"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...
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"News Release
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ATK-08-015
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Investigators say their initial findings point to a broken wheel that may have caused the train to derail just outside Burlington, Ontario over the weekend. The derailment has slowed passenger service on the GO trains throughout the week, though officials have announced that...
"A freight train has killed three police officers and the suspect they were chasing following a car chase in eastern France
A 21-year-old man, driving a stolen car without a licence, was being persued by police when his vehicle became stuck on a railway line.
The police...
See our original coverage here. Photos would be greatly appreciated."CHICAGO (AP) -- An Amtrak train was going about 25 mph over the speed limit - despite a signal indicating another train was on the same track -...
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Commuters in major German cities are facing disruption in a 48-hour train strike - the sixth in three months.I guess the German union choo choo chooses tough talks over railway rides." The biggest strike in the history of the German railways caused major disruptions and...
Will Australia ride roughshod over its people, federal and state laws to facilitate the dumping (storage) of nuclear waste from around the globe.About the AuthorDr Alison Broinowski is a Visiting Fellow at ANU and...
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"German train drivers have staged brief walkouts in two cities in an escalation of their pay dispute with state operator Deutsche Bahn.
Drivers from the GDL union stopped work for two hours in Berlin and Hamburg, affecting commuter services.
Deutsche Bahn has secured an...
AP is reporting the derailment of a freight train containing rocket boosters for the US space shuttle. There are early reports of injuries but no evacuations. The rocket fuel, "aluminum perchlorate, has the consistency of a rubber eraser and there was no danger of it...
Anything RV, Inc. has completed two of its four new online websites. Anything RV Inc. provides the RV and general recreational market a full line of accessories and gifts. It's Anything Trucker site...
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"Pennsylvania - A freight train derailed and burst into flames over a bridge in southwestern Pennsylvania, leaving fiery rail cars dangling over a river, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, said Dom Bedolatti, the emergency hotline centre supervisor...
" UPDATED: 2006-10-12 01:09:16 MST ZOUFFTGEN, France -- A passenger train collided yesterday with an oncoming freight train in northeastern France, killing at least five people and injuring 16, two seriously, officials said. The impact of the crash lifted one of the...