Shanghai Rejects Application to Protest World's Fastest Train (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Shanghai rejected an application by local residents to hold a public demonstration against a more than $5 billion extension of the city's magnetic-levitation train line, the world's fastest commercial rail link.
Shot putters, Walker head U.S. world indoor team (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
World champions Reese Hoffa and Brad Walker headline a 51-member U.S. team for next month's world indoor championships in Spain, USA Track & Field announced on Wednesday.
Darfur: Beijing envoy says world can do more (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China's special envoy to Darfur on Wednesday urged the international community to step up peace efforts in the war-torn region and advised its ally Sudan to do more to cooperate with world powers.
World watching to see which candidate will face foreign hurdles (Sports Illustrated)
The next U.S. president will face a world fraught with far more foreign policy challenges than President Bush did when he took office.
