41.   However, Ankara has failed to receive promised EU aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars due to vetoes by its arch rival Greece.

42.   A UN expert on human rights in Afghanistan urged the international community Wednesday to start paying promised aid to the country as swiftly as possible.

43.   Announcing the decision, officials gave no indication of the nature of the promised aid.

44.   Both sides have complained of government foot-dragging in dispensing the promised aid.

45.   But chief negotiator Nabil Shaath warned that unless the closure was eased, the promised aid would be used up in one month.

46.   But on Thursday the White House accused congressional Republicans of undermining US efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East by moving to cut the promised economic aid.

47.   But there have been reports of great disapointment among these ethnic minorities since the sealing of the deals, mainly due to the slow arrival of the promised aid.

48.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned Europe it could face a new wave of Middle East if promised Western aid for the Palestinians does not materialise soon.

49.   The United States said the violence Friday was an alarm signal showing the desperate need for the promised aid funds to be disbursed.

50.   US and South Korean officials on Thursday discussed measures needed to talk North Korea out of its suspected nuclear weapons program, including the promised aid in replacement reactors.