21.   His administration is tasked with starting to rebuild the shattered country and taking the first key steps towards holding general elections.

22.   A hundred days after an interim government was formed in Liberia, the foundations for lasting peace in the shattered west African country have yet to be laid.

23.   Albanian authorities said Tirana airport would reopen on Thursday in a further sign normality is returning to the shattered country.

24.   But a European Union official poured cold water on the idea of an Afghan army, arguing the shattered country had more immediate priorities.

25.   The world pledged aid to rebuild the shattered country.

26.   Meanwhile, Interior Minister Lush Perpali said Tuesday that Tirana airport would reopen on Thursday in a sign normality is returning to the shattered country.

27.   On each previous occasion the two men solemnly stated their intention to work together to rebuild the shattered country.

28.   Paris has expressed concern that French companies were under-represented in the queue of foreign companies being granted contracts in the shattered Middle East country.

29.   Russia Saturday hailed the swearing in of the Afghan interim government and said it offered an historic opportunity for the peaceful reconstruction of the shattered country.

30.   Sierre Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah looked on Monday to rebuild his civil-war shattered country, after winning landmark elections.