the Suez Canal

The route from England to India via the Suez Canal is often called the life line of the British Empire.

In 1956 the two colluded with Israel to attack Egypt and retake the Suez Canal, which had been nationalised by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The waters off the Somali coast, moreover, have become one of the prime zones of piracy at sea, disrupting shipping through the Suez Canal.

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser then seized control of the company that operated the Suez Canal.

Egypt is not a major oil producing country, but it controls the Suez Canal and a nearby pipeline.

The Russian scientists found the winds might possibly have uncovered an underwater reef close to where the Suez Canal is today.

The Suez Canal, blocked as a result of the hostilities, was cleared by the United Nations.

It has more forces south of the Suez Canal, mainly focused on East African piracy and support for U. S. forces in Afghanistan.

The location of Eritrea gives it an advantage of controlling the sea route through the Suez Canal.

As the 19th century waned, steam and the Suez Canal meant that there was less and less call on Ascension for services to shipping.

I have never, ever head of there being a problem with "backed-up" ships going through the Suez Canal -- never heard of that.

After World War II, the Egyptian people insist that the sovereignty of the Suez Canal to recover, and has made unremitting struggle.

In a separate development, Egypt approved a request for two Iranian navy ships to pass through the Suez Canal.

Although Egypt is itself a small oil producer, the Suez Canal is an important waterway for shipments of Middle Eastern oil.

The ship is sailing towards Europe through the Suez Canal.

Nasser decided to raise that money by nationalizing the Suez Canal.

They made proposals for an international management of the Suez Canal .

And obviously, being on the right side of the Suez Canal gives it distinctive advantages, " Gurdon said. "

For Nasser, it was the Suez Canal. For Gaddafi, it was oil.

Only a small canal separates Africa from Asia. But before the Suez Canal was cut in 1869, Asia was also linked to Africa.

Oil fell sharply on Friday as threats to global oil supply from protests disrupting trade flows on the Suez Canal were drastically reduced.

In 1945 he shepherded the battle-scarred old king and his entourage to an historic meeting with FDR on a ship in the Suez canal.

is another major Egyptian city in north-east Egypt, near the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 515, 007.

But the country plays an outsize economic role as home to one of the world's most important trade and energy thoroughfares, the Suez Canal.

It is actually connected with Asia at the spot where the Suez Canal was dug. Oceania is the smallest continent.

1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

When the Suez Canal struggle broke out in 1956, Britain soon faced an oil crisis.

June 13, 1956, the last batch of troops from the British occupation of 74 years, the Suez Canal zone.

A city of northeast Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal.

It could by a gesture have turned back Italian transports from the Suez Canal.

Turmoil in Egypt spooked oil traders last month, threatening to close the Suez Canal.

This is confirmed by one alternative measure: the amount of cargo passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The Suez Canal in dry and flat Egypt was considered an incredible engineering feat.

The British Queen, BP's first 50, 000 tonner supertanker, passing through the Suez Canal in 1960.

The pirates' information network extends to Yemen, Dubai and the Suez canal.

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise went through the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea on Feb 15.

The Suez Canal links the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez with the Mediterranean Sea.

The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.

Some political parties want to close the Suez Canal to the Israeli navy and to block the sale of natural gas to Israel.

The crisis was caused by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.

A move away from the Suez Canal could hurt Egypt's economy.

Africa and Asia are separated by the Suez Canal.

Workers at the Suez Canal have begun striking.

Asia is connected with Africa at the Suez Canal.

I was nearly killed in a firefight inside the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal separates Africa from Asia.

It must have taken years to dig the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal is a gateway to Europe from East Asia.

Those connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans, such as the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.

A city of northeast Egypt on the Suez Canal.

Iran, 22, into the two ships in the Suez Canal.

1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal.

On British -American Relations during the Suez Canal Crisis

Passed through the Suez Canal during his voyage

Look at British-American "Special Relationship" from the Suez Canal Case