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...JAPAN The jinrikisha (human-force wheel), thought to have been invented here by local carpenters or American missionaries, became the most popular form of transport during the time of the Meiji Restoration. Over 25,000 rickshaws roamed Tokyo's streets in the 1870s...
...hunters in the U.S.; in New York City. Welles got his start seeking to avenge the murder of his mother, who had been executed in the woods near Riga, Latvia, where his family had recently been deported. Haunted by the face and name of the officer who ordered her transport, Welles, with the help of the Justice Department, tracked him down in Germany--where the man was put on trial in 1976 and convicted...
...processing this directive] set or individually, the compact, hardback guides list both the English and Chinese addresses of hotels, tourist attractions, malls, markets, restaurants and bars in the three cities (the Hong Kong edition also includes locations in Macau). Separate listings cover main streets, government buildings, banks, office buildings, transport hubs, clubs, hospitals and more. If you want to have a crack at verbal communication, the phonetic pronunciations of each building or location are given too. Arrow-shaped stickers allow users to mark desired locations before showing the guide to the driver, while detailed toll information for tunnels, highways...
...electronic supply industries, with 400 new factories having been built in the past five years alone. And the expansion of exports to Europe and the U.S. has improved local quality control and raised labor and industrial standards in the region. Signs of prosperity are everywhere as the city's transport infrastructure is overhauled, and locals begin to invest in new homes and cars...
...decision to revoke the security access badges of 72 workers at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport was presented as part of an effort to identify and eliminate potential terror risks at the heart of one of Europe ' s largest transport hubs. But skeptical voices question whether politics influenced the decision. Deputy prefect in charge of security, Jacques Lebrot, told the media he had acted on the basis of a year-long intelligence inquiry that had identified the workers as regulars of fundamentalist mosques, acquaintances of suspected radicals, or travelers to such Islamist hot spots as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia...