Sri Lankans struggle to clear devastated railways

The Sri Lankan military struggled today to clear the devastated railway line where a train was ripped from the tracks by the power of the tsunami.

Sri Lankans struggle to clear devastated railways

The Sri Lankan military struggled today to clear the devastated railway line where a train was ripped from the tracks by the power of the tsunami.

More than 1,500 people died when the packed train was shunted off its rails near Galle in the south of the island and ploughed into several houses.

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