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  • 30
    Apr
    2013
    3:14pm, EDT

    Townspeople toss food to migrants heading toward US-Mexico border

    Eduardo Verdugo / AP

    Migrants ride on top of a northern bound train toward the US-Mexico border in Juchitan, southern Mexico, on April 29. Migrants crossing Mexico to get to the U.S. have increasingly become targets of criminal gangs who kidnap them to obtain ransom money.

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    Migrants riding on top of a northern bound train toward the US-Mexico border reach out to catch food tossed to them by residents, in Union Hidalgo, southern Mexico, on April 29.

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    Residents toss food to migrants riding on top of a northern bound train toward the US-Mexico border in Union Hidalgo in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, on April 29.

    Eduardo Verdugo / AP

    Migrants ride on top of a northern bound train toward the US-Mexico border in Union Hidalgo, southern Mexico, on April 29.

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    Immigration Nation: An in-depth look at immigration in America

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • US Border Patrol "Ranch Liaisons" ride with Arizona ranchers to discuss border issues
    • For convicted immigrants, Maricopa County's tent jail may be last stop before deportation
    • Deported from the US, Salvadorans return to their home country

     

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    Oh goody, another train load of Undocumented Demoncrats heading toward our country. Remember, you helped to elect Obama to get here.

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  • 17
    Mar
    2013
    5:40pm, EDT

    Robin Van Lonkhuijsen / EPA

    Pedestrians stroll Amsterdam's underground

    People walk through the new subway tunnel between the Damrak and Rokin in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on March 17. The tunnels are open to the public for a limited time before the new north-south metro line is installed.

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    Wow those Dutch are really into romantic strolls.

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  • 31
    Jan
    2013
    2:34pm, EST

    Mile-long pile-up in Detroit kills three

    Paul Sancya / AP

    A car is jammed between two trucks after a mile-long pile-up on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    By Kari Huus and Nadine Comerford, NBC News

    A massive chain-reaction crash on an interstate highway in Detroit on Thursday killed three people, including two children, and left at least 40 injured, local authorities said. That was the first of three major pileups reported on icy Michigan roads Thursday amid blinding snow squalls.  Read the full story

    Paul Sancya / AP

    Vehicles are at a standstill after a multi-vehicle accident in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    Paul Sancya / AP

    The front of a car is under a truck after a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    David Coates / AP

    Debris sits on the road after multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

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    gee, do you think maybe people were driving too fast and tailgating ?

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  • 25
    Dec
    2012
    6:30pm, EST

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    China Railway High-speed trains at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan city, central China's Hubei province, on Dec. 25, 2012. China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line on Wednesday that links China's capital Beijing and the southern city of Guangzhou.

    China set to open the longest high-speed rail network in the world

    Knovel.com reported on Monday that following a series of successful tests, the Chinese government has announced that the longest high-speed rail network in the world is scheduled to start taking passengers on December 26.

    The link between Beijing and Guangzhou runs for 1,428 miles and is expected to cut rail travel time between the cities to less than ten hours, as compared to the twenty hours plus the journey currently takes. Trains will travel on the high-speed track at speeds of 186 m.p.h. The opening of the line is seen by some transport analysts as a commitment by the government to ensuring that engineering resources are deployed in a number of public projects, a matter of some importance as the Chinese middle class continues to evolve

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    Well -It is sad that U.S is not pursuing thr Rail option seriously. Except for the east coast where some Cities have good rail transportation-besides that we are stuck with only one option of taking Air. The Airplane industry has lobbied and got away with their domination. We would love to see more  …

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  • 8
    Dec
    2012
    8:01pm, EST

    Stefan Rampfel / EPA

    Chugging along a snowy mountain

    A Brocken Railway train steams through snow covered pine trees as it approaches its destination on the Brocken Mountain in the Harz mountain range, Germany, on Dec. 8.

    View more wintery pictures in the Winter Wonderland slideshow.

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  • 2
    Dec
    2012
    10:16pm, EST

    Clerical union strike idles LA ports

    Photos by Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters

    Anchored container ships sit offshore near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach during a strike by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit in Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 2, 2012. The strike by clerical workers at the twin ports idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a sixth day on Sunday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night.

    Union members walk a picket line during the strike near APM Terminals in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday. Some 10,000 members of the local union were refusing to cross picket lines of some 500 striking clerical workers, effectively shutting down 10 of the two ports' combined 14 container terminals.

    The Los Angeles Times reports that a small union is causing big problems for giant Southern California ports.

    The small band of strikers that has effectively shut down the nation's busiest shipping complex forced two huge cargo ships to head for other ports Thursday and kept at least three others away, hobbling an economic powerhouse in Southern California.

    The disruption is costing an estimated $1 billion a day at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, on which some 600,000 truckers, dockworkers, trading companies and others depend for their livelihoods.

    A road normally crowded with trucks is seen empty during the strike at the Port of Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • 2
    Nov
    2012
    2:14pm, EDT

    Frustration mounts at long gas lines in New York area

    Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters

    People wait for gas at a Hess fuelling station in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 2.

    Seth Wenig / AP

    A police officer moves a car that is out of gas, trying to position it so it can fill up, at a gas station in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Nov. 2.

    Adrees Latif / Reuters

    A policeman stands guard between a line of New York City yellow taxi cabs waiting to get fuel from a gas station in Midtown Manhattan on Nov. 2.

    From NBC News Staff: Damage from the Superstorm Sandy has forced many gas stations to close and has disrupted fuel deliveries, causing long lines at the stations that remained open. Power outages kept many pumps out of service. Gas-seekers traded tips via social media and roamed the region for hours in search of functioning pumps. Police officers helped maintain order at the few stations in operation. 

    Gas-seekers traded tips via social media and roamed the region for hours in search of functioning pumps. Police officers helped maintain order at the few stations in operation. Full Story

    Adrees Latif / Reuters

    A woman covers her face in frustration while waiting for hours in line to get fuel outside at a gas station in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 1, 2012.

    Adrees Latif / Reuters

    A man fights for his place in line while waiting to get fuel at a gas station in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 1, 2012.

    Slideshow: Sandy slams into East Coast

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    Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast.

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    More Sandy-related stories on PhotoBlog:

    • Island of tears: Hurricane Sandy devastates Staten Island families
    • Aerial views reveal Sandy's destructive power
    • Evacuations continue and residents take stock in destroyed Breezy Point neighborhood
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    • Devastating fire follows flooding in Breezy Point, Queens

    NBC's Kerry Sanders reports from a helicopter high above Union, N.J., where drivers are lined up for miles waiting for a chance to fill up.

     

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  • 1
    Nov
    2012
    4:35pm, EDT

    Trucking Brazil's riches: The long, brutal haul from farm to port in Brazil

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    A truck driver covers his face to protect himself from dust as he waits to unload his cargo of cereal grain at the rail terminal in Alto de Araguaia, Brazil, on Sept. 24.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    Truck driver Marcondes Mendonca waits for entry to a parking lot before unloading his cereal grain freight at Brazil's main ocean port in Santos on Sept. 20, 2012.

    Reuters reports: When Marcondes Mendonca hauls corn from Brazil's farm belt to port in the distant south, the young trucker prays for protection from potholes, drugged and dangerous drivers, and squalid toilets during the seven-day journey ahead.
    He also braces for hassles of a different sort: traffic bottlenecks, backlogs at port and bureaucracy that increasingly slow goods and services across Latin America's largest country. Together, the problems amount to one of the biggest challenges facing an economy whose growing might as an exporter of food, raw materials and other commodities is hobbled by a lack of basic infrastructure. Along with waste in the country's tax, labour, education and regulatory regimes, limits on roads, rail and other infrastructure are a historical handicap for Brazil's economy, the world's sixth biggest. Now barely growing after a year of stagnation, Brazil is again falling far short of its potential. 
    Read full Reuters story.

     

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    Truck driver Geraldo drives along the dangerous highway BR-163, also known as the as the "Highway of Death," in Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil, on Sept. 28, 2012.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    Truck driver Ediban Tardoni sits on a chair with his son Thablio Tardoni, 6, as he waits to unload his truckload of cereal grain at a rail terminal in Alto de Araguaia, Brazil, on Sept. 24, 2012.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    A truck driver drives passes shipping containers and an image of Christ the Redeemer after he unloaded his freight of cereal grain at Brazil's main ocean port of Santos, on Sept. 20, 2012.

    A cap hangs from a cross alongside highway BR-163, also known as the "Highway of Death" in Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil, on Sept. 28, 2012. More than 1,200 truckers died on Brazil's federal highways last year, according to police data. To dissuade drug use and reduce the death toll, the government recently mandated rest periods for truckers for the first time.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    Truck driver Paulo dos Santos, 43, his wife Roseli Nesteraqui, 39, and their children Wellinngton, 18, and Erica, 12, wait for a second day for a new axle to arrive for their truck at a petrol station near highway MS-306 in Chapada do Sul, Brazil, on Sept. 18, 2012.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    A truck driver sleeps in a hammock during a break at a truck stop along highway MS-306 in Chapada do Sul, Brazil, on Sept. 18, 2012. To reduce the death toll on Brazil's highways, the government recently mandated rest periods for truckers for the first time. Employed truckers who drive most of the truck miles covered in Brazil are now restricted to eight hours at the wheel per day, but self-employed truck owners can press on for 13.

    Nacho Doce / Reuters

    A petrol station worker cleans the window of a truck next to an image of "Our Lady of the Road," near highway BR-163, also known as the "Highway of Death," in Nova Mutum, Brazil, on Sept. 27, 2012.

    Editor's note: Photos made available on Nov. 1, 2012.

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  • 28
    Aug
    2012
    12:01pm, EDT

    Pressure builds in London for expansion of Heathrow airport

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    A passenger jet comes into land over houses next to Heathrow airport on August 28, in London, England. Transport Secretary Justine Greening has stated that the Government remains opposed to the building of a third runway at London's Heathrow airport despite calls from some Conservative Members of Parliament for the coalition to reconsider.

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    A sign is displayed at the village of Sipson, which would be demolished should a third runway be built, near Heathrow Airport on Aug. 28, in London, England.Transport Secretary Justine Greening has stated that the Government remains opposed to the building of a third runway at London's Heathrow airport despite calls from some Conservative Members of Parliament for the coalition to reconsider.

     From AP- LONDON — A British legislator has a question for Prime Minister David Cameron: Are you a man or a mouse?

    In the sort of blunt language usually thrown at other parties, a member of Cameron's Conservative Party challenged his leader to be a man and get cracking on expanding Heathrow Airport.

    Tuesday's blast from Tim Yeo, a long-serving member of Parliament and chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, was the rudest shot yet in a campaign by airlines, business groups and unions demanding that Cameron ditch his opposition to a third runway at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, serving 70 million passengers a year. Read more on this story here.

     

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  • 18
    Jul
    2012
    6:57pm, EDT

    Ferry capsizes off Zanzibar killing dozens

    EPA

    Passengers wait to be rescued on the overturned capsized MV Skagit/Kalama off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, on July 18. MV Skagit/Kalama carrying 250 adults and 31 children onboard capsized off the east African coast of the Zanzibar in Tanzania, killing at least 15 people. One foreign woman was among the dead, the reports say. The boat was heading to Zanzibar from Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam.

    AP

    Wrapped in blankets, survivors of the MV Karama Star Gate, ferry accident are brought into Malindi port in Zanzibar Wednesday July 18.

    Reuters

    Rescuers assist a survivor from a ferry tragedy, at the port of Zanzibar on July 18. Rescue boats and divers were searching for any remaining survivors on the mostly submerged vessel.

     From Reuters: STONE TOWN, Zanzibar  - A ferry with more than 250 people on board, including some foreigners, capsized and sank between the east African coast and the Zanzibar archipelago on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people, police said.

    The ferry, MV Skagit/Kalama, set sail from mainland Tanzania at around midday for Zanzibar, Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago and a popular tourist destination. Click here to continue reading this developing story from Zanzibar.

    At least 31 people are dead, with dozens more reported missing, when a ferry capsizes and sinks off the eastern coast of Africa. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

     

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  • 23
    May
    2012
    11:18am, EDT

    Russian military plane crashes outside Prague

    Josef Vostarek / AP

    An AN-30 military aircraft lies off the runway at the Czech air force base in Caslav, some 20 miles east of Prague, Wednesday, May 23. An official says the Russian military plane caught fire after problems during the landing maneuver, injuring at least six people on board. Czech military spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova said the plane had 23 people on board, 14 Russians and 9 Czechs. Five Russians and one Czech national have suffered injuries, mostly burns. The plane and Russian officials were in the Czech Republic on a regular monitoring mission.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Firefighters evacuate debris from a Russian military Antonov An-30 aircraft lying on May 23, in a field near the airbase in Caslav, about 80 kms (50 miles) east of Prague, after skidding off the runway as it was landing. Seven people were injured, including two who were taken to a hospital in Prague by helicopters with serious burns after the plane caught fire.

     From AP: PRAGUE  — A Russian military jet malfunctioned while landing in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people as it rolled off the runway, broke apart and caught fire, Czech and Russian officials said. At least one man was in life-threatening condition.

    The Russian-made An-30 plane had 23 people on board — 14 Russians and 9 Czechs, Czech military spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova said

     

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    That's going to be a bit tough to fix ....

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  • 15
    May
    2012
    4:20pm, EDT

    Holland's 'Superbus' project aims to transport people at 150 miles per hour

    Frank Van Beek / EPA

    Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment, drives Wubbo Ockels Superbus in Valkenburg, The Netherlands on 15 May 2012 after the RWD, the institution that provides the registration of motor vehicles, provided the registration for the bus. The Superbus project aims to develop high speed coaches capable of speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) together with the supporting infrastructure including special highway lanes constructed separately next to the nation's highways.

    Frank Van Beek / EPA

    Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (L), Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment and Dutch physicist Wubbo Ockels (R) sit inside Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.

    Frank Van Beek / EPA

    Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment places a license plate on Wubbo Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.

    According to the project's web site, the bus is electrically powered and weighs 20,000 lbs.

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    Please tell me that they won't allow female drivers in that damn thing?

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