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 Dozens killed in Chinese slaughterhouse fire

At least 119 people have died and more than 50 were injured after a fire swept through a poultry slaughterhouse in northeast China, according to state media.

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Smoke rises from a poultry farm at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi township of Dehui City, northeast China's Jilin Province Photo: AP/XINHUA

By Tom Phillips, Shanghai

8:31AM BST 03 Jun 2013

On Monday lunchtime rescue workers and fire fighters were reportedly still battling to control a blaze that started at 6.06am in Dehui city in the province of Jilin.

Up to 350 workers were in the building when the fire broke out and no more than 100 had managed to escape, according to reports, suggesting the death toll could rise further.

“This is one of worst, if not the worst, factory fires in China in living memory,” China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based workers’ rights group, said in a statement.

The fire broke out on Monday morning at a slaughterhouse controlled by the Jilin Baoyuan Poultry Company which employees around 1,200 people.

An electrical spark had triggered the fire, which was still raging at noon on Monday, according to state-run CCTV.

Israel sharti izuie silaha kwenda Syria

 18 Aprili, 2013 - Saa 09:33 GMT

Waziri Mkuu wa Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu

Waziri Mkuu wa Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu amesema, Israel ina haki ya kuzuia silaha kuishia kwenye mikono ya wapiganaji wa kiisilamu nchini Syria.

Akiongea na BBC, Bwana Netanyahu ameonya silaha za kudungua ndege na makombora zinaweza kubadilisha mashariki ya kati na kuifanya uwanja wa magaidi na kuhatarisha usalama wa dunia.

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Bwana Netanyahu yuko mjini London wakati Uingereza inapendekeza marufuku ya silaha iliyowekewa Syria na bara Ulaya kuondolewa. Uingereza inataka wapiganaji nchini Syria kupokea silaha.
Japo Netanyahu anaunga mkono hatua hiyo, anaonya huenda silaha zikaishia kwenye mikono ya wanamgambo wa kiisilamu na kuhatarisha hali zaidi ya ilivyo kwa sasa.
Amesema wasi wasi wa Israel ni silaha zilizoko ndani ya Syria, zikiwemo makombora ya kudungua ndege ambayo ni hatari endapo yataishia kwenye mikono ya magaidi.
Waziri Mkuu wa Israel hata hivyo amesema nchi yake haina mpango wa kushambulia Syria, japo amesisitiza kua Israel ina haki ya kujilinda dhidi ya mashamblizi.
Israel ina wasi wasi kuhusu kundi la Nusra Front liliko Syria na ambalo limekiri kua na uhusiano na mtandao wa Al Qaeda. Netanyahu amesema wasi wasi wake siyo kwa Israel pekee bali ni kwa dunia nzima.

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