Now it takes just 15 days for trains carrying containers with electronic goods, construction materials and other cargo to cover the 10,800 km (6,750 miles) route from Chongqing in southwest China to Duisburg in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region.
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While speaking at the Economist’s Information Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, went one step further in calling for another important element that must emerge: a data “platform” for personal data in aggregate. “The way we create wealth is by creating platforms,” Schmidt said.
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The Russian military will launch a new reconnaissance satellite from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on June 8, a space industry source said.
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“…Author and researcher David Icke is planning to take another bold step forward and launch a revolutionary new 24/7 Internet TV and radio station that will broadcast topics that the mainstream media are too cowardly, or controlled, to touch…”
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With roughly 18 months until launch, South Korea appears ready to create the world’s most ambitious cap and trade market, with the highest global price on carbon.
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Between 25 and 50 channels are expected to be made subscription-only when the service launches
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Former Congressman Ron Paul will hold a press conference this Wednesday to launch his next big project: the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
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The involvement of Bitcoin might sound a little odd, given its recent spike and trememendous nosedive in the markets yesterday, but OpenCoin plans to use the investment to fund the Ripple protocol, its own virtual currency and payments system
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Residents in the Japanese city of Yokohama came in for a shock earlier today after city officials mistakenly posted a tweet stating that North Korea had launched a missile.
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Turkey expects the Kurdistan Workers Party terrorist group to declare a ceasefire next week in a move that will begin a Northern Ireland-style peace process to end one of the world bloodiest conflicts, a senior official has said.
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