Saturday, 18 May 2013 11:36
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FAIRFIELD: A commuter train traveling eastbound from New York City derailed near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield during the evening rush hour on Friday and collided with a westbound commuter train, injuring up to 60 people, three critically, officials said.The collision of the two Metro North trains forced Amtrak to shut down service indefinitely between New York and Boston, the national railroad said.Three people were critically injured and 60 people were transported to area hospitals, police said."It's pretty devastating damage to a number of cars," Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy told a news conference. "These cars came into contact (and the impact) ripped open the siding of one of the cars. There is extensive damage in the front and the wheels."The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT), authorities said.Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
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FAIRFIELD: A commuter train traveling eastbound from New York City derailed near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield during the evening rush hour on Friday and collided with a westbound commuter train, injuring up to 60 people, three critically, officials said.The collision of the two Metro North trains forced Amtrak to shut down service indefinitely between New York and Boston, the national railroad said.Three people were critically injured and 60 people were transported to area hospitals, police said."It's pretty devastating damage to a number of cars," Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy told a news conference. "These cars came into contact (and the impact) ripped open the siding of one of the cars. There is extensive damage in the front and the wheels."The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT), authorities said.Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers accused leaders of the Internal Revenue Service of lying on Friday as they opened the first in a series of investigative hearings about the tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups.Republicans and Democrats said senior IRS officials should have alerted Congress last year when they found out that their examiners were singling out Tea Party groups for intense scrutiny when the groups applied for tax-exempt status."That isn't being misled. That's lying," said ...
WASHINGTON: An Uzbek national was arrested in the northwestern US state of Idaho on Thursday before being charged with terrorism offences, the Justice Department said.Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was detained in Boise as part of a federal counterterrorism operation, before being hit with charges regarding offences in Idaho and neighbouring Utah.He was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as well providing support to the same group, and possession of a ...
NEW YORK: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note before his capture in which he called the victims "collateral damage" for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq, local media reported Thursday."When you attack one human, you attack all human," Tsarnaev also scribbled on the inside wall of the boat where he hid from police during a massive manhunt in the days after the April 15 blasts, according to CBS News.The twin explosions near the ...
