Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

A Panama military personnel looks at an Ecuadorean navy patrol ship during Panamax Operation, a joint defence training exercise, in the Panama Canal in Panama City August 17, 2011. Sea, air and land military and civilian personnel from 17 countries launched one of the world's largest...

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Workers are seen at the construction site of the third set of locks for the Panama Canal in Panama City December 21, 2011. The expansion work is expected to conclude in 2014.

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Employees stand on a crane as they work in part of the new set of locks of the Panama Canal as a part of its expansion project in Panama City, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Two new sets of locks, one on the Pacific and another on the Atlantic side of the canal, are part of the waterway's...

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Cranes works an area where a new set of locks of the Panama Canal will be placed as a part of its expansion project in Panama City, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Two new sets of locks, one on the Pacific and another on the Atlantic side of the canal, are part of the waterway's biggest...

AP Photo 8 months ago

Panama Canal Authority workers walk on the bottom of Miraflores locks as they do maintenance work at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Tuesday June 21, 2011. For six days, crews will work around the clock to complete maintenance projects.

AP Photo 8 months ago

Panama Canal Authority workers inspect a gate of Miraflores locks as they do maintenance work at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Tuesday June 21, 2011. For six days, crews will work to complete maintenance on the canal's gates.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew, right, listens to Panama's Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela during a visit at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Monday, May 16, 2011. Siew is in Panama on a two-day official visit.

Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

A towboat sprays water in celebration of the opening of the water valve to flood the first access channel that will join the new locks in the Pacific area of the Panama Canal in Panama City October 19, 2011.

Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

Panama's surfing champion Gary Saavedra catches a bottle of water thrown to him from a wake surfing boat while riding a wave in the Gatun lake in the Panama Canal in Panama City March 19, 2011. Saavedra rode the wave for three hours and 55 minutes, breaking the former Guinness World...

AP Photo 11 months ago

Panama's surfing champion Gary Saavedra gestures before riding a wave created by a wakesurfing boat in the Panama Canal in Panama City, Saturday March 19, 2011. According to event organizer Red Bull, Saavedra rode a wave created by the wakesurfing boat for 3:55:02 hours and 41.3 miles...

AP Photo 11 months ago

Panama's surfing champion Gary Saavedra rides a wave created by a wakesurfing boat during a training session at the Chagres river, outskirts of Panama City, Monday, March 14, 2011. Saavedra will try to ride a wave created by a wakesurfing boat continuously for four hours, crossing the...

AP Photo 11 months ago

Map locates the Panama Canal and provides details about a proposal for a new "dry canal" in Colombia.

AP Photo 6 months ago

A navy ship from Ecuador patrols the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal as part of the Panamax Operation at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Panamax Operation is a joint exercise to reinforce security at the Panama Canal.

AP Photo 6 months ago

A crew member of a navy ship from Chile talks on a mobile phone at the Balboa port where navy ships from fifteen different countries are based as part of the Operation Panamax at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Operation Panamax is a joint exercise to reinforce...

AP Photo 6 months ago

A navy police boat patrols at the Balboa port where navy ships from fifteen different countries are based as part of the Operation Panamax at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Operation Panamax is a joint exercise to reinforce security at the Panama Canal.

AP Photo 8 months ago

ACP Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Port Commission Chairman James T. Edmonds shake hands after signing the memorandum of understanding, which renews the partnership between the Panama Canal Authority and the Port of Houston Authority.

Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

A worker walks near the tunnel entrances in the Miraflores lock during repair works at the Panama Canal in Panama City June 21, 2011. General repairs are conducted in the chambers every four years.

Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

Workers carry out repair works on a lock of the Panama Canal in Panama City June 21, 2011. General repairs are conducted in the chambers every four years.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew, second right, walks accompanied by his wife Susana Chen as they leave the Panama Canal in Panama City, Monday, May 16, 2011. Siew is in Panama on a two-day official visit. The men at left and right are protocol officers from Taiwan's Embassy and...

AP Photo 9 months ago

Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew, left, shares a moment with Panama's Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela during a visit to the Panama Canal in Panama City, Monday, May 16, 2011. Siew is in Panama on a two-day official visit.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew walks during a visit to the Panama Canal in Panama City, Monday, May 16, 2011. Siew is in Panama on a two-day official visit.

Getty Images 10 months ago

In this file photo, Cuban-born former CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles is interviewed by AFP on May 19, 2003 at the maximum security prison of El Renacer southeast of the Panama Canal. A Texas jury on April 8, 2011, found Carriles, wanted in Venezuela and Cuba for several deadly bombings,...

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Ulusoy will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2003 during the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 52nd annual Miss Universe competition from the Panama Canal Village Convention Center in Panama City, Panama 03 June 2003 at 9 PM (ET).AFP PHOTO/FRANK SZELWACH/HO/Miss Universe L.P. , LLLP.

Getty Images 10 months ago

At the conclusion of the 2003 Miss Universe National Costume Show show at the El Panama Hotel in Panama City, Panama 26 May 2003, Stefanie de Roux, Miss Panama 2003, 2nd place tie winner; Amelia Vega, Miss Dominican Republic 2003, 1st place winner; and Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos, Miss...

Getty Images 10 months ago

Vanessa Van Arendonk (L), Miss Curacao 2003, and Becky Bernard, Miss Belize 2003, wait backstage at the 2003 Miss Universe National Costume Show at the El Panama Hotel in Panama City, Panama. They will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2003 during the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 52nd...