China winter chaos sparks railway stampede; 1 dead
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CHENZHOU, China  - A stampede at Guangzhou railway station killed one person when frustrated passengers rushed to board trains after days of cancellations because of fierce cold and snow, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China
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A freight train crashed into a parked  train and spewed chlorine gas into the air in South Carolina on  Thursday, killing one person and sending dozens of people to  the hospital with breathing problems.
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WENGXIANG, China  - Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without power on Wednesday but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had found trains, buses and planes to get back home for family reunions.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged  China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday, with no  quick end in sight to weeks of snow and ice that have trapped  energy and food flows ahead of a big national holiday.
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A high-speed magnetic train ran off the track during a test Friday in western Germany, killing one person and injuring several more. The accident left the Transrapid magnetic train "hanging halfway off" the track and passengers were still inside, said Helge Nestler, a police spokesman in Osnabrueck.
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China, home to the world's deadliest mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as collieries start operations again following severe winter weather which forced many to close.
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At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Snow and ice storms have stranded hundreds of thousands of people Â most of them migrant workers hoping to leave for the Chinese New Year Â and more blizzards threatened Monday to wreck what for many is a rare chance to see family.
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Over half a million passengers could be left stranded at a railway station in south China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year after snow cut power to more than 136 trains, state media said.
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China struggled on Sunday with transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao took a bullhorn in hand to encourage stranded passengers in the snow-bound city of Changsha, as unusually severe winter weather snarled transport throughout the south amidst the country's worst power crisis.
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China's fiercest winter in half  a century brought renewed misery for millions of travelers on  Sunday as they struggled to make their way home for the year's  most important holiday.
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The heaviest snow in decades causes chaos across China, with half a million people stranded in one city.
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TONGREN, China  - Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without power on Wednesday after more than a week of fierce winter weather, but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had finally found trains, buses and planes to get home for family reunions.
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Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow that has blanketed parts of central and southern China.
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A high-speed Chinese train ran through a group of maintenance workers, killing 18 and injuring nine, the Railway Ministry said on Friday.