Eurostar sets Paris-London train speed record
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Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at around  320 kilometers (about 199 miles) per hour.
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The euro reaches a fresh record high against the US dollar, climbing above the $1.41 level.
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Â·  UK defies European trend with 11% rise in London Â·  Recent outbreaks in Luton and Swansea schools
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The French Group Alstom Saturday will sign contracts worth up to 1 billion Euros (1.23 billion dollars) in China for the delivery of trains and locomotives, French sources with knowledge of the deal revealed to AFP.
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The euro hit a new record high of $1.3336 in European trading this afternoon following publication of disappointing US consumer confidence data.
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Britons are once again flocking to use Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train service linking London and Paris, in part thanks to the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" that is largely set in the French capital, the company said.
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PARIS (BBC News) - Train service in France has almost returned to normal levels as strikes by rail workers over pension reform plans wind down.  High speed TGV trains were operating normally and most regional trains were running, said rail operator SNCF.  Eurostar trains between London and Paris were also running normally as thousands of England and South Africa fans streamed into the French capital to watch their teams play. The protest stems from plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to end retirement privileges which let some public sector workers retire at 50 on full pensions. German Locomotive Engineers to resume Strike Monday BERLIN (Tagesschau) - Locomotive Engineers Union GDL has announced it will begin another round of potentially crippling strikes on Monday against Deutsche Bahn, the German rail network and Germany's largest employer. This week's strikes caused some disruption, but failed to achieve the desired full paralysis of German rail due to an injunction forbidding strikers to shut down freight and long-distance rail, but GDL deputy boss Claus Weselsky told the German press Saturdays that the union is actively seeking to overturn the court order, and cautioned Germans dependent on rail as a means of travel to be prepared for a worsening of conditions next week.
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The Toyota Prius has set a new world land-speed record for hybrid powered cars. The Prius achieved 130.794 mph on a three-mile, Salt Lake course using a standard Hybrid Synergy Drive power-train - a mixture
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France's high-speed TGV train -- already the fastest in the world -- is to try to break its own record by hitting speeds above 540 kilometres (325 miles) per hour, its constructors said.
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Will attempt Paris-London in 2hrs 15mins Eurostar will this morning try to set a new Paris-London time record during the inaugural run along the recently-completed British "High Speed 1" track to St Pancras International station, Reuters reports.â¦
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A new train speed record is being attempted on the 401-mile journey from Glasgow to London.
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TRANSATLANTIC travellers could be in the US in minutes rather than hours after a supersonic jet screamed into the record books. The unmanned NASA jet reached speeds of almost 7,000 mph
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which cost Â£130million and opened only 10 years ago - is to close. The fleet of Eurostar trains, which connect London with Paris
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A HYPERSONIC rocket inspired by Australian technology has smashed the world speed record, travelling at 11,000km/h. RECORD bound .
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France's Alstom unveils a new high-speed AGV train which should travel at 360km/h (224mph).
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The train ride was easy.  London was rainy and cold.  So is Paris.  "cheesecake"
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The train is becoming an attractive option for business travelers in Europe.