In 1996, when he became prime minister for the first time, Mr Netanyahu's decision to open a tunnel alongside the al-Aqsa compound sparked a Palestinian uprising that left scores dead.

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Transport Secretary Philip Hammond cut the ribbon to officially open the road tunnel, which has taken four and a half years to build.

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The tunnel stayed open.

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The Kingsway Tunnel will be open as normal throughout the closures.

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In Leipzig, the city tunnel for commuter trains was expected to open in 2009.

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And traffic between geographically separated company networks can be routed through a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel instead of being exposed to the open Internet.

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Many of the tunnel networks in Alderney remain untouched and open to the public, while most in Guernsey have been turned into museums or have been closed off for safety reasons.

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Highways Agency spokesman said road alignments to allow traffic to enter the northbound tunnel could not be done until the southbound was open.

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Earlier Wednesday, a fifth hole drilled down into the mine found just six inches of open space left between the roof and rubble in an 8-foot-high tunnel, said Jack Kuzar, a district manager with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will open train company Eurostar's new terminal at St Pancras station and also the completed Channel Tunnel Rail Link that has enabled Eurostar trains to start and finish journeys there.

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