Monday, June 2, 2008

6-2-08

Is there any hope for a rail transit connection to KCI?
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
So, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser's regional transit plan includes bus service to
Kansas City International Airport. No light rail directly there. ...
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Chicago Transit Authority reports derailment
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP CHICAGO - The Chicago Transit Authority says there has been a train derailment on the city's South Side. A CTA spokeswoman says a train derailed about ...
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Milwaukee mayor calls for more state money for mass transit
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants the state to scrap an expansion of Interstate-94 and use the money it would save to pay for mass transit. ...
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Man dies after being stabbed on transit platform in downtown Calgary
The Canadian Press - CALGARY
CALGARY — Calgary police are looking for suspects after two men were stabbed, one fatally, on a downtown light-rail transit platform. ...
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Some New Jersey Transit Trains Running an Hour Late (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
By Nancy Moran May 28 (Bloomberg) --
New Jersey Transit said Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line trains are delayed 45 to an hour minutes this ...
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I-94 Expansion or Mass Transit, and Not Both?
Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee,WI,USA
By Jay Sorgi Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has accused the State Department of Transportation about not caring about mass transit needs in its I-94 expansion ...
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Some New Jersey Transit Trains Running Hour Late, Web Site Says
Bloomberg - USA
By Nancy Moran May 28 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Transit said some trains are delayed 45 to 60 minutes in and out of New York's Pennsylvania Station because ...
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Dade may push sales tax hike to fund free transit
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Two county commissioners want to make mass transit free in Miami-Dade by again raising the sales tax. BY LARRY LEBOWITZ AND MATTHEW I. PINZUR Buses and ...
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Statscan public transit spin is out of control
Globe and Mail - Canada
Public transit is making progress of a kind in
Canada – though it's not always visible. In its report called Commuting Patterns, Statistics Canada noted ...
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Survey finds support for transit levy
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
By Eunice Kim • Statesman Journal The majority of voters would support an operating levy for Salem-Keizer Transit District if an election were held today, ...
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Pump pain likely to hit transit riders
By By Brandon Loomis The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's biggest transit agency will decide today whether to shift its growing fuel bills onto thousands of riders, a move that many transit agencies are having to consider as diesel drives toward $5 a gallon.
News - Local Stories from Salt Lake - http://www.sltrib.com

Arrested man linked to cash in transit heists
A man who was arrested on the N1 highway north of Johannesburg has been linked to cash in transit heists and several armed robberies in Gauteng. The 37-year-old was nabbed while trying to flee metro police who'd tried to stop him on the ...
Talk Radio 702 Eyewitness News - http://www.702.co.za

Poll Suggests Support for Regional Mass Transit
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser released more information about a poll that suggests there is support for a regional mass transit plan. Polls recently taken in Jackson, Platte and Clay County show a majority of voters support not only ...
Local News for MyFox Kansas City - http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox

Chicago Transit Authority Train Derails
A four-car Chicago Transit Authority train has derailed on an elevated track on the city's South Side. There are no immediate reports of serious injuries.
Today's TMJ4 - News - Local - http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local

Daily Transit Links Roundup
Seniors in Long Beach attempt the Transit Oriented Lifestyle, but elements of the car-culture like wide roads and quick traffic signals make it difficult. A look at potential...
Long Beach, CA News RSS Feed... - http://www.yourstreet.com/long-beach-ca

Bus drivers fed up with young thugs
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
The meeting follows a number of recent incidents, including assaults on two drivers and damage to buses. In March the drivers threatened to boycott some ...
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Tougher charges reviewed for Spa bus driver
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
He also faces six counts of forcible touching in
Saratoga Springs stemming from incidents last year in which he allegedly fondled two boys under the age of ...
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When good motorists go parking mad
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
Broken down into specific infringements, incidents of double parking, parking within 6m of an indicated bus stop, on broken yellow lines and on the footpath ...
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Bus driver cleared of Lisa Moran's death blame
Paisley Daily Express - Paisley,Scotland,UK
There have been 12 incidents in recent times at what residents of the city are already dubbing an "accident black-spot". The grieving mum is backing those ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for May 28, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
On 26/05/2008 at 2230 hrs at Shivabhag Kadri Mangalore one unknown driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-20-8283 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against one Prakash Pereira a pedestrian and caused him grievous ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

9:25 PM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 24 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

” EveryThing Is Messed Up Here !!! “
By shariqbhat
We are getting late for the office and request the driver of the local bus to atleast make a move.He turns around,looks in to your eyes and you guess the rest.After some time you make one more courages attempt and say “Now the Bus is ...
Shariqbhat's Weblog - http://shariqbhat.wordpress.com

Ghostwalkers on Xelhiem
By Kedamono(Kedamono)
The Ghostwalkers were thought to have perpetrated various haunting incidents, where the colonists at night would see movement out of the corner of their eyes, but when you looked in the direction of the movement, nothing was to be seen. ...
I Hate Space... - http://ihatespace.blogspot.com/

Thieves Increasingly Drilling Into Fuel Tanks To Steal Gas
By The Huffington Post News Team(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
"Gas is liquid gold these days, and has been for the last year-and-a-half," Scherlinck said. "I would anticipate seeing more of these kinds of incidents as the price continues to go up."
Business on HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/feeds/verticals/business/i

SVCS bus in crash
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida,NY,USA
Many of the students on the bus were involved in the previous accident. No one was injured. Business Administrator Beth Lamb said the district is reviewing ...
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Inquiry ‘should look at bus and roads’
Dispatch Online - South Africa
Nqatha called for a comprehensive investigation into Tuesday’s accident , which should to go beyond the apparent failure of the bus’ brakes. ...
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Gas spike may hit students' commutes
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA
It found that of students hurt or killed on the way to school, bus accidents accounted for a mere 4 percent of the injuries and just 2 percent of the deaths ...
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YET ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT WEST FARM ROADSIDE
Democrat Newspaper - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis
In her attempt to overtake, the middle bus, between she and the front bus, tried to pull out from the curb and the front wheel of the Familia Mazda hit into ...
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Delhi to adopt BRT model that suit Indian conditions: Dikshit
Hindu - Chennai,India
Beijing (PTI): Facing criticism over traffic chaos on the Bus Rapid Transit Corridor in
Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said the second ...
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canoeing on the lower zambezi
By quinlanj
we set off saturday morning on a bus to a town called chirundu. despite our car getting in a minor accident on the way to the bus station we arrived and waited for about an hour for the bus to fill up. we arrived in chirundu, ...
Jen in Zambia Weblog - http://jeninzambia.wordpress.com

Review: What Would Jesus Buy?
By Noah Soudrette(Noah Soudrette)
This is only aided by the focus on the members of Billy’s group, their trials and tribulations, the good times and the bus accidents. It must be seen to be believed. So, I clearly liked the film, there’s no question about that after ...
That Will Teach Them To Be Bad - http://thatwillteachthem.blogspot.com/

Bay Window Bus :: RE: 1968~79 VW Type 2, seatbelts, head ...
The Department of Transport has funded an advisory leaflet written by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to highlight the dangers. It says special harnesses are the best method of restraining medium to large dogs. ...
TheSamba.com - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/

The Future of Healthcare in America
By Collin Williams
For those of you who will inevitably comment on this post with the stupidity of, “But what about children in school bus accidents!? They didn’t have the choice!!” How about you pay for them? That is the roll of charity, ...
RejectSociety.com - http://www.rejectsociety.com

BRT: Not Yet A Smooth Ride
By Administrator
Another visible problem of the BRT system is the proximity of the bus shelter to the road and its size. The passengers have to queue, and this portends danger, as accidents may occur. A vivid example is the bus shelter at the National ...

Twenty-two dead in E Cape bus crash - cops
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Police announced on Wednesday that the death toll for the
Eastern Cape bus crash stood at 22, including five children. The bus - which belongs to a private ...
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School bus rolls over on Fla. interstate; kids hurt
The Associated Press -
(AP) — A school bus carrying elementary school children has rolled over on an interstate near
Pensacola, Florida. Santa Rosa County sheriff's Lt. Scott ...
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AOS arrest man getting off bus
TVNZ - New Zealand
An Auckland man is in custody after being ambushed by the Armed Offenders Squad as he stepped off a bus in Rotorua. Police say a member of the public called ...
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Scrapping oil deal will push up London's bus fares
East London Advertiser - London,England,UK
We believe Boris Johnson made the right decision to stop one of the world's poorest countries from subsidising
London's bus network. ...
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9 bus passengers die, 11 injured in Surigao Sur mishap
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO BUTUAN CITY – Nine persons died while 11 others were injured when a passenger mini bus fell down a deep portion of the highway in Purok ...
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South Africa: Eastern Cape Govt Officials Visit Bus Accident Victims
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
An Eastern Cape government delegation, led by Premier Nosimo Balindlela, has visited bereaved families to offer their support, following a bus accident ...
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Gunman kills six people in Bosnia bus
Reuters - USA
SARAJEVO, May 29 (Reuters) - A man opened fire inside a bus in a village near the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, killing six people, police said on ...
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Man Jumps to His Death from Moving Greyhound Bus on Interstate 84 ...
FOXNews - USA
Oregon State
Police say their investigation continues into the death of a man who jumped out of a moving Greyhound bus along Interstate 84 in The Dalles. ...
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Metro tweaking bus schedules, routes; University District ...
Seattle Times - United States
By Seattle Times staff Starting Saturday, a few Metro Transit bus routes and bus schedules will change. Most affected will be riders traveling to and from ...
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Coast Mountain wins right to sue woman who blocked bus service
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
VANCOUVER | Coast Mountain Bus Company has won the right to sue a woman who blocked bus service during the 2005 strike by teachers. ...
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Walking School Bus News - Go For Gold!
By rod
Don’t forget that getting on-board the
Walking School bus adds valuable minutes to the Premier’s School Sport Challenge quest for GOLD at Orange Grove! So warm up and shape up on the Walking School Bus! See you all next week, ...
Orange Grove - http://www.orangegrove.org.au

Blind pensioner’s fury over bus pass delay
A BLIND woman has accused city and county councils of being “incompetent and uncaring” after she was left without a concessionary bus pass.
Chester Chronicle - News - Local... - http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/

Bus plunge death toll now 22
The bus — which belongs to a private company — careened down a 200m embankment into a river near Cedarville on Tuesday. There were conflicting reports of how many people had been killed. The numbers ranged from 20 to 30. ...
The Times - Breaking News - http://www.thetimes.co.za

School Bus Goes Off Road on West Side
Breaking News : Wesselman Road, near Zion Hill Road.
LOCAL 12: Breaking News - http://www.local12.com/Default.aspx

Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Philippines
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Philippines more info GlobalIncidentMap.com provides details of this incident . To view full incident details you will need to click on the above link.
Close Protection Forum and Surveillan... - http://www.closeprotectionworld.co.u

Transit Train Derails, Injures 24 In Chicago
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
CHICAGO -- A four-car Chicago Transit Authority train has derailed on an elevated track on the city's South Side. There are no immediate reports of serious ...
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Province urges regional transit to replace roads
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Stelmach told an
Edmonton transit conference on Wednesday that rising fuel prices and gridlock are pushing more people to consider taking transit. ...
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Public Transit Feels the Pinch of Gas Prices
Washington Post - United States
By Arianne Aryanpur Loudoun officials are working on a long-term plan to enhance public transit services in the county, a project that has taken on new ...
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A look at recent problems with the Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Tribune - United States
By AP A four-car
Chicago Transit Authority train derailed Wednesday, injuring at least 14 people. The aging transit system has had other recent problems: ...
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While the mayor and the ATA bicker over light rail plans, here’s ...
Pitch Weekly - Kansas City,MO,USA
Barring the federal government instituting a Transit Dollars for No Questions Asked policy, KCI is too remote for any sensible rail plan. ...
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Ontario Northland, GO Transit agree to refurbishment deal ...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO
TORONTO — Ontario Northland and GO Transit have agreed to a deal to refurbish an additional 50 train cars at a facility in North Bay, Ont. Ontario ...
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Sound Transit completes 14 miles of track in Seattle
Seattle Times - United States
Sound Transit has completed 14 miles of light rail track, linking downtown Seattle with Sea-Tac Airport. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels helped fasten the final ...
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Is any Missouri-side county official on board with Funk's regional ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Of course, what suburban officials think will become pretty clear at Friday's regional transit summit meeting. But heading into that, The Star has talked to ...
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ITS Benefits >> In Los Angeles, transit signal priority reduced ...
Metro Rapid Demonstration Program Evaluation Report (July 2001) ITS Benefits Database http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov.
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Sound Transit completes 14-plus miles of continuous light rail track
Sound Transit officials today made the final connections joining more than 14 miles of continuous light rail tracks.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

Tri-State Transit Authority increases basic fares 25 cents
HUNTINGTON (AP) - Rising fuel costs will make it more expensive to ride a Tri-State Transit Authority bus.
News from www.loganbanner.com - http://www.loganbanner.com/

KC Transit Plan Unveiled
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has unveiled a $1.2 billion rail-transit plan for the metro region. The plan includes five types of transit services, including light rail and modern streetcars through downtown and a ...
KOMU.com - Missouri News RSS Feed - http://www.komu.com

Green Light for Transit Plan (SEE VIDEO)
Ottawa City Council has approved the multi-billion dollar "Option Four" transit plan in a 19-4 vote.
A-Channel News Ottawa - http://www.achannel.ca/ottawa/

2 Pedestrians Killed In Separate Incidents
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
One was a woman killed just after getting off a HARTline bus and a man walking across
Hillsborough Avenue this evening. The first incident occurred about ...
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Cameras now on board
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
"If there is an incident on the bus, we can tell you what happened yesterday. Or if you can identify the bus, we can pull it in and check the recording. ...
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St. Paul man charged with exposing himself to two girls
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... school bus stop and exposed himself, police said. The girl gave officers a detailed description of the man and showed them where the incidents happened. ...
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Shots fired at bus stop were from air weapon
expressandstar.com - Wolverhampton,England,UK
Businesses in the area, frustrated by a number of incidents, called a private emergency meeting last night to discuss what could be done to tackle crime.
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Motorists Still Passing: We're Still Counting
ReadMedia (Press Release) - Albany,NY,USA
... we have routed the equipped school bus through several different areas of the City of
Syracuse. We have had a total of 68 incidents of illegal passing ...
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Girl says neighbor exposed himself
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
... she waits for the school bus and exposed himself. Steichen didn't say anything to the girl during the incidents, said Peter Panos, a police spokesman. ...
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Another "Fugly" Singaporean? | Soon to be "A History of Violence ...
By a_x
This time the victim was Mr. Liu, a China man and he was bashed for 'talking too loudly' on bus.Both incidents uncannily involved other passengers who did not care to interfere.He said the bus had about 20 people in it. ...
ping.sg / latest - http://ping.sg/

2:22 AM, US-70 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Police ring bell on Bus Crime
By 107 The Bee Newsteam
Police said they were pleased that no incidents of anti social behaviour were reported during the operation. Sgt Andy Winter from the Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “I am pleased with the results which demonstrate that the message is ...
107 The Bee : News - http://www.thebee.co.uk/

2 Pedestrians Killed In Separate Incidents
TAMPA -- Tampa police are investigating the deaths of two pedestrians killed in separate accidents this evening. One was a woman killed just after getting off a HART bus; the other was a man walking across Hillsborough Avenue this ...
TBO News Breaking - http://www2.tbo.com/content/list/news/breaking/

Seat Belts on School Buses
WJHG-TV - Panama City,FL,USA
He's claiming
Florida has fewer school bus accidents and injuries than any of the other states. "Often times we're the forerunners and trail blazers when it ...
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How we drive
Monroenews.com - Monroe,MI,USA
That's one reason that the county has a higher percentage of truck or bus accidents compared to other counties in the region, he added. ...
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Eastern Cape crash 'horrific'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
She said the cause of the accident was not immediately known, but that surviving passengers had told officers that the bus driver appeared to be having ...
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12 killed, 35 injured in separate accidents in Orissa
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
A mini bus overturned near Phulbani, the District headquarters of Kandhamal District, this morning, killing four persons and injuring 31, ...
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DC Pedestrian Plan Released
By Rob Goodspeed
Although they seem dangerous, according to this map there were no reported accidents on either Dupont or Logan Circles, underscoring the difference between perceived and actual danger. Crash Analysis Detail ...
The Goodspeed Update - http://goodspeedupdate.com

DON’T WE ALL GET HURT?
By Legal Eagle(Legal Eagle)
It can happen almost everywhere. In a car, bus, subway or even in your own backyard. Albeit one can argue that accidents are avoidable, the fact remains that accidents happen WHEN we least expect it, WHERE we least expect it. ...
The Accident Lawyer - http://theaccidentlawyer.blogspot.com/

Causes Of School Bus Accidents
By Automotive Articles from EzineArticles.com
Though school bus accidents are relatively rare (compared to, say, car accidents), every year many children and other passengers are still injured or even killed in accidents involving school buses. Like car collision injuries, ...
Auto Squad - http://nextravels.com/auto

I'm back from Hong Kong! Missed me, didn't you! Wahahahax. Gosh, I ...
By || solitary dreamer ||(|| solitary dreamer ||)
We had 2 accidents in 2 days! The first one happened on the second day. Our bus was turning around this roundabout when a taxi rammed into it and the headlights of the taxi flew off. The HK police are really efficient man. ...
[[...the prodigal aura...]] - http://limeygreen.blogspot.com/

13 killed in Nepal bus accident, more missing - Boston.com
May 19, 2008 ... A bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims veered off a mountain road and plunged into a river in western Nepal on Monday, killing at least 13 people, ...

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Nepal bus accident death toll ...
May 20, 2008 ... Soldiers, police and villagers recovered another 19 bodies Tuesday from a mountain river in west Nepal where a bus crashed a day earlier, ...

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