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SINGAPORE: There are no reports of Singaporean casualties in the train derailment in Taiwan on Friday (Apr 2), said a Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson. An express train carrying about 490 people from Taipei to Taitung derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, after apparently hitting a truck. Advertisement Advertisement At least 48 people were killed and dozens injured, in the island's worst rail disaster in at least four decades. "The Singapore Government is saddened to learn of the loss of lives caused by the train derailment in Hualien County, Taiwan this morning," said the MFA spokesperson. "We...