Subsequent cables showed that the United Arab Emirates blocked the transfer of the Siemens computers across the Strait of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas, a major Iranian port.

后来的电传显示，阿拉伯联合酋长国阻止了西门子电脑通过霍尔木兹海峡运往伊朗一个主要港口班达阿巴斯。

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Yemen also overlooks a maritime "choke-point," a narrow passage like the Strait of Hormuz at the tip of the Persian Gulf.

也门还是通往海上的“咽喉”要道---这与波斯湾角上的霍尔木兹海峡的狭长海道有点类似。

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India has almost identical energy concerns, though its potential chokepoint is not Malacca but the Strait of Hormuz.

在能源问题上，能源印度几乎有同样的担心，只不过其咽喉要道不是在马六甲海峡而是在霍尔木兹海峡。

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And Simon Murie, founder of niche tour operator Swimtrek, says the Strait of Hormuz (Oman-Iran), Gulf of Aqaba (Egypt-Saudi Arabia) and La Perouse Strait (Hokkaido, Japan - Sakhalin, Russia) are all waiting to be swum.

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Plus I think people might be watching this war of words over the Strait of Hormuz.

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At its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz is only 21 nautical miles (40km) wide.

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