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Images of the Egyptian train disaster of 20 February 2002; from Corbis.com.
http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.asp
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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