To fight against global warming, Japan started running the world’s first hybrid train. Following the country’s success with hybrid cars, the diesel-electric hybrid train called Kiha E200, which can hold 117 people including straphangers, was put into co
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The newly selected Seven Wonders of the World, which was announced on July 7, will be immortalized by sending their 3D photos into outer space. Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, who launched the campaign in 1999, said that the memory of the Seven Wonder
The Canadian Air Transport Safety Authority said last Wednesday that from now on air travelers in Canada who make comments about bombs and guns will be arrested if it is clear that they are making a serious threat. If a person says
Majorities in the U.S. say income differences in the country are too wide. A national poll released on July 5 showed that most of the respondents thought the government should provide jobs and training for those having a hard time. The survey, which w
According to recent estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), smoking related deaths could top one billion by the end of this century. WHO said in a report released on July 3 that currently over 5.4 million people die each year with
Archaeologists have unearthed what they say is a 3,000-year-old mummy of a high priest in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt on June 23. The discovery of the 18th Century ＂Sennefer＂was made by a team from Britain’s Cambridge University in one of
Hopes were raised on June 17 that North Korea would soon begin dismantling its nuclear program after the communist regime asked UN inspectors to begin inspection of its Yongbyon nuclear plant. The North invited the UN nuclear watchdog to discuss th
A gold encrusted sword, last worn by Napoleon during the battle of Marengo more than 200 years ago was sold at auction for a whopping 6.4 million dollars on June 11. It fetched far more than the 1.6 million estimate given by Osenat auction house, w
Reminiscent of the chilly dialogue that took place between the two super powers during the last Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned U.S. officials that its military would respond to any attempt by American forces to deploy a missile defe
U.S. troops freed 42 Iraqis held captive - some of whom had been hung from ceilings and tortured for months after raiding an Al-Qaida stronghold north of Baghdad on May 28. The U.S. military said the operation was possible on tips from residents, s
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