Lisbon funicular derails, leaving 15 dead

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A famed Lisbon funicular has derailed, leaving at least 15 people dead and 18 injured in one of the Portuguese capital's most popular tourist spots, officials and media said. The yellow Gloria funicular, one of the capital's best-known symbols, overturned at 6:15 local time (1715 GMT) near Liberty Avenue, officials said early on Thursday. "A tragedy that our city has never seen,"