China launches world's longest high-speed rail line
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A passenger displays her ticket before boarding the new 2,298-kilometre (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province on December 26, 2012. China launched service December 26 on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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