By Abeer Allam
Nov. 28 -- Egypt plans to spend at least $5 billion over five years to expand the Suez Canal, speeding up Middle East oil shipments to Europe and the U.S. and increasing revenue from the world's longest man-made waterway.
The canal will be deepened by 10 feet and widened by 17 percent to an average of 365 meters (1,198 feet), Admiral Ahmed Fadel, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said in an interview in Ismailia
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