First cargo ships sail along Egypt's new expanded Suez Canal; official opening in August

Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

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The first cargo ships passed through Egypt's New Suez Canal last weekend in a test-run before it opens next month, state media reported, eleven months after the army began constructing the $8 billion canal alongside the existing 145-year-old Suez Canal. Read full article

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ChrisR
Ideal ambush territory for the bat-shit-mad Islamists: two way traffic - two for the price of one (bomb)!
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