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• Afghan refugees flee Pakistan war zone
An Afghan community leader in Khar, Bajur's main town, urged the government to provide transportation for the refugees. "We are poor people, and we don't have enough money to pay for the buses," Ghulam Jan told an AP reporter. Authorities were ...
• Tropical storm hits Mexico's gulf coast
Mexico's Communications and Transportation Department ordered the small ports of Nautla and Alvarado closed to small vessels. Veracruz state authorities were setting up shelters and preparing to evacuate communities in low-lying areas still trying to ...
• DOT: Miami Airport Has Worst On-Time Departure Record
MIAMI - Miami International Airport was declared as the airport with the worst on-time departure performance in August, according to a Department of Transportation report. The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' August Air Travel Consumer ...
• Body Parts Found Among Wreckage Of Fossett's Plane
SLIDESHOWS: Steve Fossett's Career Hiker Finds Fossett Items National Transportation Safety Board acting chairman Mark Rosenker said Thursday that searchers had found "very little" at the scene but enough to provide coroners with DNA. Rosenker ...
• Rail Safety Legislation Awaits President Bush's Signature
Metrolink Board Chairman Ron Roberts said the legislation "clearly articulates a long-needed commitment by our federal government to provide resources to bring our transportation infrastructure into the 21st century." The legislation would prohibit ...