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• BBC News: 'People stood and watched'

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2787755.stm
  Survivors of the rock club fire tell of the moment when fire took hold and how music fans were caught unawares.

• BBC News: Death Toll Rises in US Club Inferno

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2786331.stm
  At least 95 people are known to have died in the fire which swept through a Rhode Island club during a rock concert.

• BBC News: Dispute rages over US club tragedy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2789465.stm
  Club owners and a rock band blame each other for allowing fireworks to be let off inside a disco, sparking a fire that killed at least 96 people.

• BBC News: Lawsuit Filed Over US Club Fire

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2821725.stm
  Relatives of two people killed in a nightclub fire in Rhode Island sue the club owners and the band playing there.

• BBC News: Memorials for US Club Fire Dead

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2796139.stm
  Relatives and friends have been remembering the 97 people who died in last week's fire.

• BBC News: Rhode Island Police Appeal for DNA

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2791119.stm
  Only a fraction of the 96 bodies recovered from the nightclub inferno have been identified, as doctors battle to save the injured.

• BBC News: US Club Fire Band to Testify

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2800565.stm
  Investigators into last week's deadly nightclub fire in Rhode Island subpoena members of the rock group who were performing.

• CNN.com - Another Death in Nightclub Fire Raises Toll to 99

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/06/nightclub.fire/index.html
  Mitchell Shubert died Thursday at a Boston hospital, bringing the total number of dead in the tragedy to 99.

• CNN.com - Band Attorney: Manager Called Club Owner About Pyrotechnics

  http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/25/cnna.great.white.attorney/index.html
  Officials in Rhode Island have subpoenaed members of the band Great White to talk to a grand jury investigating last week's deadly nightclub fire.

• CNN.com - Club, Band Dispute Permission To Use Fireworks

  http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/21/nightclub.pyro/index.html
  Owners of the nightclub where a fast-moving fire killed at least 95 people said they did not authorize the band Great White's use of the pyrotechnics that ignited the blaze.

• CNN.com: All Victims Recovered from Rubble of Nightclub Fire

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/22/deadly.nightclub.fire/index.html
  Update on the story; identification has been started with the bodies, and no further fatalities overnight.

• CNN.com: At Least 96 Killed in Nightclub Inferno

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/21/deadly.nightclub.fire/index.html
  Report on the Rhode Island fire started by the band's pyrotechnics display. Includes video clips.

• CNN.com: Authorities Plead for Talks with Club Owners

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/25/nightclub.fire/index.html
  Officials announced Tuesday that only four of the 97 victims of last week's nightclub fire remain unidentified as authorities made a public plea to talk with the club owners.

• CNN.com: Families Visit Scene of Nightclub Fire

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/23/deadly.nightclub.fire/index.html
  Friends and family members have laid flowers and other mementos at a makeshift memorial outside the charred ruins of the nightclub.

• CNN.com: Forensics Show Nightclub Death Toll Down to 96

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/27/nightclub.fire/index.html
  The death toll in last week's Rhode Island nightclub fire has been reduced by one to 96, Gov. Don Carcieri said Thursday afternoon.

• CNN.com: Seller: Club Bought Foam That Wasn't Flame-resistant

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/28/nightclub.fire/index.html
  The owners of The Station nightclub, where a fire killed dozens of people last week, bought soundproofing foam that was not flame-resistant, a foam company said Friday.

• CNN.com: Service Recalls Victims of Nightclub Fire

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/24/deadly.nightclub.fire/index.html
  As investigators sought more answers Monday from owners of the nightclub where 97 people died in a fire last week, friends and families of the victims sought comfort at memorial services.

• CNN.com: Three Indicted in Nightclub Fire

  http://us.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/09/nightclub.fire/index.html
  Indicted on 200 counts each of involuntary manslaughter were brothers Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, owners of The Station, and Dan Biechele, tour manager for the band Great White who lit the pyrotechnic display.

• RollingStone.com: 90+ Dead at Great White Show

  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/90-dead-at-great-white-show-20030221
  Pyrotechnic sparklers ignite Rhode Island club.

• Slate: Shame of the Grammys - A Bizarre Silence about the Rhode Island Nightclub Fire.

  http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2003/02/shame_of_the_grammys.html
  Opinion article by Timothy Noah regarding the lack of mention of the fire during the Grammy ceremony or their web site.

• The Smoking Gun: Great White

  http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/no-pyrotechnic-mention-great-whites-rider
  Images of the band's rider from their tour, with no mention of pyrotechnics.

 

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