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1. The Suez Canal is blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats are being used in an attempt to unblock the canal.
   2022-09-01 02:25:15 (First version)
2. The Suez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats were used to unblock the canal.
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