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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A strategically important strait, 27 km (17 mi) wide, between the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa. It links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
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Somalia: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Geographic note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and
The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Somalia strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Somalia strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Geography - note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Geography - note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Somalia strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Homo sapiens, which started like that of all non-African people about 60,000 years ago when a band of adventurers crossed the straits of Bab el Mandeb, from modern Djibouti to modern Yemen, suggests they then continued along the south coast of Asia, never going far inland.
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If Bab el Mandeb were closed a far tougher feat than closing Suez Saudi oil could be diverted to a pipeline moving it east.
unknown title 2011
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If Bab el Mandeb were closed a far tougher feat than closing Suez Saudi oil could be diverted to a pipeline moving it east.
unknown title 2011
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