China will spend 120 billion yuan ($17.6 billion) to build a second railway traversing the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to information from a meeting of the Xinjiang committee of the Communist Party of China on Tuesday. Construction is expected to begin next year, with investment from the central and local governments and other sources. The passenger line will go through Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang. It will facilitate the transport of agricultural products and mine

This is a long post– but it is incredibly valuable. Please take the time to read it… You won’t be sorry. By Karl Amman Visit his website to see hundreds of absolutely breathtaking photos: http://karlammann.com/ Nov. 10, 2008 I’ve just finished a film shoot, with a German television crew and a print journalist, which took us to several locations in Western and Central Kalimantan. Our objective was to investigate and document the current conservation status of orangutans indigenous to these a

Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Gold prices rose in New York, capping the biggest monthly increase in nine years, on demand for a haven following terrorist attacks in India. Platinum had the biggest weekly gain since May.