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China gears up for Spring Festival travel peak

Date: 2009-01-04

Railway stations across China expect to handle a record of 188 million passengers heading home to family for the Lunar New Year holidays. That's up 8 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Railways (MOR) said here on Thursday.

"With 150 more trains in operation, trains can carry 4.48 million travelers every day, up 180,000 compared with the same period of 2008," MOR spokesman W

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Cat and chick: best of friends

Date: 2008-09-18

A farmhouse cat has adopted a chicken after she became the only survivor of a fox attack in Middleton, near Leiston in Suffolk, Britain.

It's an unlikely partnering, but the pair have become firm friends -- even lavishing affection on each other. The incredible friendship blossomed just over two months ago when a fox killed 13 chicks -- leaving the chick Gladys as the only surviv

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World's widest tunnel completes digging in Shanghai

Date: 2008-09-07

The world's widest tunnel with an inner diameter of 13.7 meters completed its excavation here under the Yangtze River on Friday.

The 8.9-km tunnel is part of a 12.6 billion yuan ($1.84 billion) bridge and tunnel project to link Shanghai with Chongming Island, the country's third largest after Taiwan and Hainan.

The tunnel will accommodate a six-lane expressway and

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