Rebels blow up train, killing 4

PARIS - Muslim guerrillas blew up a railway line, derailing a train carrying fuel and killing four people, an Algerian newspaper…

PARIS - Muslim guerrillas blew up a railway line, derailing a train carrying fuel and killing four people, an Algerian newspaper said yesterday. Guerrillas detonated the bomb on Tuesday, 55 miles east of Algiers, causing "significant damage" to the line, the Arab language daily al Khabar said.

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