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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
A court suspended the license of a truck driver who drove on a highway with one eye on the road and the other glued to an episode of “Battlestar Galactica.”

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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Transportation experts say that many Europeans, out of necessity, habit or love, have proved surprisingly willing to bear the extra cost of driving.

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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
The blockage of Georgia?s main highway by Russian soldiers appeared to be a symbolic military rebuke to President Bush.

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
A highway that was once the showpiece of the United States reconstruction effort is now a dangerous gantlet of mines and attacks.

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The Kabul-Kandahar highway, once a sign of America?s commitment to building a new Afghanistan, is today a dangerous gantlet of mines and attacks.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Traffic restrictions, heightened security measures, and the closure of some nightclubs have some foreign residents and the media grumbling about the ?no-fun Olympics.?

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Traffic restrictions, heightened security measures, and the closure of some nightclubs have some foreign residents and the media grumbling about the ?no-fun Olympics.?

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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Traffic restrictions, heightened security measures, and the closure of some nightclubs have some foreign residents and the media grumbling about the ?no-fun Olympics.?

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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Thousands of soldiers have been working day and night to restore a highway that links a dozen devastated towns at the epicenter of China?s deadly earthquake.

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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Since Tuesday, thousands of soldiers have been working day and night to restore Highway 213, which links a dozen devastated towns and cities at the epicenter of China?s deadly earthquake.

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