Aswan Dam
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The United States and Britain withdrew financial aid for the dam's construction in 1956, after which the Soviet Union took over much of the financing.
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In that same year, Dulles' withdrawal from a tentative agreement with Egypt to help fund what would become the Aswan Dam on the Nile River led Egypt to seek and obtain aid from the Soviets.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022
One of the North African country's other main concerns is that if the water flow drops, it could affect Lake Nasser, the reservoir behind Egypt's Aswan Dam, which produces most of Egypt's electricity.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2020
When his electricity minister said on live TV in May that the Aswan Dam was taken off the electricity grid temporarily, el-Sissi angrily cut him off, saying, "Let us not talk about these details."
From US News • Jul. 8, 2016
The military action was prompted in large part by Nasser’s anger over the loss of U.S. and British financial support for the building of Egypt’s Aswan Dam.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Cultural Desert The earth is dismembered & what remains gives evidence; clues: history by blocks displaced as in the Aswan Dam & the Temple of Philae.
From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen
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