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ZIBO, China – Construction in advance of this summer’s Beijing Olympics is at least partly to blame for a train wreck that killed more than 70 people and injured hundreds more, Chinese officials say.
According to Li Chenggang, Zibo city spokesman, the tracks where the train derailed, are being upgraded in advance of the [...]

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ZIBO, China — Excessive speed could be to blame for a Monday (April 28) train crash that killed at least 70 people and sent hundreds more to the hospital.
According to a Xinhua news report, an express train traveling to the east China city of Qingdao from Beijing  was traveling 131 kph (81 mph) [...]

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WASHINGTON — Railroads will be required to route every train carrying the most toxic and dangerous hazardous materials on the safest and most secure route under a new federal rule announced by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters.
“This strong measure better ensures that rail shipments of hazardous materials will reach [...]

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ZIBO, China — At least 70 people were killed when two passenger trains collided near the east China city of Zibo, located in the Shandong province, authorities said.
Hundreds more were injured — included dozens in serious condition — in the pre-dawn train wreck, said to be the worst in China in more than [...]

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PITTSBURGH – Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has won the Pennsylvania primary, which keeps her campaign for the White House alive.

By Paula Wolfson
Voice of America
PITTSBURGH — Voters in the state of Pennsylvania are going to the polls to show their preference for who should win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
After six weeks of intense and sometimes nasty campaigning, the voters of Pennsylvania are finally getting their say.
They are expected to turn out in large numbers [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today challenged military officers to become forward thinkers with the courage to advance new approaches needed to confront current and emerging threats.
“An unconventional era of warfare requires unconventional thinkers,” Gates told Air War College students at Maxwell Air Force Base, [...]

By Lisa Schlein
Voice of America
GENEVA — The United Nations World Food Program warns North Korea is facing a potential humanitarian food crisis. This follows last year’s devastating floods, which resulted in a critically low harvest. The WFP says quick action is needed to avert looming food shortages in a country where millions of people already [...]

By Sabina Castelfranco
Voice of America
ROME, April 15, 2008 — The winner in Italy’s national elections, Silvio Berlusconi, has promised to form a streamlined Cabinet that could get to work quickly to tackle the country’s problems. After his center-right coalition emerged with a large enough majority to govern, the former prime minister said he will select [...]

By Sabina Castelfranco
Voice of America
ROME, April 14, 2008 — Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative party clinched a decisive victory in Italy’s parliamentary elections. Even before definitive results were in, Berlusconi’s his center-left rival Walter Veltroni called conceded defeat.
For the third time in less than 15 years, media magnate and center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has gained [...]