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German police try to free blocked nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 8th, 2010

Protestors against the transport of nuclear waste from France to Germany use a burning vehicle as part of a barricade in Metzingen on November 7, 2010.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - German police Monday began dispersing activists who succeeded in peacefully blocking a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany after earlier protests erupted in violence.


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German protesters mobilise against nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 7th, 2010

Anti-nuclear activists stand on the tracks during a protest in Berg near the Franco-German border against the arrival in Germany of a train carrying highly radioactive waste. German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block the nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.(AFP/Frederick Florin)AFP - German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.


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Ukraine: 37 killed in bus, train collision (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A crowded passenger bus collided with a train in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 12, police said.

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Indonesia investigates train crash that killed 36 (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - Police were investigating a train crash Sunday that killed 36 people and injured dozens, putting a spotlight once again on Indonesia’s aging infrastructure and poor safety record.


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Train crash in central Indonesia kills at least 36 (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - A train crashed into another parked at a railway station in central Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, many seriously, officials and witnesses…

Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a train crash near a station in Petarukan, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash in central Indonesia killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - A train crash in central Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 36 people and injured dozens, several with severe burns and broken bones, officials and witnesses said.


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Indonesian train crash kills at least 43 (AP)

October 1st, 2010

Police and residents search for victims in the wreckage of a train after two trains collided in Pemalang of the Indonesia's central Java province October 2, 2010. Dozens of people were killed or badly injured when two trains collided in Indonesia's central Java province early on Saturday morning, officials told Reuters. REUTERS/Awan Negus Takari (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER CIVIL UNREST)AP - Officials say the number of people killed in a train crash in central Indonesia is now 43, with dozens more injured.


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Indonesian train crash kills at least 28 (AP)

October 1st, 2010

AP - A train crash in central Indonesia killed at least 28 people and injured dozens Saturday, many suffering burns and broken bones, hospital officials and witnesses said.

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Dozens killed in Indonesian train crash (AP)

October 1st, 2010

AP - A train crash in central Indonesia killed at least 25 people and left many others injured Saturday, many with burns and broken bones, witnesses told local television.

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Moscow-Nice run: Got time? Money? Take new train (AP)

September 25th, 2010

Employees of the Russian Railways Moscow-Nice service train after its arrival, at Nice Station, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The first train in a luxury service to take rich Russians to the French Riviera in style arrived in Nice some 53 hours after its departure from Moscow. The Moscow-Nice service launched by Russian Railways will offer a once-a-week run for those with money and time. In the era of bullet trains and air travel, this train travels at a sedate 63 kilometers (40 mph) per hour, and just slightly faster on the return. For fares ranging from â?¬306 ($412) one-way to â?¬1,200 ($1,616) for a luxury compartment, the traveler passes through two dozen cities and a half-dozen countries before reaching Nice. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - A new train taking rich Russians to the French Riviera in style and luxury has arrived in Nice, some 53 hours after it departed from Moscow.


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