81.   A train carrying spent nuclear fuel left a Swiss power station Thursday after Greenpeace activists trying to stop the shipment were dispersed, a spokesman for the organisation said.

82.   A State Department official said late Thursday that the only link to stopping oil shipments was the issue of diversion.

83.   The Pentagon spokesman said he doubted that the United States could have stopped the shipments if it had wanted to.

84.   They want to stop the shipment of calves to countries like France, where the animals are tethered within small crates to minimise their movement.

85.   Justice Department officials said stopping the shipments would interfere with international agreements and throw US policy on nuclear non-proliferation into disarray.

86.   Last month, South Korea stopped rice shipments until the North apologised for forcing the captain of a freighter to lower the South Korean flag.

87.   Protesters had informed authorities that they would dismantle rails to stop the shipment.