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Published: 12/22/09

Extreme Winter Brings Death and Chaos to Europe

By  not in system - AOL News
Extreme Winter Brings Death and Chaos to Europe

(Dec. 22) -- Travel chaos hit much of Europe today as fresh snowstorms and widespread ice left hundreds stranded and roads blocked, with forecasts of more bad weather to come. The devastating cold snap has also caused more than 80 deaths across the continent. At least 42 people in Poland and 27 in Ukraine, most of them homeless, froze to death over the weekend, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported. Another 12 homeless people have died this month in France, according to Reuters UK. Getty Images A truck overturned on an icy highway in the Netherlands. In addition, 13 people died ...

Published: 12/17/09

High-Speed Rail: Great for Europe, but Less So for the U.S.?

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
High-Speed Rail: Great for Europe, but Less So for the U.S.?

As climate change negotiations in Copenhagen stumble and threaten to dissolve, at least one aspect of "green" living looks set to rev up: high-speed rail. But even as enthusiasm for it spreads from Antwerp to Tallahassee, critics warn that it may not be all it's cracked up to be. If you look at what's going on in Europe this week, it seems pretty obvious that high-speed rail is the new, new thing. On Monday, four different countries ushered in modifications to their high-speed services, slashing travel times between inter-continental routes like Paris and Amsterdam and Brussels and Cologne. ...

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