Railway Fire And Disaster Of 2002

Horror on Egypt fire train - http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/02/20/egypt.train/
More than 370 people have died in a blaze on board an Egyptian train, officials say; initial report, from CNN, on February 20, 2002.

Officials Charged Over Egypt Train Fire - http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/23/egypt.fire/
Report dated March 23, 2002, announcing that prosecutors had charged 11 medium- to low-ranking Egyptian rail officials with negligence, mistakes, and ignoring railroad regulations in the February 20, 2002, railroad disaster; from CNN.com. Eleven Egyptian rail officials have been charged with negligence over a train fire that killed 361 people, prosecutors said.

Train Fire That Killed 370 Puts Egypt's Malaise in Spotlight - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E7DC1230F934A35750C0A9649C8B63
Political and social commentary on issues raised by the train disaster; by Alan Cowell, in The New York Times.

Seeking Answers in Egypt Train Fire - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/20/world/main329951.shtml
Report dated February 21, 2002, provides early information on the investigation into causes of the Egyptian train inferno of the previous day; from CBSNews.com.

Railroad Accidents - http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001450.html
Succinct compilation of major railroad accidents, which puts the Egyptian disaster of 20 February 2002 into context of other such incidents dating back to 1831; from FactMonster (Information Please).

Minister Resigns over Egypt Train Fire - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1835451.stm
Announces that Egypt President Hosni Mubarak has accepted the resignations of Transport Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri and head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, after the country's worst rail disaster; from BBC News, Friday, 22 February 2002

Egypt Train Workers Plead Innocent - http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=1372
Report dated April 29, 2002, recounting that 11 train workers pleaded innocent to charges of gross negligence; from United Transportation Union News.

Passenger Train Fire in Egypt Kills 372 - http://www.onlineshawnee.com/stories/022102/New_56.shtml
Associated Press report, dated Thursday, February 21, 2002, giving updated information on the Egyptian train disaster of the previous day; from Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star.com.

Hundreds Killed in Train Fire in Egypt - http://www.bmwe.org/News/2002/02FEB/60.htm
Initial report of the Egypt passenger train disaster; reported by BMWE News, posted 02/20/02.

Hundreds Die as Fire Engulfs Egyptian Train - http://www.bmwe.org/News/2002/02FEB/62.htm
A follow-up report, with additional detail, on the Egyptian train disaster; from BMWE News, posted 02/21/02.

Egypt's Minister of Transport, Railroad Director Resign - http://www.help-for-you.com/news/Feb2002/Feb22/PRT22-799Article.html
Report dated 22 Feb 2002 announces the resignations of Egyptian Transport Minister Ibrahim el-Dimeiri and Railroad Authority Director Ahmed el-Sherif, following the worst train disaster in Egypt's history; by Tetiana Anderson, in VOA-News.com.

Mubarak Delivers Sympathy Speech to Bereaved Families of the Train Victims - http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/22-Feb2002_address.html
Speech by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, delivered on February 22, 2002, to the families of those who lost their lives in the railroad fire and disaster of February 20, 2002.

Rage at Ebeid - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/576/eg32.htm
Reports early parliamentary debate on the causes of the Upper Egypt train disaster; by Gamal Essam El-Din, in Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 576 (7-13 March 2002).

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