21.   Other suggestions for such explosions have included digging canals across deserts.

22.   A diversion canal was being dug to drain water that remained at the catch basin.

23.   Digging the canal was slowed by boulders and hard rock layers, and the water flow remained far below the target when work was halted Saturday.

24.   Instead of letting them get rusty, they could be mobilised for farm work, such as digging water canals, reservoirs and embankments.

25.   Previously, archaeologists believed the canals were dug hundreds of years more recently.

26.   The government is considering digging a canal to feed them from the Tigris River, though that too has hit dangerously low levels in the past two years.

27.   The government also plans to build ponds and dig canals to distribute river water for the rice paddies, Sanusi added.

28.   The idea of digging a canal connecting all ponds inside the zoo to provide sightseeing to visitors is splendid.

29.   Theoretically the explosions could be used for energy production or massive construction projects, such as digging canals across deserts.

30.   The workers dug the canal over the past three weeks and made the final breach Thursday.