China eyes U.S. high speed rail contracts bidding
China plans to bid for U S high speed rail contracts in the United States as part of a broader push to export rail technology to Europe and Latin America. Deputy Railways Minister Wang Zhiguo said firms are being organized to bid on routes in California, Florida and Illinois amid a $300 billion plan to build 16 000 miles of high speed lines by 2020.
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Muslims attack Coptic Christians in north Egypt rioting
In northwestern Egypt, Muslims attacked a church center and homes of Coptic Christians in Marsa Matruh over the weekend. At least 23 injured as the rampage spread, reportedly incited by a radical preacher. The violence highlights rising sectarian tensions amid broader rights concerns.
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Kissinger Hospitalized in Seoul During Visit
The 86 year old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger was hospitalized in Seoul with stomach pains. Severance Hospital said he is recovering and would be released today. He arrived earlier to attend a security forum and met President Lee Myung bak.
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Stolen sarcophagus returns to Egypt
Cairo reports a 3000-year-old wooden sarcophagus from the 21st Dynasty has been returned after customs seized it in Miami in 2008. The coffin once owned by Imesy was stolen 126 years ago and later shipped from Spain, with Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass leading efforts to reclaim it along with other antiquities now held in New York.
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