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In this Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 photo, bulldozers and trucks work on a new section of the Suez Canal as a boat sales during a media tour in Ismailia, Egypt. The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Mohab Mameesh, says work is on schedule and that so far, 86 percent of the dry digging and 21 percent of the dredging has been completed, with the new section expected to be completed in August 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)