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  • Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil

    SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

  • UK inflation rises to 2.7pc in May pushed by higher transport cost UK inflation rises to 2.7pc in May pushed by higher transport cost

    LONDON - The consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, mainly due to higher fuel costs pushing up transportation costs particularly airfares, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. The ONS said the rise was due to a record increase in airfares and higher fuel prices. "The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between ...

  • Japan promotes eco-friendly transportation

    A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport. Its credit goes to Japanese signal maker Kyosan, which introduced the signal system automated electric sky train. The electric sky trains, equipped with rubber tyres, are eco-friendly and help passengers move from one terminal to another. Kyosan has provided the technology for eco-friendly ...

  • Bihar shutdown At least 6 injured roads blocked trains stopped UpdateBihar shutdown

    At least six people were reportedly injured in a clash between activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) here on Tuesday. Locals media reports confirmed that several trains were also stopped and roads blocked by BJP activists, as they began a state-wide shutdown to protest what it called a betrayal by the JD(U). The BJP-led protest is taking place to ...

  • Oscar Fernandes takes charge as road transport and highways minister

    Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday assumed charge as the Road Transport and Highways Minister. Fernandes on Monday thanked the Congress Party for entrusting him with this responsibility, and said that a lot of work needs to be done for the welfare of the people and the country. " I am glad that the Congress Party has shown trust in me. We have a lot of work that needs to be done for the welfare of the ...


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Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe's faithful Hollywood remake of Alejandro Amenabar's (The Others) 1997 Spanish film Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), is many things all at once. It is a romantic melodrama, a murder mystery, an existential thriller, and a perplexing dream-logic puzzlebox, not to mention a barely disguised cinematic meditation on the larger-than-life perfection ... ...

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  • Sanya launches safety inspection of buses after bus fire in Xiamen

    Sanya transport authority has launched a thorough safety inspection to prevent severe traffic accidents after a deadly BRT bus fire which killed 47 people in Xiamen. Bus companies have been ordered to carry out checks for hidden dangers. Each bus must be installed with hammers and fire extinguishers to allow passengers to break windows in an emergency. Besides the regular safety checks on ...

  • Direct trains between Haikou and Harbin expected to operate from July 1st

    According to the Ministry of Railways ticket booking website, 12306.cn, a Haikou-Harbin direct train service is expected to open on July 1st of this year. The whole journey, spanning a distance of about 4,000 km, will be operated by K1122 trains with a total travel duration of 65 hours. The train will have 45 stops as it passes through 11 provinces including Guangzhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, ...

  • The Buckinghamshire village that could scupper Michael Goves free school revolution

    A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial review of the proposal after Department for Education {DfE) bought an office block in the village for the school for a reputed ...

  • The city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu joins the Electric Circuit

    June 18, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - The founding partners of the Electric Circuit--Les Rtisseries St-Hubert, RONA, METRO, the Agence mtropolitaine de transport (AMT) and Hydro-Qubec--are pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu for the installation of a first public charging station for electric vehicles (EVs). In addition, the St-Hubert ...

  • Space station crew opens Europes Einstein cargo ship after fungus flap

    It doesn't take an Einstein to see that international differences can still crop up on the final frontier: Take the case of the European Space Agency's Einstein cargo craft, for example. Russian concerns about some potentially moldy cargo bags caused a holdup in the schedule for unloading seven tons of ...

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