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Article: Colombian Rebels Bomb Train
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- May 3, 2002
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BOGOTA (AP) _ A rebel bomb derailed a coal train and damaged a stretch
of track, halting the transport of coal from one of the world's largest
open-face mine, the mine's operator said Thursday.
The attack Wednesday night derailed 20 cars of the loaded coal train,
Dow Jones Newswires reported. The train carries 70,000 tons of coal
daily between the mine and a seaport,
"Fortunately, the explosion didn't cause injuries, but it damaged
a stretch of the rail line," Intercor, the multinational operator
of the Cerrejon Zona Norte mine, said a statement.
Repairs to the tracks, which run from the mine in northern La Guajira
province to Puerto Bolivar on the Caribbean ...