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Vodou ritual with candles on migrant boat sets off explosion, kills 40 Haitians at sea
A Vodou ceremony aboard a boat filled with desperate Haitian migrants seeking a safe landing ended in tragedy after candles and matches used in the ritual set gasoline-filled drums on fire, setting off an explosion that killed at least 40 people.
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