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Washington metro train crash kills nine
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Rescue workers searched through a mangled mess
into the night after a Washington metro train rammed into another
one during the evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and
injuring 76.
Rescuers used powerful blades to cut through the
wreckage to find any more people trapped after a train slammed into
a stationary one, forcing one subway car on top of the other and
sending passengers hurtling through the air.
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Investments in water infrastructure urgent–ADB
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SINGAPORE: Investments in water infrastructure must be sustained if
Asia is to succeed in reducing poverty and maintaining strong
economic growth, the region’s top development banker said Tuesday.
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Australia opposition chief under fire over fake e-mail
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SYDNEY: Australian opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull came under
growing pressure to quit on Tuesday after a fake e-mail destroyed
his claims that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd used his influence to help
a friend.
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Court convicts couple for starving daughter
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SYDNEY: An Australian couple was Tuesday convicted of starving their
autistic seven-year-old daughter to death after a harrowing trial,
which heard the girl weighed just nine kilograms (20 pounds) when
she died.
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Paris to probe number of burka wearers
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PARIS: The French National Assembly decided Tuesday to set up a
fact-finding inquiry into the number of Muslim women who wear the
burka, after President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke out against the full
Islamic veil.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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EREZ CROSSING, Israel: Dozens of Israeli protestors blocked
crossings into Gaza on Tuesday demanding the release of a soldier
who has been held captive for three years by militants in the Hamas-run
enclave.
-- AFP
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