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Urgent: Egypt's Sisi opens "New Suez Canal" for ship traffic

Xinhua, August 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi officially opened on Thursday afternoon the "New Suez Canal" for ship traffic amid high-profile international delegations, Xinhua correspondent reported from Ismailia, about 120 km northeast of the capital Cairo. Endit