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Mudslide Derails Train in C China

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Mudslide triggered by torrential rains derailed a train in south China's Hunan Province early Friday morning with no casualties reported.

A baggage car of train K507, which was en route from Beijing to Zunyi in southwest China's Guizhou Province, derailed in a tunnel in Hunan's Cili County at 0:40 AM when the mudslide flew into the tunnel and buried the rails.

Operation of the train was resumed at 3:25 AM after emergency rescue, local authorities said.

(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2010)

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