Jordan has 58km of trail so far, and Turkey's 170km path has been operating since the start of 2012.

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Trying to find a profitable path, Samara has gone through five chief operating officers in as many years.

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The company can stay on its current path of relying on Symbian, and continue developing its new operating system with Intel Corp.

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In vowing to keep selling Symbian phones for the next two years, while turning MeeGo into an open source project and continuing to develop phones for that operating system as well, the company has created added complication, rather than a clear path forward.

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Over the more than 100 years of its history, BP has taken pride in operating at the frontiers of the energy industry, and we are committed to defining the new path forward.

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Dick Patton: The latter course may be more of a long game, but we believe it is the new path to executive leadership in marketing, as opposed to being a highly prized senior marketing specialist operating a level or two down.

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