LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Nasser: Upper Egypt
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The most dubious of Nasser's achievements was the creation of the Aswan Dam and the lake that bears his name in southern Egypt. Built to provide electricity for heavy industry that never materialised, the dam not only submerged most of Nubia's archeological treasures (excepted the ones saved by UNESCO), it ... created one of the biggest ecological disasters in Egypt's history. The huge surface of the lake lets a significant part of the Nile's water evaporate in vain, while the dam prevents sediment from enriching the delta soil. According to some agronomists, the Nile valley's agricultural productivity subsequently dropped below its previous levels.
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Before he was forced to retreat, Nasser tried to realize a socialism for Egypt that had industrialization and improvement of mass welfare at its heart. The long-range goal was the creation of a heavy industrial base. Aziz Sidqi, Nasser's minister of industry, presided over a remarkable expansion of the nationalized public sector. Unfortunately, advances in agriculture did not match the industrial gains registered in the decade after Suez, which were diluted further by a rapidly expanding population. Still, Nasser did create the public sector and improvements in health and education reached even the rural countryside in limited ways. The issue of rural transformation was put on the national agenda.
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Anthony Eden, the British prime minister, feared that Nasser intended to form an Arab Alliance that would cut off oil supplies to Europe. Secret negotiations took place between Britain, France and Israel and it was agreed to make a joint attack on Egypt.
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