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Impoverished county races to join craze for marathons (Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China)
Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China). Impoverished county races to join craze for marathons. DATE.2016-05-27 SOURCE.China Daily. By Zhu Lixin Updated. 2016-05-26 09.33 ... They hope the event will attract more than 3,000 runners from throughout China who will participate in either a half-marathon, a 10-kilometer race or a 5-kilometer event ... So far this year, there have already been more than 100 ... (noodl....
Demo tram lines for rail transit technology show (Shanghai Municipal Government)
Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. Shanghai Municipal Government) ... They will have a total length of 28.5 kilometers and connect with Metro Line 9 at Songjiang University Town station ... Electric trams are energy-efficient and can travel at a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour ... Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/D23A22D08407BD68635284DF247A131C7EF4A720....
Mayor answers: 'I'm from the sea'
Edit China Daily 27 May 2016
"I'm from the sea.". The answer actually makes sense. Xiao is responsible for the largest maritime area in China, some 2 million square kilometers in the South China Sea. He figures that about a third of every year sees him on the waves, traveling more than 10,000 nautical miles to visit and inspect the islands and reefs he administers ... But sacrifices have to be made ... ... ....
Egypt Digs Deep for Gold in Desert Where Pharaohs Only Scratched
Edit Bloomberg 27 May 2016
Miners in Egypt are digging deep at what will be the country’s second gold mine, excavating in a desert where the pharaohs tried without much success to unearth the precious metal 5,000 years ago ... Large Potential ... Alexander Nubia is exploring over 2,700 square kilometers (1,042 square miles) in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, about 800 kilometers southeast of Cairo, in an area known as the Arabian-Nubian Shield ... ....
Innovative bus set for test run in August (The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China)
Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China). A bus that straddles highway lanes to allow cars to pass beneath－a sort of moving tunnel－is set for a test run in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, in August ... Zhoukou, Henan province, plans to build a special 120-kilometer line that will allow the running of TEBs ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 27 May 2016 00.07.10 UTC ... (noodl. 33821503) ....
Xuji seeks takeover targets globally in contract push
Edit China Daily 27 May 2016
That project aims to transmit power from the northern Amazon River region to populous areas in the south of the country, a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers ... According to the National Energy Administration, much of the country's energy distribution remains unbalanced, with distances between energy-rich and energy-consumption areas ranging from 800 to 3,000 kilometers....
Dozens Imprisoned by South Sudan at Risk of Death, Amnesty Says
Edit Bloomberg 27 May 2016
Most of the detainees at the site, about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) south of the capital, Juba, are civilians accused of having links to the former rebel group led by Vice President Riek Machar that fought in the country’s two-year civil war and is now part of the government, the London-based rights organization said in a statement ... Authorities denied that report ... ....
Post-White House, Obamas to Rent Washington Mansion
Edit Chosun Ilbo 27 May 2016
U.S ... The White House has not made an official announcement, but people familiar with the family's plans say that the first couple will rent a $5 million home that is just three kilometers from the White House. Kalorama is close to Washington's Embassy Row (diplomatic quarter) and the home where U.S. vice presidents live ... ....
Facebook and Microsoft are laying a giant internet cable across the Atlantic
Edit DNA India 27 May 2016
-->. The two companies have entered a partnership to lay a subsea internet cable across more than 6,000 kilometers. Facebook and Microsoft today announced a partnership to lay a subsea internet cable, the highest capacity ever, across the Atlantic Ocean ... Construction will begin in August 2016 and is expected to be done by October 2017 ... dna Web Team. ....
Hundreds rescued as packed vessel capsizes
Edit China Daily 27 May 2016
A dramatic image captures the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya that left at least five people dead ... The image was part of a series released by the Italian Navy on Wednesday ... The migrants had sounded the alarm by calling for help using a satellite phone about 33 kilometers off Libya ... (China Daily 05/27/2016 page1) ....
photo: Creative Commons / Ramon FVelasquez
Facebook and Microsoft are building an underwater cable across the Atlantic
Edit Quartz 27 May 2016
Facebook and Microsoft are teaming up to lay a major subsea cable under the Atlantic Ocean. The underwater cable will measure 6,600 kilometers, stretching from Virginia to Bilbao, Spain. It will carry an estimated 160 terabits of data per second, millions of times faster than the typical home internet connection ... (Microsoft) ... ....
Beijing designers' bus in the sky under construction (Beijing Municipal Government)
Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. Beijing Municipal Government). Plans for a bus which lets cars drive underneath it were unveiled at a recent high-tech expo in Beijing. Designers say it can not only save road space but also help to reduce air pollution ... Running along special tracks, the bus will be able to carry up to 1,400 passengers, and travel at a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour ... (noodl. 33822339) ....
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