• New aircraft will include Su-34 and Su-35 fighters, and Mi-26 transport and Mi-8 gunship helicopters, AP adds.

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  • Sales of motorcycle--India's most popular mode of personal transport--fell 8.3% in March.

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  • Both men have devoted their energies to transport -- and attacking each other viciously on the issue, as well as on their complex personal tax arrangements.

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  • The four-engine Yun-20, or Transport-20, is a huge, multi-function airfreighter that can perform various long distance air transport tasks targeting cargo and passengers, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

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  • That's why many top-tier villas come with phalanxes of personnel and also offer private transport -- via luxury car, boat or helicopter -- to zip guests anyplace they desire.

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  • Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport -- InSight, for short -- was just confirmed as a new NASA mission, with the space agency set to launch in March of 2016.

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  • Two years ago, he astonished the world of neurology with evidence that apo E -- known until then only for its role in cholesterol transport -- is involved in the major type of Alzheimer's disease.

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  • Most famous of these, of course is Air Force One, the official jet transport -- though actually there are two Air Force Ones, both modified Boeing 747-400s -- of the President of the United States of America.

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  • Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Samsonite remains the best-known U.S. luggage brand, but that's little comfort in a sector as commoditized as air transport itself--and with prices coming down quickly as more production (including Samsonite's own) has been sent to China.

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  • From a solar-paneled rickshaw they explore the cuts being made in transport -- nearly the whole public transport system is run on natural gas (CNG) and the Metro system is expanding to take 17 million cars off the road reducing emissions by 160 millions tons.

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  • The overall construction -- which can be broken down into its constituent head, neck and body components for transport -- feels lightweight and borderline-flimsy at times, though to be fair, it's held up remarkably well during our time with it and we don't have any reason to suspect it might do otherwise.

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  • There is not one case of transmission on our sardine-packed public-transport system or through the air-conditioning systems in office buildings.

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  • Friends of Isles of Scilly Transport - or Frist - said it was to discuss how to raise issues with the government.

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  • Aside from the basics - utilities, schools, clean streets, efficient public transport - at which Tokyo traditionally excels, the Japanese megapolis provides sign-language interpreters for the deaf, home helpers for the elderly, and subsidies for single-parent households.

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  • Samsung's new portable external drives offer up to 1 terabyte (TB) capacity in a compact, easy-to-transport format with curved sides for a comfortable grip and sleek, Scandinavia-inspired styling.

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  • During the month, sales of motorcycles--the cheapest and highest-selling mode of personal transport in India--fell 4% to 800, 185 units.

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  • Organized crime groups often run their own legitimate businesses--usually transport or import-export companies--as front groups for money laundering.

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  • He projected that small to mid-sized companies that are fortunate enough to operate light, easy-to-transport equipment, and considering a sale in the near future will see their values go up considerably once they relocate, as they will no longer be burdened by punishing state taxes and environmental laws.

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  • Labour's Brian Simpson - who chairs the parliament's Transport Committee - was questioning the Commission on how the problem can be tackled.

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  • The third option is to direct part or all of the revenues raised by above-inflation increases in fuel duties to public- and road-transport improvements.

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  • The Welsh Assembly Government said parking was a matter for individual trusts who take into account a number of factors - such as patients' needs and public transport - when deciding what facilities to provide.

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  • The government says local communities will be given more control over housing and planning decisions and be able to question how services - such as children's centres and transport - are being run by their local authority.

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  • Leonard Cheshire - a disability charity which has been campaigning on transport accessibility - says 2020 is "later than we would have liked".

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  • Mr Richardson admits that selling the idea of environmentally-friendly public transport to car-happy New Mexicans was not easy at first.

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  • Emirates has also thrived by entering markets in the rest of the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, India and Latin America that had hitherto been poorly connected to the global air-transport network because of over-regulation, the absence of a strong local flag carrier and the indifference of established airlines.

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  • David Begg, a transport academic, who is convener of the city's transport committee, has well-advanced plans for an ambitious public-transport infrastructure programme.

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  • Indeed, in addition to car sharing, the industry is increasingly working on developing complex multi-transport solutions, such as monthly tickets that let people in cities mix and match public transport with bicycle-sharing schemes and car-sharing schemes, Mr Leo explains.

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  • He believes that focusing on mining self-sustaining minerals would be more beneficial than trying to harvest and then transport helium-3.

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  • The bench is part of a national project by Sustrans - a cycling charity encouraging people to travel by foot, bike or public transport - funded by The Big Lottery Fund and Plymouth City Council.

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  • Ahn Byung-min, of the Seoul-based Korea Transport Institute, has made 40-odd trips to monitor the distribution of South Korean food aid.

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