1 of 2. An attendant stands inside a high-speed train during an organized experience trip from Beijing to Zhengzhou, as part of a new rail line, December 22, 2012. China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome December
Snow blows across US Highway 218 as near whiteout conditions begin in Waterloo, Iowa, December 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Matthew Putney/The Waterloo Courier/HandoutCHICAGO | Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:04am EST CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first major snow storm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after their meeting with Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul December 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Osman OrsalBRUSSELS | Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:02am EST BRUSSELS (Reuters) -
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:43pm EST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two species of far-north seals, victims of disappearing sea ice and dwindling snowpack in their Arctic habitat, will be granted protections under the Endangered Species Act,
WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:11pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has softened rules to curb pollution from industrial boilers and large incinerators, revising earlier versions to target only the largest polluters
