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Transportation Strike Cripples France

October 18, 2007 Voice of America

A massive transportation strike has crippled France, as public transportation and other workers took to the streets to protest pension reform plans proposed by the country’s center-right government.

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History Comes to Life in South Dakota’s Black Hills

October 10, 2007 Voice of America

A ride on Hill City’s 1880s train is always like a step back in time. But during the Western Heritage Festival, the entire town seems to be in a “time-warp” mode with cowboys, miners, a horse-drawn wagon rumbling down Main Street, even a robbery at the local bank!

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Busy New York Commuters Leave Thousands of Items Behind

September 18, 2007 Voice of America

New York City’s metropolitan population of roughly 22 million people is the largest in the United States. Millions of others commute from outlying areas, riding trains into Manhattan each morning, riding them home again each night. In those journeys, some things get lost.

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Kenya to Seek Return of Famous Lion Remains

September 11, 2007 Voice of America

Kenya is asking that a Chicago museum return the remains of the infamous “Maneaters of Tsavo,” two lions that terrorized workers who built a railroad from Uganda to the Kenyan coast in the 19th Century.

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Zimbabwe Railway Collision Leaves One Person Dead, 55 Injured

August 9, 2007 Voice of America

A commuter train collided with a freight train in Harare on Thursday morning, killing one person dead and injuring 55 others, with 17 of the casualties later reported to be in serious condition at hospitals in the Zimbabwean capital.

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9 Missing in Flooded Chinese Railroad Tunnel

August 6, 2007 Voice of America

Nine workers are still reported missing in a flooded railroad tunnel in central China. The official Xinhua news agency said 52 people were at work building the tunnel early Sunday when water began pouring in.

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