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UK's Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition

by Associated Press
| February 11, 2020 6:30 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government on Tuesday approved an overdue, over-budget plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and northern England, despite opposition from environmentalists and lawmakers in his own party.

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