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Canada thwarts 'al Qaeda-supported' train plotCanadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it More… |
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Massive Jeddah transport project approvedA public transport plan for the Jeddah region, which includes a network of trains, buses and sea transport lines, has been approved by the Saudi Cabinet. The Cabinet gave instructions to impleme More… |
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Train crash in Cairo kills 19 conscriptsA train derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 young conscripts and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said, sparking protests outside a main railway station in the capital. More… |
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47 people killed in Egypt bus crashUp to 47 people, mostly school children, were killed when a train crashed into their bus which had crossed the tracks at an unmanned railway gate in a city south of Cairo on Saturday, the official state news agency and a doctor said. A More… |
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Amadeus, Trenitalia sign distribution dealTrenitalia, the primary train operator in Italy, and Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor, have formed a partnership to distribute Trenitalia content through all Amadeus channels. Travel agents around the More… |
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Bahrain plans 'Mini Disneyland'A deal has been signed by Bahraini investor Fouad Shuwaitar that paves the way for work to start on a BD24 million ($63.8 million) "miniature Disneyland" project in Muharraq area of the Kingdom. The massive project will see the overha More… |
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Etihad Rail to launch phase 2 soonEtihad Rail, the developer of a railway network in the UAE, will launch the second phase of its $11 billion project in a "few weeks" with contracts to be awarded by the third quarter next year, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The seco More… |
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Gulf states push for rail projectsQatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar railway projects, and key contracts are set to be awarded soon as the energy-rich Gulf states seek to boost local infrastructure to meet rising demand. Saudi Arabi More… |
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35 killed in China bullet train crashRescue workers on Sunday dug through the tangled wreckage after a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in eastern China, killing at least 35 and injuring 210 in China's deadliest train disaster since 2008. The crash occurred on Sa More… |
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Saboteurs derail Syrian train, driver killedA train carrying 400 passengers derailed on Saturday and its driver was killed when 'saboteur groups' dismantled a section of a northern railway, Syrian officials said. The incident occurred near the central city of Homs, which has More… |
