Archive for February, 2009

8 Afghan truisms (Politico via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Dozens of camels lumbered by in neat rows, hauling eight-foot rockets in saddle bags and trailing a jeep carrying “Stalin’s Organ,” a lethal 40-tube rocket launcher. Thousands of soldiers marched past with locked-knees, shouldering AK-47s, amid endless columns of SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, 122mm howitzers, US-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons.

Pair from Hanover injured in crash; police say the other driver was drunk (The Patriot Ledger)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Two Hanover residents were injured in the head-on crash of two Jeep Cherokees Friday night in Goffstown, N.H. Police said the other driver, who fled the scene with a child, was drunk.

15 killed in train-jeep collision in Orissa (The Hindu)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Bargarh (Orissa): Fifteen members of a marriage party, including the bride, were killed and another person was critically injured when their vehicle was hit by a train at an unmanned level crossing at Dhanger near here on Sunday. The incident ...

15 dead as train rams into jeep (The Telegraph)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Sambalpur, Feb. 22: Fifteen members of a wedding party, including the bride, were killed and two others were injured today when the Mahindra Bolero they were travelling in collided with an express train at an unmanned level crossing at Dhanger, 60km from here.

Train slams into jeep, 15 killed (The Statesman)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
SAMBALPUR, Feb. 22: A bride and at least 14 others of a marriage party, several of them women, died when the vehicle in which they were traveling was hit by the Bolangir-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express at an unmanned level crossing near Dhanger village of Bargarh district today.

Bank fund set up to help injured victim (The Shawnee News-Star)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A bank fund has been set up to help a Tecumseh woman who was critically injured in a traffic accident Tuesday after her Jeep had a tire blowout along Interstate 40.

15 killed in train-jeep collision in Orissa (The Hindu)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Bargarh (Orissa): Fifteen members of a marriage party, including the bride, were killed and another person was critically injured when their vehicle was hit by a train at an unmanned level crossing at Dhanger near here on Sunday. The incident ...

Bride killed as train rams car (News 24 South Africa)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A train has rammed into a crowded jeep returning from a wedding celebration in eastern India, killing 12 people including the bride.

Bride among 15 killed as train rams car in India (AlertNet)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Source: Reuters (Updates toll) BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A train rammed into a crowded jeep returning from a wedding in eastern India on Sunday, killing 15 people including the bride, officials and ...

Bride killed as train rams car in India (Times of Malta)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A train rammed into a crowded jeep returning from a wedding celebration in eastern India today, killing 12 people including the bride, officials and eyewitnesses said.