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China training 200,000 cheerleaders for the Games
China is definitely geared up for the games. They have a man accupuncturing himself 2008 times in the spirit of the games and now they are training 200,000 cheerleaders to "spirit" up the events and games. I am all...
Reporters tour China's new high-speed train
On Tuesday, the Chinese government gave reporters a chance to test-ride the new Beijing-Tianjin high-speed train before its official opening next Friday. One Reuters correspondent was impressed, noting that the train... 4 Cleared in Madrid Train Bombing
Of the 21 people arrested on charges relating to the Madrid train bombings in 2004, four people have now been acquitted, which overturns a 2007 Spanish court ruling that had found three of the men guilty."A Spanish... Three injured as Montreal-bound train hits truck
A Via rail train travelling east from Toronto to Montreal crashed into a flatbed truck this afternoon, injuring three people."The accident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. near Mallorytown, derailed the train's engine and baggage car and has temporarily shut down all train...Philippines -- Another rail-based transport woe faced by the public
This is in accession to report Runaway oil prices put strain on Manila's (abysmal) public transport system.Paranaque City, Philippines -- GMA7 News earlier reported that coaches of the Philippine National Railway...RBS eyes Australian assets sale
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is looking to sell the Australian and New Zealand operations of ABN Amro - the Dutch bank it bought last year." Last month, the Edinburgh-based company raised £12bn after selling shares...Vietnam snaps five golds at photo contest
Vietnamese photographers have won five gold medals at the Trierenberg Super Circuit photo contest held by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)."The Trierenberg Super Curcuit 2008 in Austria...Woman thrown out of running train in India
In a deplorable incident an Indian woman was thrown out of running train because she was travelling without ticket. "In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old woman died after being allegedly thrown out of 2003 Delhi-bound Shatabdi Express by the catering and ticket-checking on... Biodiesel Train Gets Test Run in Washington, DC
Restaurant grease, canola oil and soy are fueling a new generation of trains, with a biodiesel train operating in the UK and a new one taking test runs in Washington over the summer. The fuel is a 25-per-cent mixture... Canada's aspiring astronauts face arduous application
When Canada's Space Agency months ago put out a call for astronaut applicants, Canadians responded -- 5,352 of them, to be precise. Tragically, only two people will be selected as astronauts, and nothing I can think of -- not astronaut ice-cream, not even a career as a... Murder Suspects Describe Two Killings in $2 Robbery
" The men arrested in the slayings of an aspiring Christian singer and his colleague at a Texas recording studio said in a chilling jailhouse interview the victims were killed at random in a robbery that netted only... Explosives found on Calgary train tracks
UPDATE 1:50 PM PST: Calgary police have said they'll release more details at a press conference this afternoon. I'll watch for updates.____________Police found several explosives along train tracks in south Calgary yesterday. Not a lot of details yet."The Calgary police bomb... The Paris-London Eurostar isn't always highspeed travel
"It should have been clear from the very outset after Sophie, our train manager welcomed us all aboard the London-bound Eurostar from Paris that this was not going to be a regular, uneventful trip. There was something just a little too sing-songy in her tannoyed...Hitchcock- type Birds halt trains & Cut Power in India
" PATNA, India (Reuters) - Train services were disrupted in parts of eastern India for three hours after flocks of agitated crows snapped overhead power lines when railway workers tried to...Ex-Pentagon Lawyers Face Inquiry on Interrogation Role
"WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon lawyers played a more active role than previously known in developing the aggressive interrogation techniques approved for use in 2002 at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,...
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