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200 killed, 350 injured in Iran train explosion

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (AFP) -- More than 200 people were killed and 350 others injured Wednesday when runaway rail wagons loaded with sulphur, petrol and fertiliser derailed and exploded in northeast Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported.

"Five villages were destroyed. The number of the people killed in this incident is more than 200," the head of disasters in Khorassan province, Vahid Barakchi, was quoted as saying.
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Iran classroom fire kills 13

LONDON, Jan 14 (IranMania) - Thirteen school children were killed when their classroom caught fire in a village in southwestern Iran on Thursday, Iran's state news agency (IRNA) reported.

"In this unfortunate incident seven girls and six boys were killed, and the teacher who was transferred to Isfahan (central) hospital is in critical condition," district governor Aghajan Alijani was quoted as saying.
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Das war nicht der erste Zug der in die Luft fliegt und hunderte Opfer fordert ! Diese orientalische Leichtsinningkeit, treibt einen manchmal zur Weißglut...
Da fallen mir noch mehr Geschichten ein. Ich sag nur weltkrekord bei den Verkehrstoten, kollabierende Gebäude (136 !) durch Bauarbeiten in Teheran etc...etc...Wundert mich, daß die iranische Bevölkerung dennoch wächst.
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