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Rail contract challenged


Virgin could lose its contract to provide 140mph trains for the west coast mainline. Railtrack is said to be unhappy that the cost of the project has escalated from £2.3 billion to £6.3 billion, and wants the Strategic Rail Authority to release Virgin from a commitment to deliver the trains by 2005.
Stealth purchase certain


The US Defense Department has decided to buy the F-22 stealth fighter despite criticism that there may be no need for a plane much more sophisticated than any it would meet in combat. The price tag now stands at $45 billion for 295 planes, 44 fewer than originally planned.
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