There are sea lanes not only through the Malacca Straits, but also through the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and Central Asia.

我们的海上交通线不仅要穿越马六甲海峡（Malacca Straits），也要经过波斯湾（Persian Gulf），印度洋，太平洋以及中亚。

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Palm Jumeirah (image lower left) was begun in 2001 and required more than 50 million cubic meters of dredged sand to raise the islands above the Persian Gulf sea level.

朱美拉棕榈岛(图片左下)始建于2001年，通过疏浚，累积了5000多万立方米的泥沙，才把这些岛屿抬升起来，使他们出现在波斯湾的海面上。

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The Sumed pipeline, which allows tankers from the Persian Gulf to offload oil in the Red Sea, and others to pick up the load on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, also brings in a tidy revenue.

苏麦德输油管能让来自波斯湾油轮在红海将油卸载，其他油轮则在地中海埃及海岸装油，这也带来一笔可观的收入。

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Iranian Lenj vessels are traditionally hand-built and are used by inhabitants of the northern coast of the Persian Gulf for sea journeys, trading, fishing and pearl diving.

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More than 40 satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from U.S. warships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, military officials said.

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If it can convince the mullocracy that Washington is not a threat, then - the thinking goes - perhaps, the buck will stop at the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.

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