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...western shore of the 17-mile-wide strait called Bab el Mandeb ("gate of sorrows" in Arabic), which links the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean. More than 70 ships, including many oil tankers, pass through the strait every day, to and from the southern end of the Suez Canal. Moderate Arab states bordering the Red Sea-Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia-fear that the Soviet Union, already well established on the eastern side of the strait in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, may have designs on Djibouti in a move to control both shore lines. There...
...Both sides have agreed in principle that Panama will take full control of the Zone in the year 2000 and that shipping of all nations will be guaranteed passage through the ca nal. Progress has also been made in de fining the American role in the defense of the canal, but the two sides have not yet found the formula by which the U.S. will continue to administer the Zone for the next 23 years. The treaty, of course, would require approval by two-thirds of the Senate - something that is less than certain. Vance admitted last week...
Human rights so dominated the OAS conference that the Panama Canal issue was overshadowed for the first time in years. Most of the OAS members seem satisfied that Washington is sincere in trying to work out a new treaty with...
Panama. "It's a foregone conclusion," said one Latin American diplomat. "The treaty [by which the U.S. will transfer sovereignty over the Canal Zone to Panama] is almost signed. Carter's desire to get a treaty has changed everything. The screaming is over...
...supply of oil from the Middle East. But that would require presidential approval and congressional concurrence. The President's decision is expected this week or next. The only other immediate way to use all the oil would be to ship it by tanker through the Panama Canal to the U.S. Gulf Coast, a long and expensive haul...