Egypt bus crash kills 57
GenevaLunch News A packed bus near the city of Minya went into an irrigation canal, when it swerved to avoid an oncoming truck, and overturned, killing 57 people. Minya is 214 km south of Cairo....
View ArticleTour bus driver had 22 previous convictions in Israel’s worst road accident:...
GenevaLunch News The Jerusalem Post calls it the worst road accident in the nation’s history: 25 Russian travel agents were killed and 33 injured, 23 of them seriously injured, the when the bus...
View ArticleEPFL sending science bus around to schools: girls targeted
GenevaLunch News Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Thirteen laboratories at EPFL, representing a broad range of sciences, have contributed to a bus that will spend 10 weeks a year visiting schools...
View ArticleBus crash in Kashmir kills 22, injures 9
GenevaLunch News A bus driver lost control of his vehicle, which plunged down a hilly mountainside, killing 22 passengers and injuring 9 in Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, where road conditions and...
View ArticlePublic transport prices to rise 6% at year-end
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland’s CFF rail company will raise prices by 6.4 percent overall 10 December 2010. The recently voted increase in value added tax (TVA) of 0.4...
View ArticleThonon-Lausanne boats now take Evian season pass
GenevaLunch News Consumer use of Lake Geneva boats on the rise Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Thonon-Lausanne CGN (Compagnie Générale de Navigation) boats are now accepting season tickets...
View ArticleIndia rethinks terrorism strategy after bus attack
GenevaLunch News Five states on high alert India will rethink its strategy for countering terrorism attacks, officials have said, following the second major Maoist attack in two months, where 50 people...
View ArticleTwo killed, 28 injured in Goms (Conche) Valley bus accident (update)
GenevaLunch News Passengers were Canadian tourists from Ontario, a group of retired people Update 15:30 Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police in canton Valais are seeking witnesses to an accident...
View ArticlePeru bus crash kills 30, 108 escape Bali jet crash
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Weekend news from around the world was filled with stories of travel accidents, with the worst by far a bus crash in Peru Saturday 13 April that reportedly killed...
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