China is exploring the possibility of extending its high-speed train network as far as Europe, potentially cutting rail travel time between London and Beijing to as little as two days. Officials hope to see the project completed over the next ten years, enabling passengers to travel the roughly 8,000 kilometre journey at speeds of up to 320 kilometres per hour. Two lines to Europe are reportedly being considered under the proposals, one passing through India, Pakistan, and the Middle East, while a second would head to Germany via Russia. Exact routes are currently undecided however. A third line would extend south from China to connect Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Malaysia.
Officials hope to see the project completed over the next ten years, enabling passengers to travel the roughly 8,000 kilometre journey at speeds of up to 320 kilometres per hour.
Two lines to Europe are reportedly being considered under the proposals, one passing through India, Pakistan, and the Middle East, while a second would head to Germany via Russia. Exact routes are currently undecided however. A third line would extend south from China to connect Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Malaysia.
can you squeak in mandarin? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
We could have a group ET outing to Shanghai from Paris.
You can thank the USA for funding such an impressive project!
heh, all hail the mighty american consumer!
i thought it was the chinese financing the american afghan-iraq madventure.
signed, confused ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Germany's foreign minister has called for the removal of Cold War legacy nuclear weapons being stored here, but some in Washington may have other plans. The US Department of Energy is requesting a budget of close to $2 billion to modernize the country's oldest models of nuclear weapons, including those being kept in Germany. In a move that could have an impact on the future of nuclear weapons stored in Germany and other parts of Europe, the United States Department of Energy has included requests in its latest budget proposal for funding to modernize parts of the country's aging nuclear arsenal -- a move that would seem to contradict the vision of a nuclear weapons-free world President Barack Obama announced last year. From 2011 to 2015, the agency wants to allocate close to $2 billion to push forward plans to modernize its arsenal of B-61 nuclear bombs. Some of these weapons are being kept in Europe, including some at storage facilities at the German air force base in Büchel. In total, the US Air Force still has around 150 strategic B-61 bombs in its active arsenal as well as around 400 non-strategic models and a reserve of around 200 further non-strategic bombs.
In a move that could have an impact on the future of nuclear weapons stored in Germany and other parts of Europe, the United States Department of Energy has included requests in its latest budget proposal for funding to modernize parts of the country's aging nuclear arsenal -- a move that would seem to contradict the vision of a nuclear weapons-free world President Barack Obama announced last year.
From 2011 to 2015, the agency wants to allocate close to $2 billion to push forward plans to modernize its arsenal of B-61 nuclear bombs. Some of these weapons are being kept in Europe, including some at storage facilities at the German air force base in Büchel. In total, the US Air Force still has around 150 strategic B-61 bombs in its active arsenal as well as around 400 non-strategic models and a reserve of around 200 further non-strategic bombs.
And the 'Bomb's Away!' boys within the USAF would be sucking hind teat, versus the missile carried weapons platforms, if they didn't have 'em.
And aircraft deployed nuclear weapons is the only operationally verified means of delivering the goddamn things.
And that was when there was a SAC. With the modern Fat Force, who would bet that they could find their way to the target?
"Russia, that's the one shaped like a boot, right?" "Schiller sprach zu Goethe, Steck in dem Arsch die Flöte! Goethe sagte zu Schiller, Mein Arsch ist kein Triller!"
Mind you, we have been struggling to put Finland on the map for ages. Only now we're thinking of taking it off again. People who can't find us are not people we really want to know.
A standard tactic against an invading army used to be revolving the signposts at road intersections. You can't be me, I'm taken
hahaha, haha, ha. That's even funnier than claims of Obama wanting to improve health care. At least in the case of health care he had some power on the table to play with.
you are the media you consume.
The Nobel Peace Prize has gone nuclear.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have rallied outside a military base on the outskirts of the capital in an effort to increase pressure on the country's prime minister to stand down and call fresh elections. The protesters, known as the Reds Shirts, had set a deadline of noon on Monday (0500GMT) for Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign or face what they say will be crippling mass demonstrations in the Thai capital. That deadline has now passed and Abhisit has rejected their demand for fresh elections.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have rallied outside a military base on the outskirts of the capital in an effort to increase pressure on the country's prime minister to stand down and call fresh elections.
The protesters, known as the Reds Shirts, had set a deadline of noon on Monday (0500GMT) for Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign or face what they say will be crippling mass demonstrations in the Thai capital.
That deadline has now passed and Abhisit has rejected their demand for fresh elections.
A South African judge has convicted ANC official Julius Malema of hate speech for his comments about the woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape. The Equality Court judge ordered Mr Malema to make an unconditional apology and pay 50,000 rand ($6,700; £4,500) to a centre for abused women. The ANC Youth League leader had said the woman must have had a "nice time". Mr Zuma was acquitted of rape.
The Equality Court judge ordered Mr Malema to make an unconditional apology and pay 50,000 rand ($6,700; £4,500) to a centre for abused women.
The ANC Youth League leader had said the woman must have had a "nice time". Mr Zuma was acquitted of rape.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday boycotted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's speech to Israel's Knesset to protest the visiting leader's refusal to lay a wreath at Mount Herzl. Lieberman also boycotted a meeting between Lula and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming the Brazilian president slighted Israel by refusing the customary diplomatic visit to Mount Herzl and the gravesite of Zionist leader Theodore Herzl.
Lieberman also boycotted a meeting between Lula and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming the Brazilian president slighted Israel by refusing the customary diplomatic visit to Mount Herzl and the gravesite of Zionist leader Theodore Herzl.
"Não é uma questão de dar sinais políticos ocultos. Está se fazendo uma tempestade em copo d'água, e a decisão não é uma desfeita por parte do presidente", disse a fonte. A informação que chegou ao governo brasileiro é de que a visita ao túmulo de Herzl não é praxe de viagens oficiais. Os dois últimos chefes de Estado que passaram por Israel - o presidente francês, Nicolas Sarkozy, e o primeiro-ministro italiano, Silvio Berlusconi - não visitaram o local.
A informação que chegou ao governo brasileiro é de que a visita ao túmulo de Herzl não é praxe de viagens oficiais. Os dois últimos chefes de Estado que passaram por Israel - o presidente francês, Nicolas Sarkozy, e o primeiro-ministro italiano, Silvio Berlusconi - não visitaram o local.
