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A passenger train has de-railed in Eastern India killing many on its passengers.

So far the body count is up to 65 with 200 more seriously injured and this number is still rising

The crash happened 90 miles west of Kolkata (Calcutta, Bengal state) and is believed to have had maoists involvment as there was evidance the tracks had been cut, this has not been prooved yet as correct.

The train was enroute to the Mumbai (Bombay) suburb of Kurla when 13 rail cars derailed. A cargo train then slammed into three of the cars from the opposite direction.

All drivers (train) have been ordered to pass slowley through the region advising them to keep an eye out for sabotaged tracks or bombs, in part so the effects of a crash are lessend if a train does de-rail.


In other news its 20 years to the day that the Burmese National League for Democracy won an overwhelming number of seats in the 1990 elections.
The military regime refused to transfer power and the country is today still run by the ruling Junta.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the parties front lady has been imprisioned for 14 of the last 20 years, she was due to be released in May 2010 however after an Americian man (John Yettaw) swam across the lake to her home she is being held for inviting a stranger into her home,. Many believe this was a set up to keep her shut away and out of citizens minds.

The military supremo Snr Gen Than Shwe has since announed that in October this year (2010) the first crediable elections will be held since 1990.
Asean, the UN, the USA and the Burma Campaign have all called for the electons to be "Free and Fair", if they are not the results will not be recognised and the genuine political dialogue cannot and will not begin.