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Egypt to Complete Libya-Gaza Highway Next Year

Published August 31st, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Egypt will complete a Mediterranean highway linking Libya with Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip in 2002, the government Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Thursday, cited by AFP.  

The 1,000-kilometer (625-mile) road, built in three stages, will have cost around 2.5 billion Egyptian pounds (600 million dollars), the paper quoted Ahmed Abu Alfa, director of construction for the north coast, as saying – Albawaba.com 

 

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