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At least 18 dead after train derailed in Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades

A train derailed along a touristy coastal railway in north-eastern Taiwan on Sunday (Oct 21), killing at least 18 and injuring some 170 others in the island's deadliest rail accident in 27 years, Taiwanese authorities and media said.

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