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| 60 hurt as US trains collide; New York-Boston corridor closed |
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New York: Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston.A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New Yo |
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| Pak court extends Musharraf\'s remand by 14 Days |
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Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf\'s judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency.Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi of the anti-terrorism court also accepted a plea from Musharraf’s lawyers that he should be exempted from appearing in the court today.69-year-old Musharraf could not be produced in court for |
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| Strong 6.1 earthquake strikes off Japan coast |
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Tokyo: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan\'s main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at 2:48 pm (0548 GMT) in the Pacific some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Namie town near the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the United States Geological Survey s |
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| At least 53 killed in heavy rains in China
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Beijing: At least 53 people were killed and several others reported missing in rain and hailstorms in south China, state media reported on Friday. Officials have been sent to undertake disaster relief operations in worst-hit Guangdong and Jiangxi Province. In Guangdong, rainstorms battered 173 townships in five cities, including the provincial capital Guangzhou, triggering heavy flooding in some a |
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| Cyclone bears down on Bay of Bengal |
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Bangladesh: Winds up to 60 mph lashed the coast and whipped up waves, with an expected 2.1 meters (seven feet) storm surge and heavy rain expected to cause widespread flooding.\"It started to cross and is approaching towards Chittagong and Cox\'s Bazar coasts,\" said a Bangladesh meteorological department official.The storm first hit Khepupara on Bangladesh\'s southern coast and was tracking north |
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| Sarabjit\'s lawyer Awais Sheikh freed after being briefly abducted in Pak |
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rnLahore: Awais Sheikh, the lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was kidnapped in Lahore on Wednesday along with his son, has now been freed. According to reports, police recovered Awais Sheikh and his son Shahrukh from the Lahore-Sheikhupura bypass. Talking to media earlier in the day, Muhammad Haroon, the son of Awais Sheikh, had said that his father left home on Wednesday but has not r |
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| 21 injured in Nepal plane crash on mountain airstrip
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Nepal: A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, injuring all 21 people on board.Four of the injured are in critical condition, police officer Bhim Bahadur Chand said. No one was killed. Nine passengers are Japanese tourists, and the three crew members and the other passengers are all Nepali. The plane belonging to state-owned Nepal Airlines was |
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| Giant tornado hits Texas of USA ; 6 dead, 100 injured |
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Texas,USA: A severe spring tornado slammed parts of the southern American state of Texas, demolishing several homes, killing at least six people and injuring over a 100. The police reported that the hardest hit areas were the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas in the town of Granbury where the tornado struck last evening at about 8 pm.\"It was horrible,\" a witness said. “The hous |
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| Taiwan recalls envoy to Manila over fishermen killing
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Manila: In wake of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, Taiwan on Wednesday recalled its envoy to Manila and showed dissatisfaction over the apology issued on behalf of Philippines. At the centre of the row is a Taiwanese fisherman named Hung Shih-cheng, who was shot dead by a Philippine coast guard last week in disputed waters of South China Sea. The controversy revolves around the tension in So |
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| Boats carrying Rohingya Muslims capsize off Myanmar |
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Sittwe (Myanmar): Several overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims trying to escape an approaching cyclone have capsized off the coast of western Myanmar. The United Nations says only 42 are known to have survived. The UN\'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said today that eight bodies have been found and more than 50 other people who were aboard are feared dead |
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