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A home owner rests after bailing out his house and laying newspapers to soak up excess water from the floor after flooding caused by heavy rain in Singapore. Photo courtesy: AFP.
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AOMORI NEBUTA FESTIVAL (Aomori prefecture): through Aug. 7; One of the largest and the most famous festivals in Japan.
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China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. By some measures it has already moved to second place after the... China - Japan - Asia - Economy - Military
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Since 2006, Japanese Sumitomo Group has asked to invest in a US$3.8 billion coal-run thermal electric power plant with a capacity of 2,640 MW in Ninh Hoa district, the central province of Khanh Hoa.
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"Hey! This car is for us train geeks, not you regular passengers. Take a walk." The occasion was Sunday, Jan 24, the final day before
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BEIJING -- The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to today's swarms of five-star hotels and six-figure autos, it is a cliché to say that the world has never before seen anything like this juggernaut.
The Queensland government says it will consider a & #36;4.85 billion offer for the state & #39;s coal rail tracks, but it still thinks a public float is the best option.
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Japan's transport minister criticized Toyota on Tuesday as initially too slow in responding to its recall crisis, but said the automaker had learned its lesson and is getting quicker in announcing recalls.
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Actor and avid train fan Taye Diggs, star of Private Practice, will join Amtrak to kick-off the third annual National Train Day. Â Diggs will start the weekend's festivities with a ceremony at New York's Penn Station on Friday, May 7, where he will flip the switch that launches an edible "trainscape" made from elaborate confections and moving model trains . Â Afterward, Diggs will board Amtrak ...
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