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FILE - In this June 18, 1956 file photo, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser waves as he moves through Port Said, Egypt, during a ceremony in which Egypt formally took over control of the Suez Canal from Britain. The resignation of the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States is a rare instance of a souring in relations between the Trans-Atlantic allies, though there have a few nadirs over the decades. One of the most serious crises to beset London and Washington came at the crossroads of a dying British empire and the exponential growth of America as a superpower in the wake of World War II. In 1956 in the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, Egypt’s pan-Arab leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the canal to Britain’s fury (AP Photo,File)
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