Cash-strapped France may halt high-speed train expansion

France may abandon plans for a major extension of its high-speed train network as the new left-wing government strives to shrink its huge debt.

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France may abandon plans for a major extension of its high-speed train network, one of the most visible if costly symbols of its engineering prowess, as the new left-wing government strives to shrink its huge debt, reports Reuters.