French high-speed train to break world record
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France's high-speed TGV train -- already the fastest in the world -- is to try to break its own record by hitting speeds above 540 kilometres (325 miles) per hour, its constructors said.
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MILLAU, France  - President Jacques Chirac  inaugurated the world's highest bridge Tuesday, a creation  taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees  and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.
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The Guinness Book of Records has officially recognised the world speed record set by Nasa&#39;s X-43A hypersonic aircraft earlier this year.
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MILLAU, France: A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac yesterday - a stunning feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres above the ...
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"They now probably beat all records so far. A year ago the situation was similarly tough"  RUSSIAN trucks have queued up for 100 kilometers at the Finnish border ahead of the holiday season, prompting the Nordic nation to ask the European Union for help eliminating the record blockage. via Shanghai Daily
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A French high-speed train collided with a truck in eastern France on Wednesday, killing the truck driver, local officials said.
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TAOYUAN, Taiwan  - A super-fast rail line, the  world's second to use ground-breaking Japanese bullet train  technology, is steering toward a year-end service launch in  Taiwan after years of delays.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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A French high speed train hit a lorry on  Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring nine  passengers, a spokesman for the emergency services said.
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PARIS (BBC News) - Train service in France has almost returned to normal levels as strikes by rail workers over pension reform plans wind down.  High speed TGV trains were operating normally and most regional trains were running, said rail operator SNCF.  Eurostar trains between London and Paris were also running normally as thousands of England and South Africa fans streamed into the French capital to watch their teams play. The protest stems from plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to end retirement privileges which let some public sector workers retire at 50 on full pensions. German Locomotive Engineers to resume Strike Monday BERLIN (Tagesschau) - Locomotive Engineers Union GDL has announced it will begin another round of potentially crippling strikes on Monday against Deutsche Bahn, the German rail network and Germany's largest employer. This week's strikes caused some disruption, but failed to achieve the desired full paralysis of German rail due to an injunction forbidding strikers to shut down freight and long-distance rail, but GDL deputy boss Claus Weselsky told the German press Saturdays that the union is actively seeking to overturn the court order, and cautioned Germans dependent on rail as a means of travel to be prepared for a worsening of conditions next week.
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A French high speed train hit a truck on Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring 25 passengers, officials said.
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FRENCHMAN Alain Robert on Saturday defied bad weather to set a personal record by climbing the world&#39;s tallest building, Taipei 101, in four hours.
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Eurostar is set to make its inaugural journey from Paris to London via a new 186mph high-speed line.
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A British explorer has broken the speed record for reaching the North and South Poles and the summit of Mount Everest, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday.
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A French high speed train hit a truck on  Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring many  passengers, French radio reported.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world is to be inaugurated in southern France Tuesday -- a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres (885 feet) above the valley ...
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A high-speed train slammed into a truck in eastern France on Wednesday, killing the truck driver and slightly injuring 35 others on the train, officials said.