Gotthard Base Tunnel Opens as World’s Longest
Swiss engineers blasted through rock to complete a 35.4 mile Gotthard Base Tunnel in central Switzerland. The project, 60 years in the making, will connect Rotterdam to Genoa, shift freight from trucks to rail, and open in 2017 with speeds up to 155 mph.
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Putin loyalist Sobyanin chosen Moscow mayor in Kremlin shakeup
Deputy Premier Sergei Sobyanin, a longtime Putin ally, was nominated by President Medvedev to replace Yuri Luzhkov as Moscow mayor. The City Council must approve. Observers see the move as a show of Putin’s continuing grip on power amid a broader power struggle narrative.
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Moscow Carnegie Center
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