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Ukraine: Deadly Shelling Hits Donetsk Hospital

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 04 Februari 2015 | 23.11

Up to 10 people have been killed after shells hit a hospital and other buildings in the rebel-controlled Ukrainian city of Donetsk.

The hospital in the Tekstilshchik district was damaged by shrapnel and the windows blown out.

The city's administration said it was still assessing the death toll but Ukraine's Prosecutor's Office said up to 10 people had been killed in and around the hospital. 

A reporter said a body lay under a blanket in front of the building and two more dead civilians could be seen lying outside a nearby residential building.

"The firing hit in front of and behind the hospital. The children's playground and a school were hit too," local resident Denis Gladkov said. 

Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian military said two of its soldiers had been killed and 18 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian forces in the previous 24 hours.

Over nine months of fighting, around 5,300 people have been killed, with a surge in the violence since the latest peace talks collapsed last weekend.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said he is confident the US will donate weapons to help Ukraine in its fight.

US President Barack Obama has previously opposed the idea but a senior administration official said the White House is now reviewing that policy.

Mr Poroshenko will make his case to US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is to visit Kiev later this week.

He said: "I don't have a slightest doubt that the decision to supply Ukraine with weapons will be made by the United States as well as by other partners of ours, because we need to have the capabilities to defend ourselves."

Germany and France have said that the oppose the idea of arming Kiev.

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "We have no intention of delivering weapons at this stage to Ukraine.

"We think that we need to find a political solution to this crisis."

EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini has called for an immediate truce and artillery to be withdrawn from cities in east Ukraine to allow civilians to escape from the region.

She said: "The spiral of ever increasing violence in eastern Ukraine needs to stop."


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Classic Cars Forgotten On Farm Up For Sale

Classic Cars Forgotten On Farm Up For Sale

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A collection of rare classic cars that was were left forgotten on a farm for almost 50 years will go on sale on Friday.

The cars bear legendary marques such as Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, Ferrari, Delahaye and Delage.

The "sleeping beauties" are being auctioned by the Artcurial auction house and are expected to fetch €16m (£12m) in total.

They will be sold as seen, rusty and weather-beaten, having been kept poorly protected with some exposed to the elements for all those years.

Among the 60 is a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider, one of only 37 ever made, found under a pile of old car magazines.

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  1. Gallery: Classic Cars Found In 'Metallic Graveyard'

    Artcurial were tipped-off to the collection of car that had been forgotten in western France

Sixty cars were found rusting behind a chateau

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  • Artcurial's Mattieu Lamoure (R) and Pierre Novikoff (L) inspect their finds

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  • The Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider was once owned by actor Alain Delon. Continue through for more images

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  • The car was once owned by actor Alain Delon, who was photographed in the car with actresses Jane Fonda and Shirley MacLaine.

    Another discovery is a Talbot Lago T26 Cabriolet that was once owned by Egypt's last monarch, King Farouk, a hugely rich man known for his extravagant tastes and great collections.

    The once-in-a-lifetime discovery was found after a tip-off to one of the auction house's specialists who was on the look out for rare items.

    "This was somewhere between a metallic graveyard and a museum," said Pierre Novikoff explaining how some of the cars were hidden by evergreen ivy while, in other cases, the cars were masked by corrugated iron.

    "This is surely the last time that such a discovery will be made, anywhere in the world. What is so special here is the number of cars, the range and the quality and pedigree of the models."

    The exact location of the collection has been kept secret but the original owner is known to have been car enthusiast Roger Baillon.

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    1. Gallery: Long-Lost Classic Cars Go On Show At Retromobile

      A Ferrari 250 GT SWB California spider, which belonged to French actor Alain Delon, is displayed at the Retromobile Car Show 2015 in Paris

    A Maserati A6G 2000 Gran Sport Berlinetta Frua from the Baillon collection

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  • He made his fortune in the transport business at the end of the 1940s and used his money to buy the farm in Echire and turn it into a classic car museum.

    Much of the collection was gathered between 1955 and 1965 with some of the cars restored and others left in their original state.

    When his business suffered badly in the 1970s, Mr Baillon sold off a large part of his collection and dealers thought that was the end of the matter.

    They did not realise he had held on to some of the best.

    "This is a very rare opportunity presenting works of art unknown to the market!," said Mr Novikoff.

    "For the Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport coupe Saoutchik, caved in at the rear, I think it should be left in this condition. It is a sculpture."

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    • Classic Cars Forgotten On Farm Up For Sale

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    A collection of rare classic cars that was were left forgotten on a farm for almost 50 years will go on sale on Friday.

    The cars bear legendary marques such as Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, Ferrari, Delahaye and Delage.

    The "sleeping beauties" are being auctioned by the Artcurial auction house and are expected to fetch €16m (£12m) in total.

    They will be sold as seen, rusty and weather-beaten, having been kept poorly protected with some exposed to the elements for all those years.

    Among the 60 is a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider, one of only 37 ever made, found under a pile of old car magazines.

    1/11

    1. Gallery: Classic Cars Found In 'Metallic Graveyard'

      Artcurial were tipped-off to the collection of car that had been forgotten in western France

    Sixty cars were found rusting behind a chateau

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  • Artcurial's Mattieu Lamoure (R) and Pierre Novikoff (L) inspect their finds

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  • The Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider was once owned by actor Alain Delon. Continue through for more images

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  • The car was once owned by actor Alain Delon, who was photographed in the car with actresses Jane Fonda and Shirley MacLaine.

    Another discovery is a Talbot Lago T26 Cabriolet that was once owned by Egypt's last monarch, King Farouk, a hugely rich man known for his extravagant tastes and great collections.

    The once-in-a-lifetime discovery was found after a tip-off to one of the auction house's specialists who was on the look out for rare items.

    "This was somewhere between a metallic graveyard and a museum," said Pierre Novikoff explaining how some of the cars were hidden by evergreen ivy while, in other cases, the cars were masked by corrugated iron.

    "This is surely the last time that such a discovery will be made, anywhere in the world. What is so special here is the number of cars, the range and the quality and pedigree of the models."

    The exact location of the collection has been kept secret but the original owner is known to have been car enthusiast Roger Baillon.

    1/10

    1. Gallery: Long-Lost Classic Cars Go On Show At Retromobile

      A Ferrari 250 GT SWB California spider, which belonged to French actor Alain Delon, is displayed at the Retromobile Car Show 2015 in Paris

    A Maserati A6G 2000 Gran Sport Berlinetta Frua from the Baillon collection

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  • He made his fortune in the transport business at the end of the 1940s and used his money to buy the farm in Echire and turn it into a classic car museum.

    Much of the collection was gathered between 1955 and 1965 with some of the cars restored and others left in their original state.

    When his business suffered badly in the 1970s, Mr Baillon sold off a large part of his collection and dealers thought that was the end of the matter.

    They did not realise he had held on to some of the best.

    "This is a very rare opportunity presenting works of art unknown to the market!," said Mr Novikoff.

    "For the Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport coupe Saoutchik, caved in at the rear, I think it should be left in this condition. It is a sculpture."

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    Pilot: 'Mayday Mayday Engine Flameout'

    "Mayday, Mayday, engine flameout", were the pilot's final words from a stricken Taiwanese plane, according to air traffic control.

    The words came moments before the TransAsia Airways plane crashed into the Keelung River, having taken off from Taipei's Songshan Airport.

    Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration said 25 people were confirmed dead, 16 were injured and 17 were still missing. Thirty-one of the 58 on board were reported to be from China.

    A flameout is when the fuel supply to the engine is interrupted or there are combustion problems which result in engine failure.

    Twin-engined planes, however, are usually able to fly on one engine.

    Meanwhile, 28 passengers appear to have had a miraculous escape, with Wu Jun-hong of Taipei's Fire Department telling reporters that children were among those rescued.

    He said: "There are adults taking care of toddlers. They are safe.

    "Children were rescued from the plane already. We get them out from the river using the boat."

    Television footage showed survivors wearing life jackets wading and swimming clear of the wreckage, which was surrounded by rubber boats.

    Others, including a young child, were taken to safety by rescuers, who could also be seen pulling carry-on luggage from an open door.

    As night drew in and drizzle fell, military crews reached the scene with portable bridges and hundreds of rescue workers built docks for easier access to the wreckage. 

    Relatives of the victims have not yet reached the scene but some are expected to arrive on Thursday, including many flying from Beijing.

    The 72-seat plane - an ATR 72-600 - was received by TransAsia last year and is one of the most popular turboprop planes in the world.

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    1. Gallery: Rescue Operation Following Plane Crash

      Workers hoist the wreckage of a TransAsia passenger jet that crashed into a river shortly after takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan

    At least 19 people were killed and many trapped in the wreckage

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    Jordan Will Have Revenge For Murdered Pilot

    Jordan Will Have Revenge For Murdered Pilot

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    It's slickly produced with iconography and graphics fitting for a thriller or spy movie.

    It even uses 'flashbacks' as the condemned man looks into the sky and contemplates just how justified his punishment is going to be compared to the 'crimes' he has committed.

    The latest murder video from the death cult that calls itself Islamic State is revealing not for the visible 'power' of the movement but for its weakness.

    Indeed the whole saga of the Japanese hostages and murder of flight lieutenant Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh begins to reveal a picture of an organisation that is losing its grip.

    It has already abandoned Kobani after losing 1,200 men. It has been driven from some key towns and villages in the east of Iraq, and now it would appear to be incoherent in its kidnap policy.

    Last year it made about £30m ($45m) from negotiating the release of foreigners.

    It murdered Britons and Americans on camera because the shocking snuff movies of their deaths generated a level of publicity that outweighed the profits it might have raised from desperate families.

    Throughout the talks aimed at swapping Sajida al Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber on death row in Amman, IS was unable to provide proof that Flt Lt Kassasbeh was alive.

    Activists in Raqqa said on 8 January that they believed he had been killed.

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    1. Gallery: Tension Mounts Over IS Hostages' Plight

      Japanese television networks reveal the plight of hostage Kenji Goto, whose release in exchange for freedom for a jailed female jihadist is being negotiated through the Jordanian capital Amman

    Supporters of Mr Goto take part in a vigil outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office

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  • A Japanese journalist at the protest headquarters in Amman for the family of pilot Muath al Kasaesbeh, who has been held hostage by IS since December

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  • The father of the missing pilot has led the campaign for his son's release

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  • Public protest is increasing in Jordan over the pilot's fate, with pressure growing on King Abdullah, as supporters continue to revere his father King Hussein

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  • During the same period, when negotiating over a $200m ransom for the two Japanese citizens, the usual videos were replaced with print-outs of photos of the murder of Haruna Yukawa who was killed first.

    His friend Kenji Goto was beheaded on video - but not in the open location that previous crimes had been committed.

    One could over-interpret such clues, it is true. But so-called IS appears to be having to keep its hostages on the move, rush out its demands, and has resorted to a form of murder that could galvanise support against them in the very communities they most need it.

    The aim of the latest killing is to force a wedge between King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Bedouin tribes who traditionally support him.

    There have been small elements within them, especially in the south, that have drifted towards the ideology of Salafism, the Islamo-fascist creed of al Qaeda and IS.

    Some Jordanians are dismayed at their country's involvement in fighting IS in Syria and Iraq.

    The hostage killers want these people to blame their kind for his death.

    But this is a gamble. Bedouin tribes have already been fighting IS in Syria. And now the large Kasasbeh clans are locked in a blood feud.

    As Jordan's army has already sworn - it will have revenge.

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    • Jordan Will Have Revenge For Murdered Pilot

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    It's slickly produced with iconography and graphics fitting for a thriller or spy movie.

    It even uses 'flashbacks' as the condemned man looks into the sky and contemplates just how justified his punishment is going to be compared to the 'crimes' he has committed.

    The latest murder video from the death cult that calls itself Islamic State is revealing not for the visible 'power' of the movement but for its weakness.

    Indeed the whole saga of the Japanese hostages and murder of flight lieutenant Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh begins to reveal a picture of an organisation that is losing its grip.

    It has already abandoned Kobani after losing 1,200 men. It has been driven from some key towns and villages in the east of Iraq, and now it would appear to be incoherent in its kidnap policy.

    Last year it made about £30m ($45m) from negotiating the release of foreigners.

    It murdered Britons and Americans on camera because the shocking snuff movies of their deaths generated a level of publicity that outweighed the profits it might have raised from desperate families.

    Throughout the talks aimed at swapping Sajida al Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber on death row in Amman, IS was unable to provide proof that Flt Lt Kassasbeh was alive.

    Activists in Raqqa said on 8 January that they believed he had been killed.

    1/11

    1. Gallery: Tension Mounts Over IS Hostages' Plight

      Japanese television networks reveal the plight of hostage Kenji Goto, whose release in exchange for freedom for a jailed female jihadist is being negotiated through the Jordanian capital Amman

    Supporters of Mr Goto take part in a vigil outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office

    ]]>

  • A Japanese journalist at the protest headquarters in Amman for the family of pilot Muath al Kasaesbeh, who has been held hostage by IS since December

    ]]>

  • The father of the missing pilot has led the campaign for his son's release

    ]]>

  • Public protest is increasing in Jordan over the pilot's fate, with pressure growing on King Abdullah, as supporters continue to revere his father King Hussein

    ]]>

  • During the same period, when negotiating over a $200m ransom for the two Japanese citizens, the usual videos were replaced with print-outs of photos of the murder of Haruna Yukawa who was killed first.

    His friend Kenji Goto was beheaded on video - but not in the open location that previous crimes had been committed.

    One could over-interpret such clues, it is true. But so-called IS appears to be having to keep its hostages on the move, rush out its demands, and has resorted to a form of murder that could galvanise support against them in the very communities they most need it.

    The aim of the latest killing is to force a wedge between King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Bedouin tribes who traditionally support him.

    There have been small elements within them, especially in the south, that have drifted towards the ideology of Salafism, the Islamo-fascist creed of al Qaeda and IS.

    Some Jordanians are dismayed at their country's involvement in fighting IS in Syria and Iraq.

    The hostage killers want these people to blame their kind for his death.

    But this is a gamble. Bedouin tribes have already been fighting IS in Syria. And now the large Kasasbeh clans are locked in a blood feud.

    As Jordan's army has already sworn - it will have revenge.

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    20th Hijacker's Plan To Take Down Air Force One

    By Sky News US Team

    A convicted al Qaeda terrorist has testified that members of the Saudi royal family supported and financed the terror network in the 1990s, The New York Times reported.

    Zacarias Moussaoui also claimed that he discussed ways to take down Air Force One with a member of the Saudi Embassy to the US.

    Moussaoui, a French citizen, is described as the 20th 9/11 hijacker because he had taken flying lessons and was wired thousands of dollars, but was arrested before the attacks.

    He has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring in the 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

    His testimony - from inside a supermax prison in Colorado where he is serving his life sentence - is  part of a lawsuit filed by relatives of 9/11 victims against Saudi Arabia.

    Moussaoui said that in the late 1990s he was tasked with creating a digital database of donors to al Qaeda, and he listed prominent Saudi royals.

    Among them were Prince Turki al-Faisal, who served at the time as Saudi intelligence chief, and Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, a long-time ambassador to the US, the Times reported.

    Moussaoui said he helped carry out a trial explosion of a bomb for a planned attack on the US Embassy in London as well as serving as a courier for Osama bin Laden, the terror mastermind who was killed in May 2011.

    He claimed he discussed using a Stinger missile to shoot down Air Force One during a meeting in Afghanistan with a Saudi official of the embassy in Washington.

    Moussaoui's credibility has been called into question.

    At this trial in 2006 his own lawyers claimed that he was mentally ill, though he was deemed fit to stand trial.

    The Saudi Embassy in Washington has denied the allegations, saying in a statement that "Moussaoui is a deranged criminal whose own lawyers presented evidence that he was mentally incompetent.

    "His words have no credibility."

    The statement referred to the Saudi September 11 commission, which rejected allegations that Saudi officials had funded al Qaeda.

    "The September 11 attack has been the most intensely investigated crime in history and the findings show no involvement by the Saudi government or Saudi officials," it said.

    There have long been claims that bin Laden, himself a member of a wealthy Saudi family, found support in his home country. The new allegations - which would offer new details, if deemed credible - were made in October but only submitted to court this week.

    The new claims surfaced just a week after President Barack Obama travelled to Saudi Arabia to pay his respects after King Abdullah's death and meet the new monarch, King Salman.


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    Dead Prosecutor Considered Fernandez Arrest

    An Argentinian prosecutor found dead from a gunshot wound had drafted a document requesting the arrest of the country's president.

    Alberto Nisman's body was discovered in his bathroom just hours before he was due to appear in front of Congress.

    He was expected to detail his allegations that President Cristina Fernandez agreed to protect the people behind the bombing of a Jewish community centre in 1994, a claim she denies.

    Nobody has been convicted in the attack, in which 85 people were killed.

    The Chief Investigator into Mr Nisman's death initially denied the existence of the arrest warrant.

    It then appeared in a newspaper, forcing Viviana Fein to admit  the document had been found in a garbage bin in the dead man's apartment.

    However, Ms Fein claimed that it "is not important enough to change the course of the investigation".

    The papers, which were dated June 2014, were never submitted by Mr Nisman.

    Instead, he chose to request the president and Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman appear in court to answer questions.

    Mr Nisman believed that Ms Fernandez agreed to cover up Iranian involvement in the attack in return for beneficial trade agreements, including oil deals.

    The prosecutor's death has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories.

    Initially the authorities said it was likely that he had committed suicide but his friends and supporters dismissed that claim.

    He had been assigned 10 federal police officers for protection but had told a friend he did not trust them.

    Ms Fernandez herself had gone so far to suggest that rogue elements of intelligence services may have been behind the attack and that his death could not be suicide.

    Argentina's Congress is now debating reform of its spy agency.

    A bill put forward by Ms Fernandez calls for greater presidential control over the agency and increased punishments for intelligence officers found to be acting illegally.


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    Six Killed As NY Train Hits SUV On Crossing

    Six Killed As NY Train Hits SUV On Crossing

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    Six people were killed and 15 injured after a packed commuter train slammed into a car at a crossing north of New York City.

    A Metro-North Railroad spokesman said the northbound train struck a Jeep Cherokee on the tracks at a railway crossing in Valhalla.

    The SUV and the front carriage of the train caught fire. 

    The railroad crossing gates had come down on top of the SUV, which was stopped on the tracks, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

    The driver got out to look at the rear of the vehicle, then she got back in and drove forward, but was struck and killed.

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    1. Gallery: Six Killed In Train Collision

      Six people are killed and more than a dozen injured after a train hit a car on a railway crossing near New York City.

    This image shows the charred vehicle, an SUV, wedged under the train

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  • The SUV was struck on the tracks at this crossing. Click through for more images

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  • Five passengers were killed as flames ripped through the carriage, said Governor Andrew Cuomo, revising down the number from an earlier toll of six victims aboard the train.

    Of the 15 injured, seven were in a serious condition.

    "This is a truly ugly and brutal sight," Mr Cuomo said earlier, speaking at the scene of the crash 20 miles (32km) north of New York City.

    More than 750 passengers are thought to have been aboard the train.

    "I was trapped," commuter Justin Kaback told ABC News.

    "You know there was people in front of me and behind me, and I was trapped in the middle of a car and it was getting very hot.

    "All the air was turned off so there was no circulation so it was definitely scary especially when people are walking by on the outside and they said, 'The train's on fire. There's a fire.'"

    Another passenger told reporters he was sitting near the back of the train when he felt a "small jolt".

    Neil Rader said: "It felt not even like a short stop, and then the train just completely stopped."

    He said frantic passengers had to evacuate by breaking glass on the doors to get out, and that he saw 50 to 60 ambulances at the scene.

    "I've never seen anything quite like it," he added.

    Around 400 of the passengers who evacuated the train were taken to a local rock climbing gym for shelter. Buses were sent to the centre to pick them up and take them to their destinations.

    Metro-North is the nation's second-busiest railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road.

    It was formed in 1983 and serves around 280,000 passengers a day in New York and Connecticut. Service on a portion of its Harlem Line was suspended after the crash.

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    • Six Killed As NY Train Hits SUV On Crossing

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    Six people were killed and 15 injured after a packed commuter train slammed into a car at a crossing north of New York City.

    A Metro-North Railroad spokesman said the northbound train struck a Jeep Cherokee on the tracks at a railway crossing in Valhalla.

    The SUV and the front carriage of the train caught fire. 

    The railroad crossing gates had come down on top of the SUV, which was stopped on the tracks, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

    The driver got out to look at the rear of the vehicle, then she got back in and drove forward, but was struck and killed.

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    1. Gallery: Six Killed In Train Collision

      Six people are killed and more than a dozen injured after a train hit a car on a railway crossing near New York City.

    This image shows the charred vehicle, an SUV, wedged under the train

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  • The SUV was struck on the tracks at this crossing. Click through for more images

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  • Five passengers were killed as flames ripped through the carriage, said Governor Andrew Cuomo, revising down the number from an earlier toll of six victims aboard the train.

    Of the 15 injured, seven were in a serious condition.

    "This is a truly ugly and brutal sight," Mr Cuomo said earlier, speaking at the scene of the crash 20 miles (32km) north of New York City.

    More than 750 passengers are thought to have been aboard the train.

    "I was trapped," commuter Justin Kaback told ABC News.

    "You know there was people in front of me and behind me, and I was trapped in the middle of a car and it was getting very hot.

    "All the air was turned off so there was no circulation so it was definitely scary especially when people are walking by on the outside and they said, 'The train's on fire. There's a fire.'"

    Another passenger told reporters he was sitting near the back of the train when he felt a "small jolt".

    Neil Rader said: "It felt not even like a short stop, and then the train just completely stopped."

    He said frantic passengers had to evacuate by breaking glass on the doors to get out, and that he saw 50 to 60 ambulances at the scene.

    "I've never seen anything quite like it," he added.

    Around 400 of the passengers who evacuated the train were taken to a local rock climbing gym for shelter. Buses were sent to the centre to pick them up and take them to their destinations.

    Metro-North is the nation's second-busiest railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road.

    It was formed in 1983 and serves around 280,000 passengers a day in New York and Connecticut. Service on a portion of its Harlem Line was suspended after the crash.

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    Greece's Tsipras 'Optimistic' After EU Talks

    Greece's prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has said he is "very optimistic" of finding agreement over easing his country's debt burden after meeting EU chiefs in Brussels.

    Mr Tsipras met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as he attempts to renegotiate Greece's €240bn (£180bn) bailout package and ease austerity obligations.

    "I'm very optimistic after these discussions that we are in a good way," he said.

    "We don't have already an agreement but we are in a good direction to find a viable agreement."

    The left-wing government is aiming to end its existing arrangement with the EU, the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund when its aid deadline expires on 28 February.

    Until now, it has avoided those institutions, choosing to go direct to European governments, including meeting UK Chancellor George Osborne on Monday.

    Mr Tsipras also held talks with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Parliament President Martin Schulz during his Brussels visit.

    He now heads to France to meet French President Francois Hollande.

    Commission chief Mr Juncker has said the EU will show flexibility over Greece's obligations but has ruled out major changes to the bail-out terms.

    The EU will "adapt a certain number of our policies but we are not going to change everything," he said on the eve of the meeting.

    Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is also continuing his own push for debt concessions as he jets around the continent.

    He met European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in Frankfurt in what he called a "very fruitful discussion".

    "I had the opportunity to present to him our government's utter and unwavering determination that it can't possibly be business as usual in Greece," said Mr Varoufakis.

    The stringent bailout measures had contributed to "a major humanitarian crisis" in his country, said the finance minister.

    Sky News Economics Editor Ed Conway said the meeting was vital as the ECB was effectively providing "life support" for Greece's banking system.

    "It is providing emergency liquidity assistance for a number of Greek banks," said Conway.

    "If the ECB decided to withdraw that ... it would be disastrous for the Greek economy. It's essential for Greece's finance minister that he keeps that support."

    Greece's austerity measures, imposed in exchange for the bailout loans, have seen its economy shrink by a quarter and unemployment rise to over 25%.


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    Jordan Steps Up Role In Coalition Against IS

    Jordan Steps Up Role In Coalition Against IS

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    Jordan is stepping up its role in the US-led coalition against Islamic State – in an attempt to "undermine, degrade and eventually finish" the terror organisation which murdered one of its pilots.

    King Abdullah has cut short a visit to Washington in order to fly home, as protesters in Amman demand revenge for the killing of Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh, who burned alive in a cage by IS militants.

    The country executed two prisoners after the video was published online.

    One of them was the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi, who Jordan had offered to release if Al Kassasbeh was returned safely.

    But there was no forthcoming proof that the hostage was still alive, and the Jordanian military now believes that he was killed on 3 January.

    Safi, the pilot's father, said he "considers Mu'ath a martyr to God", and called on the Jordanian government "to take revenge for Mu'ath's blood".

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    1. Gallery: Everything We Know About Sajida Al Rishawi

      Sajida Al Rishawi, believed to be in her 40s, was known as the 'would-be bomber'. She was executed in Jordan following the murder by IS of Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh

    She and her husband were involved in the 2005 Amman bombings, a plot to attack a string of Jordanian hotels

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  • Sixty people were killed and 115 injured after other suicide bombers targeted three hotels. Al-Rishawi's device, which was packed with ball bearings, failed to detonate

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  • She and her husband targeted a wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel - the fathers of the bride and the groom were both killed

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  • In 2005 Al-Rishawi released a televised confession while in Jordanian custody. She was sentenced to death and lost an appeal against the conviction in 2007

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  • He added: "The blood of Mu'ath is this country's blood. The country has to take its revenge, and I call for no one to remain alive from Islamic State, I call for revenge by executing prisoners, and I call to erase the (Islamic State) organisation."

    There has been widespread condemnation of the fighter pilot's death, with Saudi Arabia's new King Salman describing his murder as "inhuman and contrary to Islam".

    Meanwhile, an Egyptian university revered by Sunni Muslims around the world has expressed "deep anger over the lowly terrorist act".

    Since news of his death emerged, #IAmMuath has been trending on Twitter, with protesters chanting the slogan outside King Abdullah's palace in Amman.

    Mr Al Kassasbeh was captured by the militants in December when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate.

    The 26-year-old's murder appeared to be aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan - a close US ally - to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes on IS positions in Syria and Iraq.

    But observers say the extremists' brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanise other Sunni Muslims in the region against them.

    In a speech on Jordanian state television, King Abdullah has urged his countrymen to unite.

    "It's the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships," the monarch said from Washington.

    In a statement before a meeting King Abdullah, US President Barack Obama vowed the pilot's death would "redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated".

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    • Jordan Steps Up Role In Coalition Against IS

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    Jordan is stepping up its role in the US-led coalition against Islamic State – in an attempt to "undermine, degrade and eventually finish" the terror organisation which murdered one of its pilots.

    King Abdullah has cut short a visit to Washington in order to fly home, as protesters in Amman demand revenge for the killing of Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh, who burned alive in a cage by IS militants.

    The country executed two prisoners after the video was published online.

    One of them was the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi, who Jordan had offered to release if Al Kassasbeh was returned safely.

    But there was no forthcoming proof that the hostage was still alive, and the Jordanian military now believes that he was killed on 3 January.

    Safi, the pilot's father, said he "considers Mu'ath a martyr to God", and called on the Jordanian government "to take revenge for Mu'ath's blood".

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    1. Gallery: Everything We Know About Sajida Al Rishawi

      Sajida Al Rishawi, believed to be in her 40s, was known as the 'would-be bomber'. She was executed in Jordan following the murder by IS of Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh

    She and her husband were involved in the 2005 Amman bombings, a plot to attack a string of Jordanian hotels

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  • Sixty people were killed and 115 injured after other suicide bombers targeted three hotels. Al-Rishawi's device, which was packed with ball bearings, failed to detonate

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  • She and her husband targeted a wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel - the fathers of the bride and the groom were both killed

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  • In 2005 Al-Rishawi released a televised confession while in Jordanian custody. She was sentenced to death and lost an appeal against the conviction in 2007

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  • He added: "The blood of Mu'ath is this country's blood. The country has to take its revenge, and I call for no one to remain alive from Islamic State, I call for revenge by executing prisoners, and I call to erase the (Islamic State) organisation."

    There has been widespread condemnation of the fighter pilot's death, with Saudi Arabia's new King Salman describing his murder as "inhuman and contrary to Islam".

    Meanwhile, an Egyptian university revered by Sunni Muslims around the world has expressed "deep anger over the lowly terrorist act".

    Since news of his death emerged, #IAmMuath has been trending on Twitter, with protesters chanting the slogan outside King Abdullah's palace in Amman.

    Mr Al Kassasbeh was captured by the militants in December when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate.

    The 26-year-old's murder appeared to be aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan - a close US ally - to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes on IS positions in Syria and Iraq.

    But observers say the extremists' brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanise other Sunni Muslims in the region against them.

    In a speech on Jordanian state television, King Abdullah has urged his countrymen to unite.

    "It's the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships," the monarch said from Washington.

    In a statement before a meeting King Abdullah, US President Barack Obama vowed the pilot's death would "redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated".

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    Dashcam Video Shows Fatal Plane Bridge Crash

    At least 25 people have been killed and 17 are missing after a passenger jet crashed into a river in Taiwan minutes after takeoff.

    There were 58 people on board the TransAsia ATR 72-600 plane when it hit a road bridge in the capital Taipei. Fifteen survived.

    Video taken by a passing driver's dashcam shows the aircraft's wing clipping a taxi after managing to avoid nearby buildings.

    It then disappears from view, coming down on its side in the Keelung River about 25 metres (30 yards) from the bank.

    A crane has now lifted the wreckage onto the shore enabling rescuers to search the fuselage, where more bodies are expected to be found.

    Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei fire department official coordinating the rescue operation, said earlier those missing were either in the fuselage or had been swept down river.

    "Things don't look too optimistic," Mr Wu told reporters at the scene. "Those in the front of the plane are likely to have lost their lives."

    According to reports, the plane took off from Taipei's Sungshan airport at 10.53am local time and lost contact with air traffic control two minutes later.

    It was heading for the Kinmen islands, and as many as 31 passengers were Chinese, three of them children. Kinmen's airport is a common link between Taipei and China's Fujian province.

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      The images - which have not been independently verified - appear to show the moment the plane clipped the bridge in Taiwan's capital Taipei Credit: @Missxoxo168

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