31.   In North Germany, sit-down protests began on rail tracks near the radioactive waste dump where the shipment is headed.

32.   In northern Germany, hundreds of people took part Monday in sit-down protests on rail tracks near the waste dump.

33.   In the Evros region, surging streams flooded rail tracks between the border towns of Soufli and Tihero.

34.   In one attack, rebels fired at soldiers riding a handcar along rail tracks from the city of Argun, east of Grozny, to Gudermes.

35.   It led to a garage near commuter rail tracks but within the police cordon.

36.   Last week, a crowded commuter train narrowly escaped being blown up when a bomb exploded on a rail track in a Colombo suburb seconds after it had passed.

37.   On Monday, four Greenpeace activists chained themselves to rail tracks near Ahaus in hopes of blocking the transport.

38.   Police removed hundreds of protesters from rail tracks near Gorleben Monday night.

39.   Sinha said the pilot engine hit the passenger train from the rear, throwing two crowded cars off the rail track.

40.   The activists also damaged rail tracks at three places stopping train services, officials said.