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CSIS has acknowledged that the Taiwan Transport Machinery Corporation paid $50,000 to CSIS for Akiyama’s stay at Harvard, $10,000 of which was retained by CSIS...
Even in today’s world where airplanes, buses and cars dominate travel, a national railway continues to provide several important contributions. Fuel consumption—and the resulting pollution—per capita is drastically less for trains than for other major forms of transport, making Amtrak environmentally friendly. Continuing national rail service could also increase employment throughout the nation. And finally, Amtrak provides effective alternative transportation during times of crisis when other forms of travel may be impossible. As the drastic increase in ridership immediately after Sept. 11 showed, a strong national rail service is an essential...
...Tamil Eelam and its strategic value as a major deepwater harbor made it a city on edge. The war also kept visitors from some of the island's finest beaches on the little-visited eastern coast. Just six months ago, the Tigers launched a suicide attack on a troop-transport ship just off Trincomalee, killing 21 soldiers and rebels...
ITALY General Strike Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi risked a showdown with the labor movement, vowing to press ahead with reforms that have already brought the three main trade unions out on the streets. After talks with the government collapsed, leaders of the health, transport and industrial unions representing 12 million workers called the first general strike in two decades for April 16. Unions object to government proposals that would limit the rights of dismissed employees. The government says the plan will promote labor flexibility and is in line with European practices...
Many Britons wonder what all the fuss is about. Why - with a disintegrating public-transport system, overburdened hospitals, failing schools and a countryside devastated by the ravages of foot-and-mouth disease - is fox hunting the one issue that really excites parliamentary passions...