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| | CNN.com - Japan's maglev train sets record - Dec. 3, 2003 |
 | | A magnetically levitated Japanese train has raced to a new record, topping its own previous best set just last month. |
 | | The experimental three-car maglev was carrying passengers when it set the world's top speed for a train, clocking at 581 kph (361 mph), Central Japan Railway Co., which is carrying out the experiments, said in a statement on Tuesday. |
 | | The train, which is controlled remotely, set the previous record of 570 kilometers per hour (353 miles per hour) at the 18.4-kilometer- (11.4-mile-) long test track in Yamanashi Prefecture (state), west of Tokyo, on November 19. |
| www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/12/03/japan.maglev.ap (353 words) |
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