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This caught my eye, as we had a speeding train accident, only a week or so ago.

This India train, is coming from a "Holy City".
granny
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16806416-1702,00.html

18 killed, 100 hurt in train
crash

From: Reuters
By Sanjay Sharma in Bhopal, India

October 03, 2005

A CROWDED train sped through a railway station in central India,
jumped the tracks and crashed into a signal cabin overnight, killing 18
passengers and injuring about 100, authorities said.

The death toll was likely to rise as many passengers remained trapped
inside the carriages and 40 of the injured were in a critical condition,
they said.

Six coaches of the Bundelkhand Express derailed near Datia town in
Madhya Pradesh, about 400km north of the state capital, Bhopal, a
police officer said.

He said the train derailed near the Datia station and rescue teams,
including soldiers, had reached the site and were removing
passengers from the cars.

The officer said the train had been due to stop at the station but sped
through and jumped the tracks in an area where coaches are serviced
and cleaned.

"We suspect the brakes of the train failed," he said.

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Railway officials said it crashed into the signal cabin beside the tracks
and the impact left coaches piled one on top of the other.

"We have people trapped in the bogies (carriages). They (rescue
teams) are cutting into the bogies and we will see how many people
are trapped inside," Datia district administrator Caroline Khongwar
said.

AK Soni, a senior state police officer, said 18 bodies had been found
and rescue work continued. Many of the injured had been taken to
hospitals in nearby Jhansi town as Datia did not have adequate
medical facilities.

TV images showed the blue carriages of the train twisted in a mass of
metal and some cars had telescoped into the carriage ahead while
others rose skywards. The driver of the train was among the dead.

"The train's speed limit was supposed to be 15km/h but as far as I
have been able to find out, it was going at 90 at the station," said
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.

The train was going from the Hindu holy town of Varanasi in
neighbouring Uttar Pradesh to Gwalior City in Madhya Pradesh.

India has one of the world's biggest railway networks, running almost
12,000 trains daily carrying more than 13 million people. It registers
about 300 accidents each year.

Arab world jittery on eve of Ramadan

10/3/2005, 4:31 p.m. ET
By NADIA ABOU El-MAGD
The Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The Middle East is jittery as it heads into Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual introspection that has become a time of increased attacks by suicide bombers who believe they receive extra blessings.

From Iraq to Lebanon to the Sinai, the month of prayer and after-dark feasting is now a month of heightened security.

Egyptian police planned increased watchfulness throughout the month, while insisting no specific threats had been received. But Israel warned its citizens to stay away from Egypt's beach resorts in the Sinai peninsula, calling the threat of attacks substantial.

Militants have not issued specific Ramadan-related threats, but the spike in violence in recent years — especially suicide attacks in Iraq — has been notable.

One possible reason is the belief by some Islamic extremists that those who die in combat for a holy cause during Ramadan are especially blessed.

"This is a month that has a spiritual feel to it, which condones the issue of jihad (holy war)," said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on Islamic groups. Tradition holds the Prophet Muhammad led his forces in winning battles against nonbelievers during Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month on the Islamic calendar, which is based on the cycles of the moon.

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