capital of the Republic of Congo for a second day Monday, after a fire inside a weapons depot set off a series of explosions so violent that they flattened houses, businesses and churches, killing hundreds and trapping countless others under the falling debris.
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Republic of the Congo : Officials: 206 killed in Republic of Congo blasts
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| on 2012/3/5 10:08:18 |
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20120305
AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo on Sunday, after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and pinning countless others underneath collapsed buildings, including a church.
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Republic of the Congo : Rep. of Congo: blasts caused by arms depot fire
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| on 2012/3/5 9:57:01 |
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20120305
AP
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing and wounding unknown numbers of people and forcing 2,000 to flee their homes.
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Republic of the Congo : Congo plane crash kills 23
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| on 2011/3/23 15:03:12 |
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presstv
At least 23 people have been killed after a Russian-built Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed in the principal port and commercial capital of the Republic of Congo.
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Republic of the Congo : Eight Killed By Epidemic Akin to Polio
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| on 2010/11/7 8:02:48 |
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IRIN
Brazzaville — An epidemic akin to polio, which has raged for nearly two weeks in the main commercial city in southern Congo, Pointe-Noire, has already killed eight, and several dozen cases have been reported, say health officials.
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Republic of the Congo : Dozens Killed in Train Crash
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| on 2010/6/23 10:16:18 |
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allafrica
About 50 people lost their lives in a train accident in southern Congo-Brazzaville on Monday night.
The director-general of the Congo Railway Corporation, Joseph Sauveur El Bez, made this announcement today.
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