7 dead in India train accident JODHPUR: A Delhi-bound express train derailed in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on Saturday, killing seven people and injuring around 26, police said. Senior police officer Kiran Soni Gupta told AFP that seven people had died in the early... Women 14 Nov, 2009
Seven dead as Thai train derails BANGKOK: A passenger train derailed in Thailand early Monday killing seven people and injuring scores of others, police said. The overnight train, travelling from southern Trang province to Bangkok, came off the tracks 13 kilometres (eight miles)... Women 05 Oct, 2009
Train derailment kills 10 in Italy ROME: A rail car filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others, officials said Tuesday. The rear of the train... Women 30 Jun, 2009
Train derails in Italy, kills 12, burns 50 VIAREGGIO: A freight train carrying gas derailed and exploded in the midst of a small Italian town, setting off a fire that killed at least 12 people, many as they slept in their homes, and injured at least 50, officials said Tuesday. The 14-car train... Women 30 Jun, 2009
Sichuan temblor toll tops 12,000 Dujiangyan, May 13:Bodies covered with sheets lined streets today as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China’s worst earthquake in three decades in a desperate attempt to rescue victims trapped under concrete... Women 13 May, 2008
Snippets 10 militants killedISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army destroyed suspected al-Qaeda hideouts in an airstrike near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing 10 people, officials said. The army and a senior local official said the dead were militants, and included... Women 16 Jan, 2007
33 killed in separate bus mishaps in India Associated PressNew Delhi, March 13:At least 33 people were killed when one bus plunged into a canal and another fell into a gorge in a mountainous region today, police and news reports said. At least 18 Hindu pilgrims were killed when two buses... Women 13 Mar, 2005
20 killed, 100 hurt in rail mishap Agence France PresseMumbai, June 16:At least 20 people were killed and about 100 injured today when a passenger train derailed in western India after hitting a boulder on the tracks, railways minister Laloo Prasad Yadav said. The accident occurred on a... Women 17 Jun, 2004
