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To: Condor who wrote (13213)	12/8/2001 9:14:30 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Consider that we'll collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in 3 billion years Really? cita.utoronto.ca chit, may as well make hay while our short opportunity at life is available -g- Thank god they have that bridge open now .... ================================================= Bridge opening to speed aid to millions of refugees The opening of a key gateway to northern Afghanistan is set to speed up the delivery of international aid. The Friendship Bridge from Uzbekistan is due to open within days. It will allow lorries to deliver supplies to more than three million people in northern Afghanistan. Aid stockpiled in Uzbekistan will flow to an estimated 3.4 million people in northern Afghanistan dependent on outside relief, including about 1.1 million in refugee camps. A Foreign Ministry official says it might take a week before traffic starts rolling across the bridge to the nearby Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif and elsewhere in the north. "It's very important. We will save time," said Ruppa Joshi, a spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund. UNICEF's priorities include items to protect against winter conditions, milk, biscuits and medicines. Nearly 200,000 blankets are being flown from India in coming days. The French military is reportedly working to reopen the airport at Mazar-e-Sharif, which could serve as another conduit for humanitarian supplies. Airlifts would prove a safer option than land convoys, given reports of Taliban hold-outs and conflicts among local warlords. ananova.com