German minister discusses maglev crash with makers
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Germany's transport minister met   representatives of train manufacturer Transrapid on Sunday to   discuss the crash of a "maglev" high-speed train that killed 23   people and injured 10.
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BERLIN : Rumours of a possible tie-up between French defence electronics group Thales and the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) are to be discussed by the German and French economy ministers later this week, a German government
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Sequence of events before German magnetic train hit maintenance vehicle on test track, killing 23 people, according to prosecutor Alexander Retemeyer:
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LATHEN, Germany  - German prosecutors are   investigating whether a high-speed train crash in Germany that   killed 23 people and injured 10 was the result of human error   and could therefore lead to manslaughter charges.
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The crash was a setback to magnetic levitation technology, which aims to narrow the speed gap between trains and planes.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy meets with counterpart Wolfgang Clement in Berlin on Monday in an attempt to heal the recent rifts in Franco-German industrial relations with plans for a shipbuilding alliance.
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A high-speed magnetic train traveling at nearly 125 mph crashed Friday in northwestern Germany, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 in the first fatal wreck involving the high-tech system, officials ...Comment
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Germany's chancellor says she is shocked at the scale of the high-speed monorail crash that killed 23 people.
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LATHEN, Germany  - A high tech magnetic train   smashed into a maintenance vehicle on a test run in northern   Germany on Friday, killing 23 people, authorities said.
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A high-speed magnetic train ran off the track during a test Friday in western Germany, killing one person and injuring several more. The accident left the Transrapid magnetic train "hanging halfway off" the track and passengers were still inside, said Helge Nestler, a police spokesman in Osnabrueck.
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One of Japan's main railway operators announced plans to spend 355 billion yen (3.1 billion dollars) developing high-speed magnetic trains, just days after a fatal crash in Germany raised concerns about the ultra-modern technology.
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The German government is reportedly pondering investing capital in the aerospace and defence group EADS to maintain German influence in the European manufacturer.
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COLOMBO: Berlin is ready to promote tourism and push for debt relief and free access to European markets to help tsunami-battered Sri Lanka get back on its feet, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said on ...
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Franco-German relations will not be negatively affected by the current crisis at aircraft maker Airbus and tough negotiations about restructuring, a high-ranking German government official said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- A Japanese railroad will invest $3.1 billion to develop high-speed magnetic trains over the next decade, the company said yesterday, days after a crash of an experimental magnetic train in Germany killed 23 people.
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German Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement urged workers at car maker Opel to return to work as angry walkouts were staged for the second day in a row to protest General Motors' plans to slash thousands of jobs in Europe and perhaps even close a plant.
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A high-speed magnetic train ran off the track during a test Friday in western Germany, injuring more than 20 people, police said.