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  // Author - Brenden West; updated 3-18-03

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DD_LongestTunnels.sPubDate = "12/17/2004 9:31:43 PM GMT";
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DD_LongestTunnels.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Don't hold your breath";
DD_LongestTunnels.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Don't hold your breath</b></font><p>If you're superstitious and hold your breath while traveling in tunnels, avoid the ones listed here. According to the 2005 Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac, these are the ten longest tunnels in the world. Four of the top ten are located in Japan, including the longest.";
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DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("1.","Seikan - passes under the Tsugaru Strait between islands of Honshu and Hokkaido","Japan","33.5","1988","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("2.","Channel Tunnel (Eurotunnel) - passes under English Channel between Folkestone (UK) and Sangatte (France)","UK-France","31.4","1994","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("3.","Iwate-Ichinohe - carries Tohoku high-speed line through mountains between Tokyo and northern Honshu","Japan","15.7","2002","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("4.","L&aelig;rdal - carries main cross-country highway through mountains in central Norway","Norway","15.3","2000","Highway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("5.","Daishimizu - on Joetsu Line across Honshu between Tokyo and Nigata","Japan","13.8 ","1982","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("6.","Simplon II - rail links under Simplon Pass, traditional divide between northern and southern Europe (tie)","Italy-Switzerland","12.3","1922","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("6.","Simplon I - rail links under Simplon Pass, traditional divide between northern and southern Europe (tie)","Italy-Switzerland","12.3","1906","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("8.","Vereina - rail link under Fl&Uuml;ela Pass between upper Rhine and lower Engadin valleys","Switzerland","11.9","1999","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("9.","Shin-Kanmon - carries Sanyo high-speed line under Kanmon Strait between islands of Honshu and Kyushu","Japan","11.6","1975","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("10.","Great Apennine - rail link through mountains between Bologna and Florence (tie)","Italy","11.5","1934","Railway");
DD_LongestTunnels.rows[i++] = new Array("10.","Qinling - crosses Qinling (Tsinling) Mountains, historic barrier between northern and southern China (tie)","China","11.5","2001","Railway");

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