1.   As tank battles raged around him in the darkness, Sharon ordered his troops to silently cross the canal into Egypt in rubber rafts and small pontoons.

2.   Miriam was presumed drowned when the family tried to cross the canal, fleeing the munitions depot explosion.

3.   One relief in the show has a herd of cattle crossing a canal.

4.   Commuters also use ferries to cross the canal.

5.   Haitians use canoes to cross canals where bridges have fallen.

6.   The bridge normally used by merchants to cross a canal between the two countries has been closed because of border tensions.

7.   The teenager was hit seven times in the legs, arms and throat while trying to cross a canal in northern Berlin to the West.

8.   The boy was hit seven times in the legs, arms and throat while trying to cross a canal in northern Berlin to the West.

9.   The boy was hit seven times while trying to cross a canal in northern Berlin to the West.