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Parts of a long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derailed in south-western Germany late on Saturday after the railway tracks were hit by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall. No one was injured and the passengers were evacuated from the train early on Sunday, according to a spokesman for the national railway operator. By mid-afternoon on Sunday, recovery teams were able to clear one side of the track, but the line was still closed to high-speed traffic. The landslide came down in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, some 50 kilometres east of the city of Stuttgart. The train’s first two carriag…

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