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World Service,01 Jun 2016,49 mins

The World's Longest Rail Tunnel Opens Under The Alps

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The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens under the Alps in Switzerland; 40 dead tiger cubs found in Thai temple, Japanese military join search for missing child abandoned in bear-inhabited mountain forest. (Photo: An Italian train makes its way at the north entrance of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty)

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