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10 killed in French TGV train derailment accident

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A high-speed train in France has derailed near the German border in France’s Alsace region, killing 10 people and injuring 37 more. The TGV (the French acronym for Train à Grande Vitesse) was in its test run dashing at the speed of 350 kph (217 mph) from Paris to Strasbourg when it was derailed and caught fire in Eckwersheim, located 6 kilometers (4 miles) north of Strasbourg in northeastern France. According... 

­French bees make green and blue honey after M&M feast

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Beekeepers in north eastern France have been scratching their heads after the hives began to produce a weird colored substance instead of regular honey. They think candy M&Ms are to blame. The bees around the town of Ribeauville in the Alsace region have been carrying an unidentified colored substance back to their hives since August. The keepers have done a bit of sleuthing and think the Agrivolar... 
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