- Horror on Egypt fire train - More than 370 people have died in a blaze on board an Egyptian train, officials say; initial report, from CNN, on February 20, 2002.
- Minister Resigns over Egypt Train Fire - Announces that Egypt President Hosni Mubarak has accepted the resignations of Transport Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri and head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, after the country's worst rail disaster; from BBC News, Friday, 22 February 2002
- Officials Charged Over Egypt Train Fire - Report dated March 23, 2002, announcing that prosecutors had charged 11 medium- to low-ranking Egyptian rail officials with negligence, mistakes, and ignoring railroad regulations in the February 20, 2002, railroad disaster; from CNN.com. Eleven Egyptian rail officials have been charged with negligence over a train fire that killed 361 people, prosecutors said.
- Rage at Ebeid - Reports early parliamentary debate on the causes of the Upper Egypt train disaster; by Gamal Essam El-Din, in Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 576 (7-13 March 2002).
- Railroad Accidents - Succinct compilation of major railroad accidents, which puts the Egyptian disaster of 20 February 2002 into context of other such incidents dating back to 1831; from FactMonster (Information Please).
- Seeking Answers in Egypt Train Fire - Report dated February 21, 2002, provides early information on the investigation into causes of the Egyptian train inferno of the previous day; from CBSNews.com.
- Train Fire That Killed 370 Puts Egypt's Malaise in Spotlight - Political and social commentary on issues raised by the train disaster; by Alan Cowell, in The New York Times.
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