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Urgent: Dump site explosion in Benin capital kills 100, injures at least 200

Xinhua, September 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Almost 100 people were killed and more than 200 others injured in an explosion which occurred Thursday at a waste-burning site in Benin's largest city and economic capital Cotonou, local media reported on Friday. Endit