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Madrid: A plan to build a tunnel between Spain and Morocco, establishing the first fixed link between Europe and Africa, has come a step closer after talks between the two countries. The Spanish Development Minister, Magdalena Alvarez, met her Moroccan counterpart, Karim Chellab, in Tangier last week as part of a visit by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain to push forward plans for a 38.6-km rail tunnel running beneath the Strait of Gibraltar. The idea was first mooted in the 1970s and an initial agreement was signed in 1980. But a combination of political, financial and technical obstacles has prevented it from becoming a reality. At its deepest point the tunnel will run 400 metres below sea level and 300 metres beneath the seabed. —
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