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Rail season tickets cost up to 10 times more in UK than elsewhere in Europe
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The hunt for Britain's ghost trains
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Welcome to Chadderton sign hung upside down
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York council builds fence through goalposts
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Spanish ghost airport invites tenders to 'clear' its runways
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Education trap threatens Panama's economic boom
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Protesters enter Cyprus president's palace grounds
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Cyprus anger mounts over deadly munitions blast
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Educators Implicated in Atlanta Cheating Scandal
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Spain cuts high speed 'ghost train'
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Privatised mail: a second-class delivery
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Japan crisis: 'There’s no food, tell people there is no food’
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Polish motorists confused by road sign with 12 instructions
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The great Christmas bins crisis: Month long collection delay leaves mountains of waste
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New York mayor takes flak over blizzard chaos
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Northern Ireland faces mounting water crisis
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Christmas Blizzard of 2010: Passengers trapped for hours on A-train disabled in record snowstorm
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So this is Christmas
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Second runway finally opens at Heathrow but flights won't return to normal 'until the end of the week'
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Snow chaos: travellers' tales and your stories
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