Article: The Suez Canal, 140 years on.

Article: COLUMN: On the banks of the Suez Canal, the legacy ...
University Wire;  March 1, 2005 ;     640 words ... ... sitting on the edge of the Suez Canal, created at the height ... The opening of the Suez Canal, which came with an ... sell the canal to the United Kingdom because of massive debt ... of Africa. When the Suez Canal was under British control ...

Article: Disregarding the Atlantic "special relationship": the Eden ...
Canadian Journal of History;  March 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the Second World War, the United Kingdom played a major military and ... with a large base in the Suez Canal zone as its principal stronghold ... Agreement on the evacuation of the Suez Canal Zone represented a major turning ... s nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, ...

British Warships Pass Through The Suez Canal
Getty Images;  February 1, 2003 ;     275 words ... ... FEBRUARY 1: The British Navy ship passes south through the Suez canal towards the Red Sea February 1, 2003 in Suez, Egypt. This ... Getty Images) Dateline: Suez, Egypt Keywords britain,united kingdom,uk,tony blair,ships,ship,saddam hussein,militaty ...

Article: Suez Canal is raking in the revenues: before the US ...
The Middle East;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...THE SUEZ CANAL IS IN THE MIDST OF booming volumes ... cargo bound for Iraq. Last year, the Suez Canal generated $2.57bn in revenues ... Shipping Co (UASC). "I think the Suez Canal is doing pretty well," he told The ...

Article: EGYPT: Suez Canal is raking in the revenues
Middle East;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... invasion of Iraq last year, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority predicted that a fully-fledged ... has happened. By Larry Luxner. THE SUEZ CANAL IS IN THE MIDST OF booming volumes ... cargo bound for Iraq. East year, the Suez Canal generated $2.57bn in revenues - the ...

Article: Crisis takes toll on Suez Canal revenues.
Daily News Egypt (Egypt);  February 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ...CAIRO: Suez Canal revenues fell 20 percent to $332 ... Investment bank EFG-Hermes expects Suez Canal revenues to slip 10 percent in the current ... the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal because its transit tolls are not that ...

Encyclopedia entry: Suez Canal
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...Suez Canal Arab. Qanat as Suways, waterway of ... management was placed in the hands of the Suez Canal Company. Under the Anglo-Egyptian ... Nasser nationalized (July, 1956) the Suez Canal and set up the Egyptian Canal Authority ...