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Culver City welcomes Expo Line light rail to the Westside The Culver City and Farmdale stations opened Wednesday, June 20, 2012.   Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa poses for the ribbon-cutting to open the Culver City station. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Transportation officials opened the Culver City station […]

China’s first manned space lab mission coming within days China’s historic spacecraft docking mission this month will involve a female astronaut Video: Upate June 16, 2012   People watch the Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which moves to the launch pad at the Jiuquan launch center in Jiuquan, China’s northwest Gansu province, Saturday, […]

Video: Flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels make The River Thames a royal highway LONDON – The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a  flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee. They travelled down a 7-mile (11-kilometre) stretch of London’s river. […]

Video: Iceberg flips out in front of stunned tourists Filmed by Israeli sightseers at Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.

London’s Big Ben to be renamed Elizabeth Tower AFP Britain’s famed parliament clock tower Big Ben is set to be renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of the queen’s diamond jubilee, a report said Friday. Prime Minister David Cameron is among 331 lawmakers who have signed up to a campaign to bestow the tribute to […]

Urban Africa- Cities of Africa not often seen by people outside of the continent A collection of photos taken by awesome people of the world   Dilemma X   Africa is huge and diverse. It is the 2nd most populous continent, after Asia. The continent has 54 independent countries with many different ethnic groups.   Africa […]

Tokyo Sky Tree opens as world’s tallest tower at 2080 feet (634 meters) tall   Associated Press   TOKYO — The world’s tallest tower and Tokyo’s biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Sky Tree, has opened to the public. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter […]

What does a city’s skyline represent? The new One World Trade Center : Not America’s tallest building, after all? By The Week’s Editorial Staff | The Week New York was supposed to finally retake the skyscraper crown from Chicago. A local spat may deep-six that plan On April 30, One World Trade Center in lower […]

The ArcelorMittal Orbit is officially unveiled at London’s 2012 Olympic Park The ArcelorMittal Orbit was officially unveiled on Friday, May 11, 2012 at London 2012 Olympic Park in east London. The London skyline is seen from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the London 2012 Olympic Park in east London May 11, 2012. The structure was […]

The Beijing Auto Show 2012     Jack Perkowski, Contributor Forbes   First quarter passenger car sales in China may have been flat, but that does not seem to have dampened the enthusiasm for the Beijing Auto Show, which opened earlier this week. Every year, China’s major auto show alternates between Beijing and Shanghai, and […]