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Wild rain threatens villagers in England

World
2009-11-23

ENGINEERS and emergency workers checked hundreds of bridges for damage yesterday, as five collapsed and another cracked dangerously while heavy rain lashed northwest England. Calva Bridge in Workington, Cumbria,...

Expo: EU unveils brainstorm

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-14

YOU will walk through a gigantic color-changing "brain cell" and then be dazzled by a spiral array of screens at the European Union Belgian Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The screens will show visitors...

Thinking negatively can boost your memory, study finds

World
2009-11-2

BAD moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory. The study, authored by psychology...

2 passenger trains collide in Egypt, killing 25

World
2009-10-25

A passenger train collided with the back of a second one just outside of Cairo yesterday, destroying several passenger cars and killing at least 25 people, a police official said. At least 55 others were wounded...

15 killed, 20 injured in train collision in N. India

World
2009-10-21

IN a major rail mishap, at least 15 people were killed and over 20 injured when two trains collided near the holy Indian town of Mathura in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours today, a senior Indian...

10 killed in train collision in India

World
2009-10-21

AT least 10 people were killed and over 50 others injured when two trains collided some 150 km south of the Indian capital early today, reported the local TV Times Now. The Goa express train crashed into the Mewar...

8 sentenced to jail over unrest after chef's death in Hubei

National
2009-10-18

A LOCAL court yesterday sentenced eight people to jail terms ranging from five years to two years and a half for disrupting public order in Shishou City, central China's Hubei Province, in June after the death of...

10 killed as Thai train derails

World
2009-10-6

A TRAIN derailed during heavy rains yesterday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a two-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. The train jumped the tracks...

Passenger train derails in Thailand: 5 dead-report

World
2009-10-5

A PASSENGER train bound for Bangkok derailed in Thailand's Hua Hin coastal resort district in heavy rain early today, killing at least five people and injuring up to 50, local media reports said. About six of...

Scramble for holiday rail tickets

Metro | Traffic
2009-9-21

RAILWAY authorities have reminded passengers to arrive early at railway stations as tickets for the eight-day holiday starting on October 1 are selling like hot cakes. Tickets to some destinations such as Beijing...