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Train drivers from the German state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn have once again gone out on strike, with a court appeal which could declare the strike action illegal pending. The strike in passenger transport began at 2 am (0100 GMT) on Tuesday and is expected to last 24 hours, a railway spokeswoman confirmed. The railway has organized an emergency timetable to secure about a fifth of long-distance train services. Regional services and Deutsche Bahn’s suburban trains are also to be affected. This is the sixth industrial action by train drivers’ union GDL in the current round of collective…