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» BBC: UK considered cutting off Nile
   Britain drew up plans to cut off the Nile to Egypt to force a return of the Suez Canal, files from 1956 reveal.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6197002.stm

» Story of the Suez Canal
   Reprint from: All the Year Round, January 8, 1876; from Islamic History Sourcebook, Fordham University.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/1876suezcanal.html

» Suez Canal
   Brief description and key-dates history of the artificial waterway, with several links; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
   http://i-cias.com/e.o/suez_can.htm

» The Suez Crisis: Key maps
   BBC News maps showing the strategic importance of the Suez Canal and how the crisis unfolded.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5195068.stm

» Wikipedia: Suez Canal
   Illustrated article including history, current day, and related links.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal