The upgraded rail line will allow for more efficient connections to the nearby main lines of the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroads.

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These buoys are placed at intervals along specific lines of longitude throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

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European countries are among the few developed supporters of renewing Kyoto, along with a chorus of developing nations and low-lying Pacific islands, which are on the front lines of climate change due to rising sea levels.

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But this "re-regulation" is not the way to stoke competition, says the American Association of Railroads, whose members include Amtrak and the four major freight lines, CSX, BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.

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Two new international cruise lines, Carnival Australia and Silversea, started making port at the Pacific nation in October 2013 and 2014 respectively.

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