21.   A delegation from the European Union also stressed the need to re-establish security before massive aid shipments could start.

22.   A delegation from the European Union stressed the need to reestablish security before huge aid shipments could start.

23.   After meeting for four hours with Prime Minister Costas Simitis, he told reporters that Albanian police would accompany the multinational forces as they escorted aid shipments.

24.   Aid shipments to northern Afghanistan via Tajikistan have been temporarily suspended because of the avalanche.

25.   Albanian President Sali Berisha asked the delegation for help with police work as well, both to protect aid shipments and to reform the inexperienced security forces.

26.   Aid shipments from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Israel and Russia also have helped bring in badly needed medicines and other relief goods.

27.   Aid shipments had been suspended after a North Korean submarine ventured into South Korean waters last September.

28.   Aid shipments were suspended after a North Korean submarine ventured into South Korean waters last September.

29.   Aid workers have said the restriction on aid shipments is tantamount to starving them to death.

30.   Also Tuesday, the U.N. World Food Program said it would resume aid shipments to Afghanistan, a day after it suspended them because of the military strikes.