Some China-watchers expect the yuan's ascent to resume at the speed it reached when it was last untethered from the dollar, in the three years after July 2005 (see chart).

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Network Rail said once engineers had removed the mud, rubble and debris and made the line safe, trains would resume at a reduced speed.

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Speed skating and bobsledding will resume competing in the fall, and continue to prepare for Sochi 2014 .

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