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Greece braces for more rail-crash protests

LARISSA, Greece: The station master involved in Greece's worst-ever train disaster had his court appearance postponed by a day on Saturday as the country braced for more mass protests over the crash that killed at least 57 people.

Bangkok Post

Greece finds bodies of missing U.S. couple in mountain gorge

Rescuers have found the bodies of two U.S. citizens in a mountain gorge in western Greece and authorities are seeking to establish how they died, police said on Saturday.

Reuters

Atlanta United in Celtic nod over Giakoumakis visa green light as he receives bizarre initiation

The MLS club took to social media yesterday to confirm the big news by posting a video with his famous Celtic 'Giakoumakis comes from Greece' chant before he endured the 'punches' of team-mates.

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Greek station master court appearance delayed as anger simmers

Station master faces life imprisonment if found guilty of negligent homicide after train crash killed at least 57.

Al Jazeera

A Greek train driver was told to ignore a red light before a head-on crash killed 57

A newly released recording shows a station manager telling the train driver to pass the red light before two trains collided in one of the country's worst railway disasters in history.

WEKU

Greece train crash funerals begin as 57 victims identified

‘They killed him, that is what happened. They are murderers, all of them’

The Independent UK

Greek train crash: effort to find bodies expected to end as anger grows

Operation to locate missing passengers likely to be concluded three days after crash near Larissa that killed at least 57

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Train crash wreckage scoured as anger rises across Greece

Government accused of rail safety failures, as several Greeks wait to hear if their relatives are among victims.

Al Jazeera

Greece: Crash victims returned to families in closed caskets

Authorities in Greece say all remains recovered so far from scene of a rail disaster have been accounted for, with the death toll from the crash remaining at 57

The Independent UK

Greece train crash toll rises amid painstaking search

The death toll from a train crash in central Greece has reached 57, emergency services say, as a painstaking search continues

The New Daily

Johnson: Nothing will stop me reciting Roald Dahl

Boris Johnson took aim at attempts to rewrite Roald Dahl and the possibility of handing the Elgin Marbles back to Greece.

The Independent UK

King expresses shock and sadness over Greece’s deadliest train crash

Charles sent a message of condolence to the country’s president after more than 40 people were killed and dozens injured in the incident on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash

At least 57 people were killed when a passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa.

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Protests erupt in Greece after train crash tragedy that killed 43 blamed on 'human error'

'Tragic human error' appeared to be the cause of a horror head-on train crash which left 48 people dead and more than 100 injured just before midnight on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

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The Independent UK

Greek rail workers strike over conditions after deadly crash

Rescuers using cranes and heavy machinery are searching the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and has prompted strikes and protests over rail safety

Evening Standard

Railway workers strike in Greece after 46 killed, dozens injured in train crash

Rail workers say years of underfunding have left the country’s train system in a dangerous state

The Independent UK

Watch live as rescue teams work to remove wreckage from deadly Greek train crash

Watch live from Greece as rescue teams work to remove wreckage from the site of a train crash which killed at least 43 people.

France 24

Greek rail workers strike over safety concerns as death toll in train tragedy tops 50

Family members lined up to give DNA samples in hopes of identifying victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous.

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Greece Seeks Answers over Deadliest Train Tragedy

A station master on duty during Greece's deadliest train accident is to testify Thursday in the central city of Larissa over the disaster that claimed dozens of lives, plunging the country into mourning. The 59-year-old will appear before a prosecutor to explain how a passenger train with over 350 people…

Bangkok Post

Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy

LARISSA, Greece: The toll from Greece’s worst rail accident rose to 42 on Thursday after a head-on collision blamed on “human error” that has sparked angry protests.

ABC News

Human error to blame for train crash, PM says. Victims likely students. How did this tragedy happen?

A station master is arrested and the country's transport minister has resigned after two trains travelling on the same track "for many kilometres" collided head-on. But how did this happen?

The Guardian - UK

‘An unimaginable tragedy’: Greece train crash death toll likely to rise

President says ‘we are mainly mourning young people’ after collision in which 43 have been confirmed dead

The Independent UK

Burned carriages, mangled steel at site of Greek train crash

Sudden braking, sparks, an explosion. Survivors of a deadly train crash in Greece said the impact of the collision sent passengers flying though the windows of train cars.

The Independent UK

Greece referred to EU Court of Justice over railway failings two weeks before devastating crash

The nation’s transport minister stepped following the crash citing failings to bring the railway system into the 21st century

WEKU

Greek prime minister says 'human error' caused a train collision that left 43 dead

A passenger train and a freight train were traveling down the same track when they crashed head-on, sending the first two passenger carriages flying into the air, twisting backwards and catching fire.

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