Talk:Baikal Amur Mainline

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  • "Baikal-Amur Railway line turns 30." (July 9, 2004). Vladivostok Novosti. [1].

[edit] $14 billion

Sorry, if this question sounds stupid, but I'm German and I need to know this: Does 14 billion mean 14\star10^{12} or 14\star10^9?

I ask this question, because I read this at this German site:

In German, French and "classic" British English, one billion is a thousand million, (1012). In the USA (and now in nearly every English-speaking country), the billion is 109. ...

--217.250.2.177 12:58, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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