Wednesday, March 12, 2008

3/12/08

Lebanon Charges 5 in Bus Bombings
The Associated Press -
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — The leader of the extremist Fatah Islam group and four Syrians were formally charged Tuesday with bus bombings last year that killed ...
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At least 16 killed after bomb hits bus in Iraq
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
AP BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb has hit a bus travelling in southern
Iraq, killing at least 16 civilians. Police say at least 22 others were wounded in today's ...
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RapidKL’s low bus fares not approved, court told
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: RapidKL's low bus fares were implemented without the approval of the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB), a High Court heard. ...
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Boy Suffers Minor Injury In Car, School Bus Crash
Hartford Courant - United States
By DAVID OWENS | Courant Staff Writer 4:19 PM EDT, March 11, 2008 ELLINGTON - A preschool student aboard a bus involved in a fender-bender with a car at ...
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Roadside bomb hits bus, kills 14 in Iraq - police
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying a family returning from a funeral in southern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, ...
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Full school bus overturns
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Sipokazi Maposa and Jade Witten About 45 children and five teachers from a special needs school were rushed to hospital after their bus overturned in ...
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Michigan man who survived bus crash accepts courage award
MLive.com - MI,USA
AP TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A survivor of a charter bus crash that killed five members of the Bluffton University baseball team last year spoke publicly for the ...
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IRAQ: BOMB BLASTS BUS SOUTH OF NASIRIYAH, 4 DEAD
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
11 - At least 4 died as a result of a bomb blast that targeted a private bus in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar. British HQ reported the news citing ...
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15 killed in Punjab as bus rams into tree
Hindu - Chennai,India
Dhariwal (Gurdaspur) (PTI): Fifteen people, including five women, were killed and 40 others injured when a private bus rammed into a tree near here on ...
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Bomb Hits Iraqi Bus; at Least 16 Killed
The Associated Press -
BAGHDAD (AP) — A roadside bomb hit a bus traveling in southern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 16 civilians, while gunmen opened fire on another bus in ...
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Bus rammed in to tree, killed 10
By admin
A private bus on Monday rammed into a tree & then overturned in which ten people killed & fourty injured. 10 people, including five women, were killed when the Gurdaspur-Batala bus turned turtle near Bidhipur village railway crossing. ...
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Marine Dies From Injuries in Fort Rucker Bus Crash
The military says a Marine who was injured in a bus crash at Fort Rucker in south Alabama has died. A statement from the Marine Forces Reserve public affairs office in New Orleans says the Marine's identity.
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Investigation launched into bus accident - CT
More than 20 people - including learners from the Beacon School for Special Needs in Mitchell's Plain - are receiving medical treatment at local hospitals for minor injuries sustained in the accident. It's believed the bus overturned ...
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Bomb hits Iraqi bus; at least 16 killed (AP)
By Yahoo! News: Top Stories
... as a fire fighter extinguishes water in a street in Karbala, AP - A roadside bomb hit a bus traveling in southern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 16 civilians, while other violence killed at least 42 people around Iraq, police said.
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. . .coming to CSP 04/08/08!
By librarynews
Using ten narrative panels, an NBC “Dateline” documentary and a 1945 US Government color film about this story, TRACES’ mobile museum—a retrofitted school bus called the BUS-eum 2—will tour four Midwest states during spring 2008, ...
Library News - http://blogs.csp.edu/librarynews

MKs asked to 'stop apartheid on kosher bus
Ynetnews - Israel
... they receive a shower of curses and humiliations, and the incidents sometimes develop into a physical attack… The Egged bus drivers never intervene, ...
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Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people'
BBC News - UK
A roadside bomb has killed at least 16 people travelling on a bus in southern
Iraq, reports say. At least 22 people were also wounded in the attack. ...
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3X
This morning, for the third time in a month (that I am know about) the school bus was passed by a traveling car while loading Lauren. The two previous incidents involved different drivers who passed the bus as it was meeting it head on. ...
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At the End of the Day
By --WTWC Administrators(--WTWC Administrators)
Sixteen perished in a blast that destroyed a bus and killed the passengers aboard. Eight Soldiers died in two separate incidents, five were killed by a suicide bomber and three died in a roadside bomb attack in Diyala. ...
Watching Those We Chose - http://proctoringcongress.blogspot.com/

Terror Tactics
By Herschel Smith
The civilian passenger bus was travelling on the Basra-Nasiriya road some 80km (50 miles) south of Nasiriya, police said. The attack came a day after eight
US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in two separate incidents, ...
The Captain's Journal - http://www.captainsjournal.com

Google service to help NJ Transit riders
BusinessWeek - USA
Under a deal to be announced Wednesday, travelers will be able to use Google Transit to get trip times and transfers between 164 rail stations and 60 light ...
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Transit workers' absences on rise
London Free Press - Canada
By JONATHAN SHER, SUN MEDIA London Transit workers missed an average of 15.5 days of work last year, despite long-standing efforts to combat absenteeism. ...
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Buy Canadian for public transit?
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
So, when governments at all levels in Canada start pledging billions to replace aging bus fleets and build transit infrastructure, it's natural to conclude ...
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On cutting edge of urban transit
Baltimore Sun - United States
Now along with his brother Peter Winstead he's ready to pitch the plan to put Baltimore on the cutting edge of urban aerial transit to the city's design ...
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Mass transit pays dividends
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
The LA region is often criticized for not having adequate public transit, but the CalPIRG study concludes that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ...
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Mass-transit plan to be disclosed
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By Sue Doyle, Staff Writer Bracing for an onslaught of 3 million new motorists, bus and subway riders to hit the county's already clogged transit system by ...
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It's way too early to worry about a transit strike, TTC chair says
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By Chris Wattie, National Post TTC chair Adam Giambrone said he expects unionized transit workers will reject the city’s initial contract offer tomorrow, ...
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GO Transit rebate a no-go, board member says
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By Natalie Alcoba, National Post A GO Transit board member has rejected calls for a rebate for commuters on late buses and trains, saying some of GO’s ...
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Transit tunnels threaten children's kindy
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Transit NZ acknowledged to a meeting in the suburb yesterday that it may be necessary to move Waterview Kindergarten, either permanently or during a four to ...
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Transit advises speed increase on part of SH1
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Transit is advising motorists to speed up to avoid congestion along a resealed stretch of State Highway 1 north of Wellington. The speed limit at McKays ...
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NJ TRANSIT now on Google Transit-Meanwhile Silence on Bike There
By John(John)
I've been waiting a long time for this, NJ TRANSIT Rail is now on Google Transit! The route on this map is a sample trip from the Cooper St Rutgers Station (near the
Ben Franklin Bridge) to the north section of the Henry Hudson Bikeway ...
Philadelphia Bicycle News - http://bcgp.blogspot.com/

Unreported, but Obvious, Connections in the News: $4 Gas and ...
By bpt(bpt)
In the national news section there is a report that mass transit ridership has increased to its highest level in the last 50 years. Imagine what would happen if we would properly FUND mass transit - advertising it, upgrading it, ...
Money Changes Things - http://moneychangesthings.blogspot.com/

Heathrow Airport First To Fingerprint All Travelers
By News Editor
Without the biometric checks, the company says, potential criminals and illegal immigrants arriving on international flights or in transit to another country could bypass border controls by swapping boarding passes with a domestic ...
Homeland Security National Terror... - http://www.nationalterroralert.com

Using Macs for SF Bay Area public transit
By Cyrus Farivar
My local public transit network, the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is currently beta testing its next train arrival prediction system. Many other transit systems, including
San Francisco's MUNI tram/bus line have this feature as well. ...
- http://www.macuser.com/

Chicago links school cameras to 911 center
By MacRonin
Cameras belonging to the
Chicago Transit Authority and other public agencies have been linked to the city's 911 center, and devices in some public buildings also have been connected as Daley seeks to consolidate video surveillance. read ...

Bill would fit school buses with belts
Omaha World-Herald (subscription) - Omaha,NE,USA
"Eventually, we're going to have another bad bus accident, and someone is going to sue a school district for not having seat belts on the school bus," he ...
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Major road accidents in UAE between Dec. 2006 and 2007
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
16, 2006): Nine killed, more than 50 injured when a speeding bus carrying dozens of workers overturns on
Shaikh Zayed Road and collides with another bus ...
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Consultant says moving school bus stops could cost over $3 million
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
City
officials asked the school district to move bus stops off of Port St. Lucie's arterials and collectors last fall in the wake of several accidents ...
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Two people killed in accidents
Times of India - India
The second accident took place in front of BR Singh Hospital around
8.50 am. Forty-year-old Ayesha Biwi was walking along the road when a private bus hit ...
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People caused the accident, nothing else.
By Seabee(Seabee)
"“While I was trying to rescue my friend, I was horrified to see one of the passengers from a crashed bus being mowed down by a car that was speeding down the hard shoulder,” Singh said. From 7Days. "What really got be irritated was ...
Life in Dubai - http://dubaithoughts.blogspot.com/

Days 91-92 - Lake Taupo - Tongariro Nat Park - Tongariro, New Zealand
I suppose we have been lucky so far, all the travelling we have done here and in Australia and this is the first time we have been stood on the highway despite countless accidents that have closed the roads. Until today we have always ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates - http://www.travelpod.com

Don't buy Toyota
By Jasmine(Jasmine)
The horrendous accident, which caused another car and SBS bus to be hit, took place on Loyang Avenue towards Tampines Road at about 3.30 pm, causing a massive traffic jam in the area. Eyewitnesses said the lorry first hit a lorry in the ...
Tubee - http://tubee.blogspot.com/

The rain pours endlessly
By florspace(florspace)
I'm not sure what I'm feeling right now, 'cept pure irritation from the clicking tongues of middle-age "aunties" on the bus who "tsk tsk"-ed at the broken down bus and 2 other accidents along the next complimentary bus ride here. ...
florspace - http://florspace.blogspot.com/

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