31.   Some safety experts had warned even before the tunnel was opened that the design was bad.

32.   The last car tunnel was opened recently in Wadi Al Haddadeh.

33.   The situation will be worse than when they opened the tunnel.

34.   The situation worsened after Israel opened a tunnel last week that ran alongside Al Aqua mosque, the third holist place in Islam.

35.   The trouble erupted after Israel opened a tunnel near the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.

36.   His ministry Tuesday announced the Mont Blanc tunnel would be opened to car and light vehicle traffic from this coming Saturday, and to heavy trucks sometime after mid-March.

37.   Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai admitted Thursday that government officials had not taken all factors into consideration when they decided to open the tunnel.

38.   According to Netanyahu, the transcript of the meeting proved that security officials recommended that the controversial tunnel be opened.

39.   Eurotunnel did not receive approval to operate the freight shuttles until ten days after the tunnel was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the late President Francois Mitterrand.

40.   The ministry said it was awaiting a response from Italy before going ahead with the first stage of opening the tunnel to all vehicles.