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4 hrs ago | Telegraph News International News

13 injured in French train accident

Thirteen people were injured, two seriously, when a train derailed near the southwestern French city of Limoges.

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8 hrs ago | Independent Online

Death toll rises after rail inferno in Italy

Rome - The death toll from this week's rail disaster in northern Italy climbed to 18 after a victim who suffered serious burn injuries died in hospital, officials said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Explosion

13 hrs ago | Salon.com

Neverland just a shell without Jackson

The gates to Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch swung open Thursday to reveal a shell of the fantasyland the boy-man had created in his heyday.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Entertainment

17 hrs ago | Salon.com

Italian train derailment death toll rises to 20

Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 20 after a woman died overnight in the hospital.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Italy, World News

22 hrs ago | FOX News

Coal Train Crashes Into Van, Kills Missouri Man

A 30-year-old Ozark man was killed when a coal train hit a van he was driving near Springfield, Missouri.

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Related Topix: Springfield Metro, Springfield, MO, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Metro red line trains to resume normal speeds

Metro officials say red line trains in greater Washington, D.C., will return to regular speeds this holiday weekend for the first time since a deadly crash.

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The Baltimore Sun

Fail-safe in D.C. Metro didn't work

The findings raise new questions about whether Metro officials should have discovered the hazard before one train rammed into another June 22, killing nine and injuring 80.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Italy's train derailment death toll rises to 19

Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, Explosion,

Telegraph.co.uk

Investigations under way into Italian train crash

A gas-filled rail tanker derailed ploughing into homes killing at least 16 people in an Italian seaside resort town.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Europe, Italy, World News, Fire

City Paper

Johnny Cochran's Firm Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Metro Crash Victima s Family

Johnnie Cochran 's awesome law outfit The Cochran Firm have announced that they're going to be playing a huge part in the post metro-crash litigation.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

List of 22 recipients of Carnegie Hero medals

Recipients of Carnegie Hero medals, which were awarded Thursday: _Terry Ray Odom, 49, of Naples, Fla., and _Richard S. Cameron, 36, of Naples, Fla., saved Ray J. Davis, 55, from drowning when his sport utility vehicle crashed into a golf course lake in East Naples, Fla.

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Related Topix: Hickory Creek, TX, Lewisville, TX, Boat Disaster

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Fiery Explosion After Train Derails

A train derailed and set off an explosion and fire in the middle of a small Italian town on Monday night, killing at least 12 people, many as they slept in their homes, and injuring at least 50, officials said.

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Related Topix: Video

Raw Story

Axle failure blamed for Italian rail inferno

Axle failure on a wagon carrying liquid gas caused this week's rail disaster in northern Italy, the country's transport minister told parliament Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to 16.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Italy, World News,

PR-inside.com

Report: Italian train derailment death toll at 16

News reports say two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, raising the death toll to 16.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Italy, World News

Penticton Herald

Death toll of Italya s train derailment rises to 16

Two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, bringing the death toll to 16, officials said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Europe, Italy, World News

The Sun Online

'Impossible to see 62mph train'

A BOY of seven and his grandmother were killed on a poorly-lit level crossing where it was "impossible" to tell when a 62mph train was coming, an inquest was told today.

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Related Topix: Derbyshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Nottinghamshire County, England,

Tue Jun 30, 2009

ABC7 Chicago

1 dead, 1 injured in Metra train accident

A Metra train struck two pedestrians on Chicago South Side late Tuesday afternoon at 75th and Exchange.

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Charleston Daily Mail

Metro: Trains to run manually possibly for year

Metro says trains around the nation's capital might continue operating manually for a year or more while the agency makes sure its automatic control system works properly following a deadly crash.

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Mochila

VIDEO: Raw Fiery explosion after train derails

A train derailed and set off an explosion and fire in the middle of a small Italian town on Monday night, killing at least 12 people, many as they sle ...

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The Independent

153 feared killed as Airbus crashes into ocean new

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into the sea as it approached the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros in bad weather early today, officials said.

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Related Topix: World News, Yemen, Middle East, Comoros, Africa, France,

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