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This Happened — May 4: Ground Is Broken On The Panama Canal

Post author By
Post date May 4, 2023

The building of the Panama Canal started on this day in 1904. This man-made waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was built by the United States. Why was the Panama Canal built? The Panama Canal was built to provide a more direct route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving time and money […]

Tags building, canal, construction, ocean, pacific, panama, panama canal, route, ship, south america, trade, transportation

Geopolitics Syria Crisis

Fleeing Ghouta, Tunnels Are Only Way Out Of Syrian City Under Siege

Post author By lmacret
Post date January 13, 2016

Syrian fighters in Eastern Ghouta Bassem Tellawi/Xinhua/ZUMA

While residents in Madaya may have no way out, other besieged areas under government control are finding creative ways to carry on. In Eastern Ghouta, a well-known rebel-held area in rural Damascus, residents can access a network of tunnels to escape or t

Tags al-nusra, Ghouta, route, syria, syria crisis, tunnel, underground

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