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Rail workers strike after Greek train crash as search for dead continues

Family members awaited the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece.

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A crane removes debris as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Two cranes try to remove debris from the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Workers stand on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Workers supported by a crane try to remove debris from the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Workers supported by a crane try to remove debris from the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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A woman lays flowers in memory of the victims of the trains' deadly crash at the train station in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Flowers and candles lie in the memory of the victims of a deadly train crash outside a train station of Larissa city, north of Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 2. Emergency workers are searching late into the night for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in Tempe, central Greece just before midnight Tuesday. It was the country's deadliest rail crash on record.
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A girl lights a candle, in memory of the trains collision victims, outside the train station of Larissa city, about 355 kilometres (222 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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People hold candles, in memory of the trains collision victims, outside the train station of Larissa city, about 355 kilometres (222 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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A young girl cries as she stands next to flowers and candles, in memory of the victims of the trains collision, at the train station in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2. The sign reads "For the colleagues lost so unfairly at Tempe. We will never forget you."
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A young woman sits near flowers and candles, in memory of the victims of the trains' collision, at the train station in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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Trains remain parked at the station during a strike in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2. Railway workers' associations called strikes that halted national rail services and the subway in Athens on Thursday, to protest working conditions and what they describe as a lack of modernization of the Greek rail system.
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A train remains parked at the station during a strike in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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A man walks in front of the main train station during a strike in Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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People obverse a minute of silence, outside the headquarters of Hellenic Train, the private operator, during a protest in Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 2. Several thousands protesters in two different rallies, marched through the city center to protest the deaths of dozens of people late Tuesday, in Greece's worst recorded rail accident.
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A woman holds a placard that reads "Call me when you arrive" during a protest in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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A woman holds a flare during a protest in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.
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People shout slogans during a protest in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, March 2.

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