31.   Without the foundation of law, this vast country could never have survived as one, could never have absorbed streams of immigrants from myriad cultures.

32.   African foreign and defense ministers disagree Wednesday on a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Congo and on how to restore civil administration in the vast country.

33.   Angola is a vast country in the southwest of the continent, sparsely populated but rich in natural resources.

34.   Battles and road ambushes have cut off virtually all humanitarian aid to most provinces of the vast Southwest African country.

35.   Battles and road ambushes have cut off virtually all humanitarian aid to most provinces of the vast country.

36.   Both government and rebels, mindful of the fragility of the truce, have urged the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers across the vast southern African country rapidly.

37.   But the rest of the vast country is prevented by distance and economics from getting involved.

38.   But the handover of power in inland areas of the vast African country has been slow.

39.   Countryside battles, road ambushes and rebel shelling of provincial airports have hampered aid deliveries to most areas of the vast Southwest African country.

40.   Congolese rebels, in a hurry to conquer this vast country, hijacked pilots and planes at the beginning of their rebellion to ferry troops and weapons.