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Egypt Begins Mass Burial of Rail Fire Victims - Relates that Egypt began to bury the unidentified victims of its worst rail disaster; from Tehran Times (Tehran), Monday, February 25, 2002.
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Egypt Train Workers Plead Innocent - Report dated April 29, 2002, recounting that 11 train workers pleaded innocent to charges of gross negligence; from United Transportation Union News.

Egypt's Minister of Transport, Railroad Director Resign - 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.

Horror on Egypt fire 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.
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Hundreds Die as Fire Engulfs Egyptian Train - A follow-up report, with additional detail, on the Egyptian train disaster; from BMWE News, posted 02/21/02.

Hundreds Killed in Train Fire in Egypt - Initial report of the Egypt passenger train disaster; reported by BMWE News, posted 02/20/02.

Minister Resigns over Egypt Train Fire - 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
Meta Description: [ Egypt's President Mubarak accepts the resignations of the transport minister and railway chief after the country's worst rail disaster. ]

Mubarak Delivers Sympathy Speech to Bereaved Families of the Train Victims - 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.

Officials Charged Over Egypt Train 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.
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404 Passenger train catches fire in Egypt, kills 373 - Early account of the passenger train disaster; Associated Press report, Feb 21, 2002.

Passenger Train Fire in Egypt Kills 372 - 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.

Rage at Ebeid - 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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Railroad Accidents - 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).

Seeking Answers in Egypt Train Fire - 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.
Meta Description: [ Egyptians prepared to bury their dead and investigators pledged to work quickly to determine what caused the nation's worst train accident, a fire that killed at least 370 people. ]

Train Blaze in Egypt Kills More than 370 - Early report, by Nadia Abou El-Magd for the Associated Press, dated February 21, 2002, on the worst disaster in 150 years of Egyptian railroad history; from Detroit Free Press.

Train Fire Kills 373 in Egypt - Initial report on the Egyptian train fire; from The Associated Press, in The Holland Sentinel.

Train Fire That Killed 370 Puts Egypt's Malaise in Spotlight - Political and social commentary on issues raised by the train disaster; by Alan Cowell, in The New York Times.