Directory > Regional > Africa > Egypt > Society and Culture > History > Railway Fire and Disaster of 2002 Egypt Train Fire - Pictures Images of the Egyptian train disaster of 20 February 2002; from Corbis.com. http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.asp Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Train Blaze in Egypt Kills More than 370 Early report, by Nadia Abou El-Magd for the Associated Press, dated February 21, 2002, on "the worst disaster in 150 years of Egyptian railroad history"; from Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/news/nw/train21_20020221.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Railroad Accidents Succinct compilation of major railroad accidents, which puts the Egyptian disaster of 20 February 2002 into context of other such incidents dating back to 1831; from FactMonster (Information Please). http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001450.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Passenger Train Fire in Egypt Kills 372 Associated Press report, dated Thursday, February 21, 2002, giving updated information on the Egyptian train disaster of the previous day; from Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star.com. http://www.onlineshawnee.com/stories/022102/New_56.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt's Minister of Transport, Railroad Director Resign Report dated 22 Feb 2002 announces the resignations of Egyptian Transport Minister Ibrahim el-Dimeiri and Railroad Authority Director Ahmed el-Sherif, following the worst train disaster in Egypt's history; by Tetiana Anderson, in VOA-News.com. http://www.help-for-you.com/news/Feb2002/Feb22/PRT22-799Article.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Seeking Answers in Egypt Train Fire Report dated February 21, 2002, provides early information on the investigation into causes of the Egyptian train inferno of the previous day; from CBSNews.com. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/20/world/main329951.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hundreds Die as Fire Engulfs Egyptian Train A follow-up report, with additional detail, on the Egyptian train disaster; from BMWE News, posted 02/21/02. http://www.bmwe.org/nw/2002/02FEB/62.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rage at Ebeid Reports early parliamentary debate on the causes of the Upper Egypt train disaster; by Gamal Essam El-Din, in Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 576 (7-13 March 2002). http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/576/eg32.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hundreds Killed in Train Fire in Egypt Initial report of the Egypt passenger train disaster; reported by BMWE News, posted 02/20/02. http://www.bmwe.org/nw/2002/02FEB/60.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Officials Charged Over Egypt Train Fire Report dated March 23, 2002, announcing that prosecutors had charged 11 medium- to low-ranking Egyptian rail officials with negligence, mistakes, and ignoring railroad regulations in the February 20, 2002, railroad disaster; from CNN.com. Eleven Egyptian rail officials have been charged with negligence over a train fire that killed 361 people, prosecutors said. http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/23/egypt.fire/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Minister Resigns over Egypt Train Fire Announces that Egypt President Hosni Mubarak has accepted the resignations of Transport Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri and head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, after the country's worst rail disaster; from BBC News, Friday, 22 February 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1835451.stm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mubarak Expresses Deep Regret, Offers Condolences to Families of Victims News release dated February 21, 2002, detailing the gist of the catastrophe and President Mubarik's followup actions; illustrated with six color photos; from Egypt State Information Service. http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html1/feb.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Train Fire Kills 373 in Egypt Initial report on the Egyptian train fire; from The Associated Press, in The Holland Sentinel. http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/022102/new_022102028.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt Train Workers Plead Innocent Report dated April 29, 2002, recounting that 11 train workers pleaded innocent to charges of gross negligence; from United Transportation Union News. http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=1372 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt Begins Mass Burial of Rail Fire Victims Relates that Egypt began to bury the unidentified victims of its worst rail disaster; from Tehran Times (Tehran), Monday, February 25, 2002. http://www.middleeastwire.com/egypt/stories/20020225_meno.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt Train Tragedy: Safety Standards to Blame? Early follow-up report (22 February 2002) of the passenger train disaster; from Africa Online. http://www.africaonline.com/site/Articles/1,3,45808.jsp Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Small Stove Caused Big Inferno Early report on cause of the Egyptian passenger train tragedy; from News24. http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Northern_Africa/0,1113,2-11-38_1149784,00.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Train Fire That Killed 370 Puts Egypt's Malaise in Spotlight Political and social commentary on issues raised by the train disaster; by Alan Cowell, in The New York Times. http://college4.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2002/03/07/906391.xml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Passenger train catches fire in Egypt, kills 373 Early account of the passenger train disaster; Associated Press report, Feb 21, 2002. http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/95/105/05_3.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Horror on Egypt fire train More than 370 people have died in a blaze on board an Egyptian train, officials say; initial report, from CNN, on February 20, 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/02/20/egypt.train/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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