Venezuela's Amuay Reopened

Venezuela's Amuay oil refinery has started production again, a week after an explosion and massive fire, crippled it.

Forty-two people were killed and around one hundred injured in the blast and fires.

Seventeen of the dead were national guard troops, whose job it was to protect the facility.

Despite President Chavez's denials, it is widely thought that poor maintenance was the cause of the explosion.

Cleanup has cost an estimated twenty-four million dollars.

At this point it is not known when the refinery will be back up to full output.