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Construction of an expansion of Egypt’s Suez Canal was supposed to take three years. But at the insistence of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, it was built in only one — it opened earlier this month.   The day the new canal opened, August 6, was a national holiday. Dignitaries from around the world gathered to celebrate the project, which cost more than $8 billion.