The abduction took place Thursday in Hodeida on the Red Sea coast of the impoverished and restive Arab nation.

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Ethiopia now uses Djibouti, a port farther down the Red Sea coast.

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The 1, 800km (1, 100-mile) fence is set to run from the Red Sea coast in the west to the edge of Oman in the east.

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The main tourist stretch of the Red Sea coast, between Safaga and Hurghada, has been swallowed up by copycat developers building awful hotels, elbow to elbow.

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Instead, Mr Zinni's mission was dominated by Israel's public-relations coup: its seizure off its Red Sea coast of a ship, the Karine-A, laden with 50 tonnes of arms.

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During the court proceeding, Mr. Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were acquitted of corruption charges related to the controversial purchase of seaside villas on Egypt's Red Sea Coast.

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The British and French government, as the protectors of the Arab state, shall agree that they will not themselves acquire and will not consent to a third power acquiring territorial possessions in the Arabian peninsula, nor consent to a third power installing a naval base either on the east coast, or on the islands, of the red sea.

BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement