Allison Schuler EDU 290 Thursday

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Allison SchulerEDU 290 Thursday

• North Korean Train Crash
• April 22, 2004
• View article on-line http//www.foxnews.com/story/
  0,2933,117872,00.html

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North Korean Train Crash

• April 22, 2004
• Possible 3,000 injured/killed
• Near the Chinese boarder

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• 35 miles from Chinese boarder
• 2 trains collided
• Oil Liquefied petroleum

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Assassination attempt?

• President Kim Jong II, North Korea
• He was there only hours earlier

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A disaster!

• News blackout on information about crash
• Area around Ryongchon station in ruins
• State of emergency

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Information on North Korea

• Population
• 22,466, 481
• Communist nation
• Religion Buddhist Confucuanist

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Not as bad as we thought!

• About 300 civilizations died/injured
• Not an assassination attempt
• A nine hour time difference

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A tragic accident!

• No information leads to suspicion

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Still in the news!

• North Korea Nuke talks
• Convene May 12
• Possible 2 atomic weapons

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For more information

• Go to http//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118498,
  00.html