Copper thieves snarl Australian rail system
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Audacious thieves hoping to get rich in a "red gold" rush have caused serious transport disruptions by stealing copper wire from a major Australian train network, officials said.
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Copper prices surged to 16-year highs on Friday as a strike at the world&#39;s largest copper producer threatened to tighten world supplies.
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The thieves weren't interested in the collection boxes or the computer equipment at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. They were after the copper on the roof and along the sides.
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The Australian train involved in a derailment and crash that injured most of its 163 passengers this week had been travelling too fast, rail officials said.
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At least five people have serious injuries after a high-speed train derailment in south-east Queensland. A Tilt Train commuter service with 157 passengers and seven staff on board came off the tracks north of Bundaberg just after midnight.
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Hundreds of workers at one of Chile's largest copper mines went on strike on Monday, triggering a spike in the price of copper on international markets at a time of tight global inventories.
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Looters raided abandoned houses, businesses and cars during four days of violent storms in Australia, stealing everything from iPods to alcohol and cigarettes, outraged victims said Tuesday.
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At least 79 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a high-speed train carrying more than 160 passengers and crew derailed in eastern Australia, police said.
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A land slip near Queen Street Station in Glasgow causes severe disruption to trains after heavy thunder storms.
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Criminals do not normally monitor commodities markets, but high metals prices have grabbed their attention, fuelling more thefts of copper wire and other items whose metal components can be sold for scrap.
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BELFAST - Police have confirmed that more than Â£22 million ($60 million) was stolen from the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank in Belfast and that they are investigating the possibility the theft was carried out by paramilitaries.
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At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured in Australia&#39;s worst rail crash in 30 years Tuesday when a huge truck ploughed into a passenger train at a level crossing, police said.
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Police in central England are hunting for a badly scorched would-be copper power cable thief after finding a hacksaw embedded in an 11,000 volt power cable on Saturday night.
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BELFAST  - The Australian owners of a Northern Ireland bank that was robbed of a staggering 20 million pounds (28.9 million euros, 38.6 million dollars) said it would bear the burden of the loss.
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The Australian owners of the Northern Bank will have to bear the cost of the Â£20 million robbery in Belfast, it emerged today. The National Australia Bank confirmed
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Station fire adds to misery for thousands of travellers as bosses admit engineering work 'muddle'
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A high-speed train derailed in eastern Australia, injuring more than 120 passengers as its carriages slammed into trees and ploughed through fields alongside the tracks.