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Monday, July 19, 2010

photo: AP / Bikas DasEast India train crash: Death toll climbs 61

Local residents gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010.
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CALCUTTA: A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing 61 people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage. Residents crawled over the twisted wreckage trying desperately to free survivors before rescue workers...

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