Swiss inaugurate $12 billion rail tunnel, world's longest - Omaha World
Urs Flueeler Swiss inaugurate $12 billion rail tunnel, world's longest FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2015 file photo a test train drives close to the northern gate near Erstfeld, Switzerland. The celebrations of the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel will start on June 1, 2016. With a length of 57 km (35 miles) crossing the Alps, the Gotthard Base tunnel is the world's longest train tunnel. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP, file) Karl Mathis Swiss inaugurate $12 billion rail tunnel, w..>> view original'Neo-Nazis' wearing sausage necklaces lob meat at vegans in cafe brawl
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MITZPE YERICHO, West Bank In the hills east of Jerusalem, overlooking the Palestinian city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, stands a religious Jewish settlement whose red-tile roofs, neat gardens and brightly colored playgrounds give the sense of permanence.Mitzpe Yericho has stood on this escarpment close to the Dead Sea - the lowest point on earth - since 1978. It is one of more than 230 settlements Israelis have built on occupied land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past half-..>> view originalChildren caught in the firing line as airstrikes target Syrian city
One of the strikes hit near a local hospital, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Earlier reports that the hospital was struck directly were incorrect, said the Observatory's Rami Abdulrahman. A Syrian, he and others with the group are based in the United Kingdom, and communicate constantly with people on the ground in Syria. Video posted by the Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer search-and-rescue operation in the country, showed responders digging through the rubble, searching ..>> view originalEU referendum: TUC says Leave vote would hit wages
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The Wildlife Conservation Office (WCO) is investigating the motives behind the temple storing the bodies and is looking into the possibility that it is smuggling tiger parts, the organization's director, Teunjai Noochdumrong told CNN. The discovery of the cubs' bodies is, she says, further evidence that the facility broke an agreement that they would inform the WCO if new cubs were born at the temple.The organization believes the temple's license to keep tigers should be revoked. "We are determi..>> view original
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