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Locomotives on Sunday towed away two trains involved in a head-on collision that seriously wounded 42 people — an incident a top rail official described as one of the worst train crashes in the Netherlands’ recent history.
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Accident happened when trailer broke loose from truck and crashed into a passenger bus near the town of AlamoAt least 43 people were killed after a trailer broke loose from a truck and crashed into a passenger bus near a Mexican town on Friday.In one of...(more)
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A massive tornadic system ripped across the Midwest during overnight hours Sunday, killing at least five people in Oklahoma and leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
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More than a dozen possible tornadoes were reported Saturday as forecasters warned residents across the nation's midsection to brace for "life-threatening" weather.
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Pictures reveal West Africa's battle with drought and hunger
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Twenty-eight dead after coach carrying Belgian skiing group hits wall of tunnel in canton of ValaisTwo small Belgian towns are in deep trauma after a devastating bus crash in the Swiss Alps left at least 22 schoolchildren dead.A further six people died in the crash, on...(more)
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The Fukushima nuclear disaster has left residents doubting their government, their source of energy, even the food they eat.Veteran fish seller Yoshito Shimada is under siege. At a grocery store in Tokyo's Shibuya district, mothers pushing strollers demand proof that the daily catch isn't from the...(more)
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Images of Japan's recovery one year after the quake
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A year ago Sunday, the March 11 Japan tsunami flooded highways, tossed boats and cars, and leveled cities. See what the region looks like now.
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Insiders from the country’s nuclear industry described a culture in which regulators looked the other way while the industry put a higher priority on promoting nuclear energy than protecting public safety.
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Radiation fears split Fukushima community
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A heroic mother lost both legs when she used her own body to shield her two children as a tornado collapsed their home on top of them. Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and another above the ankle, her husband Joe Decker told...(more)
