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At Least 46 Killed in Road Accidents in China

Posted October 7th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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At least 46 people have been killed in two road accidents in China. Chinese officials say at least 35 people died when a bus rolled over after colliding with a car Friday near the port city of Tianjin in northern China. Officials also say 11 people were killed Friday when their minibus crashed into a […]

Train and Bus Accidents Kill 29 in India

Posted September 13th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
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A minibus went off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir Tuesday, killing at least 22 people. Indian police say at least 15 people were injured in the accident in a mountainous region near Srinagar, the main town in Kashmir. Police say the driver of the bus lost control while negotiating […]

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Train Accidents Kill Scores in India

Posted July 11th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
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Two passengers trains in India were derailed in separate incidents Sunday, leaving at least 67 people dead and about 200 others injured. All of the fatalities occurred in a derailment in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Rescuers were searching Monday for more survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka Mail train that jumped the […]

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21 Miners Trapped in China’s Fourth Accident This Month

Posted July 11th, 2011 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
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Chinese state media say 21 miners are trapped in a flooded iron ore pit in the nation’s fourth mining accident in 10 days. The official Xinhua news agency said water flooded the mine in eastern Shandong province late Sunday. It said seven miners managed to escape. The accident is the fourth to hit China’s notoriously […]

53 Dead, 200 Injured in 2 Indian Train Accidents

Posted July 11th, 2011 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
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Two passengers trains in India were derailed in separate incidents Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and about 200 others injured. Rescuers in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the site of the first derailment, were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka Mail train that jumped the track en route to […]

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31 Dead, 200 Injured in 2 Indian Train Accidents

Posted July 10th, 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
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In India, two passengers trains were derailed in separate incidents Sunday, leaving at least 31 people dead and about 200 others injured. Rescuers in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the site of the first derailment, were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka Mail train that jumped the track en route to […]

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