71.   U.S. and Turkish officials have consistently argued that the pipeline is the best way to avoid increasing the number of tankers using the crowded and treacherous Bosporus.

72.   Under this plan, pipelines are to be built over the next five years from Bolivia to Brazil, to Paraguay and to northern Chile.

73.   When other pipelines are re-

74.   While it was being planned, the pipeline was the subject of angry attacks by landowners who worried about the perils of having a pipeline underneath their properties.

75.   With the Taliban now overthrown, the pipeline is again a real possibility.

76.   A Mobil statement issued Wednesday said the affected pipeline had been isolated and that communities and government agencies were notified of the accident.

77.   A team of experts was headed for Iraq for inspections, but it was not clear when the pipeline would be ready to operate.

78.   A viable pipeline is important to Russia, which wants to be a major player in exporting the huge oil reserves from the Caspian region.

79.   Among the major projects currently on the table are a pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Turkey under the Black Sea.

80.   An Iraqi-Turkish oil pipeline was ready for immediate use on the Turkish side, a pipeline official said Monday.