Following the December 2009 opening of HSL Zuid, a London – Amsterdam journey is estimated to take 4hrs 16mins.

Following severe financial difficulties of the British East Africa Company, the British government on July 1, 1895 established direct rule through the East African Protectorate, subsequently opening ( 1902 ) the fertile highlands to white settlers.

Following the UK government's move towards opening up its data, a number of new mobile phone apps and services have been developed to help Londoners claim their refund more efficiently.

Following Pearl Harbor, officials grew apprehensive that the film could project an unduly negative image of the US internationally, and although a prestige opening was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1942, the film was never authorized for general release.

Following the release of the album, the band again went on a tour through Europe, opening on Kharkiv's Freedom Square in front of 350, 000 Ukrainian fans.

Following the line of the Roman road, they crossed the ford over the Bannockburn towards King Robert's division at the opening of the New Park.

Following the opening of Ferryfield in mid-1954, Silver City initially split its operations between the new airport and Lympne.

Following this report, which also claimed that the CIA had been involved in the assassination of the Swedish Prime minister Olof Palme, then President Francesco Cossiga requested the opening of investigations while the CIA itself officially denied these allegations.

Following the war, the United States Army Air Service experimented with the concept of having troops carried on the wings of aircraft pulled off by the opening of their parachutes.

Following the success of Jerry's opening night in London, Jerry follows Dale to Venice, where she is visiting Madge and modelling / promoting the gowns created by Alberto Beddini ( Erik Rhodes ), a dandified Italian fashion designer with a penchant for malapropisms.

Following this, Feydeau made a name for himself both in France and abroad, some of his plays opening overseas and in other languages before they opened in France.

Following the opening credits, the epigraph states that the film's story is non-factual.

Following closure of the prison came major restoration, an opening to the public in 1985, and completion of the abbey church's restoration in 2006 under architect Lucien Magne.

Following the release of their 1970 debut album, Glass Harp soon began getting more high-profile opening spots for the biggest bands of the day such as Alice Cooper, Chicago, Yes, Traffic, and Grand Funk Railroad among many others.

* Following the closure of the London and Croydon Canal, the London and Croydon Railway was built largely along the same course, opening in 1839.

Following the opening of the first railway station in the area in 1839 at Stratford, the focus of activity shifted northwards towards the fast-expanding Stratford, with the original settlement diminishing in significance.

Following the opening of the new high speed line to the station, redevelopment of the land between the two major stations and the old Kings Cross railwaylands to the rear has commenced, with outline planning permission granted for the whole site.

Following Busch's last 1995 event ( the Rams ' last home game prior to the opening of the now-Edward Jones Dome ), the Cardinals began a massive project to retrofit it into a baseball-only stadium.

Following the Atlantic City run, the show played in Newark and then Brooklyn before opening on Broadway, where it ran for 202 performances.

" Following the Broadway run, she agreed to join the show on the road, but shortly after the Chicago opening she claimed the chlorine in the city's water supply was irritating her throat, and Merman returned to Manhattan.

Following the practice of the time, the mined coal was processed into coke in rows of beehive ovens banked into the hillside below the mine opening.

Following the Civil War the attention turned more toward public education, with the first public school opening in the town around 1868.

Following the formal opening of the stand in August 1961, a celebration match was played on 22 October 1961 when Wednesday met Santos of Brazil with their new star Pele in the team.

Following The October Game's first concert at Dalhousie University opening for Moev, McLachlan was offered a recording contract with Vancouver-based independent record label Nettwerk by Moev's Mark Jowett.

Following the termination of Vestlandske Luftfartselskap in 1957 and the opening of Ålesund Airport, Vigra the following year, the concessions were reshuffled, and Braathens was granted a monopoly on services to Ålesund and between Trondheim and Bergen, while it and SAS would complete between Oslo and Stavanger, Kristiansand and Trondheim.

Following the term of service in Japan, each emissary returns for a brief visit to the campus to interpret his experience to the college community.

Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement.

Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Attlee and Churchill wanted the coalition government to last until Japan had been defeated.

Following Japan's surrender, the Allies issued the Shinto Directive separating church and state within Japan, leading to the Humanity Declaration of the incumbent Emperor.

Following the persecutions of Daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the subsequent closing of Japan to foreigners, the Christians of Japan were forced to go underground and developed an independent Christian culture.

Following the 1940 release of Republic Pictures ' serial adaptation of Drums of Fu Manchu, the U. S. State Department requested the studio make no further films with the character as China was an ally against Japan.

Following the war, the Dutch fought Indonesian independence forces after Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

Following the unconditional surrender of Japan to Allied Powers after World War II, Taiwan was relinquished by Japan as a stolen territory from China ( like Manchukuo ) by the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951.

Following a long record of instigating localized conflicts throughout the 1930s, Japan began a full-scale invasion of China on 7 July 1937.

Following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Japanese rule was brought to an end.

Following the release of Ruby 1. 3 in 1999 the first English language mailing list ruby-talk began, which signalled a growing interest in the language outside of Japan.

Following the Japan 2001 festival, Kew acquired a Japanese wooden house called a minka.

Following the completion of Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Yuji Naka was offered the role of producer at Sega of Japan.

Following the game's release, Eitaro Toyoda moved back to Sonic Team Japan to work on Sonic and the Secret Rings as a game designer.

Following the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Taiwan was ceded by Qing government to the Empire of Japan via the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

Following the 23 October 1991 Final Act of the International Paris Conference on Cambodia among the Cambodian parties, Indonesia ( as co-chair with France ), and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Japan promptly established diplomatic relations and ended economic restrictions with Cambodia and Vietnam.

* Following the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, the Treaty of Shimonoseki required that China pay Japan the sum of 200, 000, 000 taels ( or liangs ).

Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan became open to imports from the West, including photography, which largely replaced ukiyo-e during the bunmei-kaika ( 文明開化, Japan's Westernization movement during the early Meiji period ).

Following the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate ( 17th century ), the ninja faded into obscurity, being replaced by the Oniwabanshū body of secret agents.

Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Sanrio and Mercis reached an out-of-court settlement on June 7, 2011 for Sanrio to halt production worldwide of merchandise that feature Cathy.

Following many of his classmates, Zhou went to Japan in July 1917 for further studies.

Following extensive merger and acquisition activity in the 1990s and 2000s, international markets are dominated by five firms, in alphabetical order: Altria, British American Tobacco ( represented in the U. S. market by a 42 % stake in Reynolds American, Inc .), Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, and Philip Morris International.

Following Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Triple Intervention of Russia and France forced Japan to return the territory won in Liaodong, leading to a de facto Sino-Russian alliance.