1.   In December, the World Food Programme announced that it had reached an agreement with the government and the EPLF to reopen the port.

2.   Elsewhere in the crude oil market, Mexico reopened oil ports on the Gulf of Mexico that it closed two days ago because of bad weather.

3.   Ports have been reopened on Lake Tanganyika, and most days the border posts with Uganda and Rwanda are thronged with importers and exporters.

4.   Today, Pemex said it reopened the ports, and exports to the U.S. resumed.

5.   Italy, a former Horn of Africa colonial ruler, has launched its own diplomatic drive to reconcile three main Somali factions, reunify Mogadishu and reopen its ports.

6.   One topic will be reopening the port so that foreign aid shipments could be received there.

7.   Port authorities would not say when the port would be reopened.

8.   The main topic was reopening the port to allow in foreign aid shipments, Vlora Mayor Gezim Zilja said.

9.   The strikers agreed to reopen the port while watching the progress of new negotiations, which also were announced Saturday.

10.   The strikers agreed to reopen the port while watching the progress of new negotiations that were also announced Saturday.