11.   The FDA said it was still allowing shipments of some recovered plasma for processing in North Carolina.

12.   The humanitarian crisis, although it has eased because the U.S.-led victory over the Taliban regime has allowed more shipments of aid, is nonetheless significant.

13.   When the United States entered World War II, Congress passed the so-called Lend-Lease law, which allowed the shipment of arms without payment.

14.   Port Kingstown reopened as heavy seas subsisded, allowing banana shipments to begin loading while the Grenadine ferries resumed operations Wednesday.

15.   A clerk for U.S. District Judge Matthew Perry said Tuesday that the judge is still considering whether to allow the shipments.

16.   A South Korean Embassy spokesman, Chang Moon-ik, said he felt that the North remained adamant in its refusal to allow shipments through Panmunjom.

17.   Argentine citrus imports have been halted after a judge found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture did faulty research when it allowed the shipments.

18.   Humanitarian shipments are allowed with the permission of the Georgian authorities.

19.   Instead it has allowed private shipment only of flour, instant noodles, powdered milk and other dairy goods through Red Cross channels.

20.   It has turned a blind eye to Croatia buying arms and allowing weapon shipments across its territory to Bosnia in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.