The White House is pressing ahead with plans for a national rail network in calling for spending $53 billion on passenger trains and high-speed rail projects over the next six years.

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Administration Pitches Big Rail Projects

At least 33 people have been killed after two passenger trains collided in the early morning near Pemalang, on the north coast of central Java.

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Dozens Killed or Injured in Indonesia Train Crash