Indian villager takes 14 years to dig tunnel through mountain

I wonder how many hammers and chisel he damaged and wore out?  " An Indian villager burrowed for 14 years with a hammer and chisel to cut a tunnel through a mountain so that his neighbours could reach nearby fields and he could park his truck outside his home....
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Indian villager takes 14 years to dig tunnel through mountain

I wonder how many hammers and chisel he damaged and wore out?  " An Indian villager burrowed for 14 years with a hammer and chisel to cut a tunnel through a mountain so that his neighbours could reach nearby fields and he could park his truck outside his home....

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims

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Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

Let children play in car parks, say health chiefs after hundreds of school sp...

The selling off of public playing fields for housing development has been and continues to be a hot potato for the British Government which more than 5 years ago committed itself to halting the practice. It has...

FDA lifts warning on tomatoes

"The federal agency lifted its warning about tomatoes but left in place a warning about raw jalapeño and serrano peppers, having previously said those foods also may be linked to the outbreak. The source of the...

FDA lifts warning on tomatoes

"Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada. ...

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"Iran, Pakistan and India will sign a deal this month to build a natural gas pipeline to help feed the subcontinent’s desperate need for energy, indeed a major blow to illegal US-led sanctions against Tehran and a defeat for US influence in South Asia. The $7.5 billion...

Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back

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Bali Is Not A Paradise

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China and Japan 'Agree' to Gas Deal

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