World IN BRIEF : JAPAN : 24 Die, 375 Hurt in Head-On Rail Crash
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A packed express passenger train collided head on with a local train in western Japan, killing at least 24 people and leaving more than 375 injured, police and news reports said. An express train of the Japan Railway Co. rammed into a local train near Minaguchi, 200 miles southwest of Tokyo.
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